Moving Skin - Ugo Dehaes, L3 L4 L5

During the performance Moving skin, Belgian choreographer Ugo Dehaes invites the audience to his large table. He tells about his fascinating search for a robot that can dance like a human. Ugo dreams of a strong, soft, cuddly robot. One that can get goosebumps, or that can give them to you. Ugo ingeniously dissects what a human is. The skeleton, the muscles, the nerve pathways, and the other wonders of our body are discussed. For each of these aspects, he conjures up from on, under, and next to the table creations that look very much like our hands, tendons, brains... Robot-like creatures take over the table in motion, sometimes brutal and even slightly repulsive, then again funny, cute, moving, and elegant. The audience of all ages listens, watches, touches, wonders, saves that one robot from a fall, shouts ‘ew’, roars with laughter, gets moved, but is above all under the spell of Ugo’s fascinating storytelling and the insane beauty of human and machine. Moving Skin premiered in March 2025, and receives glowing feedback from all age categories during the extensive tour. At the Krokusfestival, the performance was awarded by the children's jury as the best Belgian performance. from and with Ugo Dehaes - music Wannes Deneer - dramaturgy Marie Peeters - video Gertjan Biasino - table Hartwood (Helder Steemans), based on a design by Wannes Deneer - production kwaad bloed - co-production HET LAB, Perpodium - in collaboration with Krokusfestival, TOF Théâtre - distribution GOOD COMPANY - image Wannes Deneer - thanks to all volunteers who let themselves be photographed and filmed - with the support of the Flemish government, VGC, the Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government - Kwaad bloed is structurally supported by VGC