Voorstelling

Linear

Het begon met een beeld: een bos van stokken.
Het ontwikkelde zich tot een materiaal: twintig koolstofstokken variërend van 20cm tot 4m50 lang.

In een koude en grijze wereld van rechte lijnen en enge denkwijzen worden de performers uitgenodigd om lateraal te denken.

Vurige kuilen, navelstrengen, ezels of gewoon simpele stokken. In een koude en grijze wereld van rechte lijnen en enge denkwijzen worden de performers uitgenodigd om lateraal te denken. Elke keuze leidt tot de volgende, waardoor een wervelende storm van beelden ontstaat.

Strijd, cirkels, kwetsbaarheid, verbindingen, lijnen, vastzittende systemen, regels, geestigheid, humor, spel. Dat is LINEAR.

Credits

Productie

TeaTime Company

Performers

Bavo De Smedt
Hannah Rogerson
Pieter Visser

Concept & Choreografie

TeaTime Company

Artistiek Support

Darragh McLoughlin
Pia Meuthen
Foucauld Falguerolles

Videografie

Maarten Rutten

Fotografie

Jostijn Ligtvoet
Jos Raijmakers

Muziek

Julian Vogel

Licht & Techniek

Wout Hoste

Makersfonds Tilburg
Makershuis Tilburg
Festival Circolo
Theater op de Markt

Mentor

Panama Pictures

Support

Buro Piket, Circus Centrum, PLAN Brabant, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, Irish Aerial Creation Centre, Dance Ireland, Shawbrook Dance, Circolito, Tyrone Guthrie Centre

Specs

Locatie

binnen

Lengte

50 minuten

Leeftijd

alle leeftijden

Setting

Circulair

Podium (lengte/breedte/hoogte)

vrije ruimte van 6 meter diameter, 10 meter diameter inclusief publiek, 5 meter hoog

Technische condities

3 rigging points (400kg WLL)

Performances per dag

max 2 per dag

Personen on tour

4

Disciplines

acrobatiek, jongleren, dans, Chinese paal

Download Technical Rider

“It’s impressive, this dance and acrobatic performance by TeaTime Company, and it never becomes an accumulation of tricks…,”

Boukje Cnossen
De Theaterkrant, About RIPPLE  2024

“Three sticks. Three individuals. Dozens of possibilities. Under the Le Channel tent, in front of hundreds of spectators, these juggler-acrobats propel themselves forward, taking turns swinging and turning. The sticks they use are like Chinese poles reminiscent of giant Mikado’s. We see the use of the sticks on one arm, on one hand, on one foot and even on one finger. These are the special and impressive feats performed by TeaTime Company, all with great ease.”

Le Plus Équilibré
Le Voix Du Nord, Stick-Stok // Feux D’Hiver

“The performance was delivered with precision, with care. A fine combination between the practicality of actions in circus with the ongoing transitional flow of dance.”

Heleen Volmans
Dans Brabant

“Their strength lies in combining the natural with the unusual. This makes you crave more as an audience and go home full of joy.”

Nikki Rasings
Spectator at New Seeds Arnhem

“Everything was very impressive, the pace was great, plenty of surprises, good mix of skills.”

Spectator at Dance Ireland
New Movements Showcase

“The concentration speaks from their faces(…)when Rogerson walks triumphantly across the stage with four poles on her hands and feet like a giraffe, you can see what kind of gold TeaTime Company has in its hands…”

Caroline Verduijn
Theaterkrant, LINEAR // Festival Circolo

“These three have found their own material, namely the stick.(…)it sounds simple, but therein lies its power. The sticks are recognizable, but abstract at the same time(…)a good thing about TeaTime Company is that no story or characters have been invented, in Stick-Stok, it is purely about the game.

Technique, aesthetics and humour are present. But here too, as soon as the playing becomes more virtuosic, a piece of music starts and the whole thing becomes one beautiful picture…”

Brecht Hermans
Theaterkrant, Stick-Stok // The Great Catch