THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW

For the duration of one weekend De Appel is Janus-faced: looking back to past achievements and looking forward to unrealized possibilities. Theo Tegelaers, interim director of De Appel and Ann Demeester, newly appointed director compiled a programme that connects ‘then’, ‘now’ and the yet undefined ‘later’.

With a polyphonic talk show including a large number of guests and hosts the history of De Appel is turned into a palpable experience rather than a series of written documents and photographs. A presentation by academic Marga van Mechelen and a lecture by French curator Guillaume Désanges shed a new light on the origins of De Appel as a performance-based space set up by Wies Smals in 1975. The production ‘Show Dance’ by Swiss-Greek choreographer Alexandra Bachzetsis explores the shadowland between conceptual dance, visual arts performance and hints at the future collaboration between De Appel and the festival ‘If I Can’t Dance’ in Autumn 2006.

Friday 31 March

SHOW DANCE 20:00 A celebratory piece involving fourteen performers investigating the polarities intimacy and remoteness, serious seduction and playful irony, the (female) presence on stage and the gaze of the spectator

Performed by Danai Anesiadou, Daphni Antoniou, Vela Arbutina, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Ann Demeester, Helga Duchamps, Annemie Goegebuer, Otobong Nkanga, Barbara Raes, Elsmieke Scholte, Anat Stainberg, Lies Vanborm, Elke Vanlerberghe, Gosie Vervloessem

Champagne Michael Bussaer, Michel Quéré

Concept and choreography Alexandra Bachzetsis

Saturday 1 April

TALK SHOW 12:00 – 19:00 A cast of Dutch and international artists who have been involved with De Appel in the past 21 years recall memories and experiences, live or through use of other communication channels

Guests Marina Abramovic, Dennis Adams, Ghada Amer, Mark Bain, Judith Barry, Christiaan Bastiaans, James Beckett, Waldo Bien, Guillaume Bijl, Barbara Bloom, Miguel-Angel Cárdenas, Castro/Olafsson, Thomas Demand, Irene Fortuyn, Meschac Gaba, General Idea, De Geuzen, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Nan Hoover, Madelon Hooykaas, Hans van Houwelingen, Christian Jankowski, Niek Kemps, Komar/Melamid, Matthieu Laurette, Mark Manders, Charlemagne Palestine, Hermann Pitz, Willem de Ridder, Keiko Sato, Roman Signer, Uwe Laysiepen, Nikolaus Urban, Michel Waisvisz, Lawrence Weiner, Peter Zegveld

Hosts Otto Berchem, Danila Cahen, Ritsaert ten Cate, Anton de Goede, Jeroen Jongeleen, Barbara Visser, Alex de Vries

Special features Marga van Mechelen offers an exclusive preview of her future publication in which she investigates the ‘early days’ of De Appel CTP students (2005 -2006) re-investigate the contributions of Johan Cornelissen and Laurie Anderson CTP students (2004-2005) present the catalogue which functions as the residue of their collective project ‘Radiodays’

A SHORT HISTORY OF PERFORMANCE IN 20 MINUTES 19:00 Free-lance curator Guillaume Désanges and actor Frédéric Cherboeuf present an ultra condensed and animated synopsis of the development of the medium performance from the late sixties till nowadays

SHOW DANCE 20:00 AFTER PARTY 22:00 - 01:00

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THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW

SHOW DANCE
Performed by Danai Anesiadou, Daphni Antoniou, Vela Arbutina, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Ann Demeester, Helga Duchamps, Annemie Goegebuer, Otobong Nkanga, Barbara Raes, Elsmieke Scholte, Anat Stainberg, Lies Vanborm, Elke Vanlerberghe, Gosie Vervloessem
Champagne: Michael Bussaer, Michel Quere
Concept and choreography: Alexandra Bachzetsis