March 2019
‘I see myself as someone who creates links between generations, using dance as a language. I think there is great strength in that.’
The dancer and choreographer Seppe Baeyens has been closely involved with the work of Ultima Vez since 2011. In 2015, under the wing of Wim Vandekeybus’ company, he created his first largescale dance production, Tornar, with an intergenerational cast of professional and amateur dancers. Tornar was very well received in Belgium and abroad and was selected for Het Theaterfestival.
Seppe Baeyens’ new production for 2018 will draw material from intensive research into (stage) space and co-authorship in contemporary dance. In INVITED, Baeyens formulates his artistic response to the question of how the audience can help write the choreography of a performance. Taking dance as a common language, he wants to look for an alternative way of living together and thereby blur the borders between cast and audience.
INVITED consists of a varied intergenerational group of performers who reflect the contemporary society. The audience plays a fundamental role and will get the chance to take control. The stage design divides and unites, appears and disappears and guides both cast and audience through the collectively written story.
Credits
DIRECTION & CHOREOGRAPHY Seppe Baeyens
CREATED WITH Emile Van Puymbroeck, Luke De Bolle, Chisom Onyebueke Chinaedu, Leonie Van Begin, Rosa Boateng, Oihana Azpillaga, Ischa Beernaert, Esther Motvanya, Roel Faes, Trui De Mulder, Adnane Lamarti, Seppe Baeyens, Frank Brichau, Stephan Verlinden, Elisabeth Wolfs, Leon Gyselynck
ORIGINAL MUSIC LIVE Stef Heeren, Kwinten Mordijck, Karen Willems
DRAMATURGY Kristin Rogghe
SCENOGRAPHY & LIGHT DESIGN Ief Spincemaille
COSTUMES Lieve Meeussen
MOVEMENT ASSISTANT German Jauregui
ARTISTIC ADVICE Wim Vandekeybus
TECHNICAL COORDINATION Tom De With
PRODUCTION Seppe Baeyens / Ultima Vez
COPRODUCTION Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (Brussels)
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka Pictures Tax Shelter empowered by Belfius. The scenography is inspired by ‘ROPE - Possibilities of Binding’ commissioned by N.O.W with the support of extrapole, Fabbrica Europa, Indisciplinarte, Latitudes Contemporaines, Lókal, Mom/El Vivero, Trafó, wpZimmer. N.O.W is co-funded by the Creative European Program of the European Union.
Ultima Vez is supported by the Flemish Authorities & the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels Capital Region.
Wed
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Charmed
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník. Guests: Yellow SistersThu
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Denouement
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Sun
20:00
LIGNA: Rapture and Rage: Studies on the authoritarian character
A multimedia performance in Czech, English or German.English–friendly
Bazaar Festival 2019
Mon
10:00
LIGNA: Rapture and Rage: Studies on the authoritarian character
A multimedia performance in Czech, English or German.English–friendly
Bazaar Festival 2019 Archa for Schools
Mon
20:00
LIGNA: Rapture and Rage: Studies on the authoritarian character
A multimedia performance in Czech, English or German.English–friendly
Bazaar Festival 2019
Thu
19:30
Gondwana showcase – Phil France, Sunda Arc, DJ Matthew Halsall
Festival SpectaculareSun
20:00
Please the Trees, Manon meurt + special guest: STEVE GUNN (USA/ Matador)
Scrape Sound and Archa TheatreSat
20:00
Andreya Triana, support Klara & The Pop
Mladí ladí jazz 2019April 2019
Mon
20:00
Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares feat. Gustavo Ovalles
Jazz Meets WorldSat
11:00–17:00
Frank van de Ven — Body Meets Imagination
Body Weather WorkshopSat
20:00
Silent Tarzan (stolen diaries of a phantom of erotic photos)
Husa na provázku Theatre / Simona Petrů, Petr Jan Kryštof / Anna PetrželkováThu
16:30
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker – Rosas danst Rosas
Moving Audience, Festspielhaus Hellerau DresdenMoving Audience
Fri
20:00
Archa Theatre and Forum 2000 presents – Bernard-Henri Lévy – Looking for Europe
United against populism, with the people of PragueSun
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Mon
10:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Archa for Schools
May 2019
Sat
14:00–17:00
FLAB: Magic of Decision
European Parliament, House of European History, BrusselsMon
20:00
I shall go into a hare, With sorrow and sych and meickle care
Anna Klimešová and coll.Archa.lab
Wed
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Potemkin's Pike
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník. Guest: Ondřej SmeykalThu
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Melancholy Beast
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Sun
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Mon
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Sat
10:00–16:00
Omar Carrum – Momentum / CANCELLED
Continuum, Improvisation - Partnering & Instant composition WorkshopArcha.lab
Sun
10:00–16:00
Omar Carrum – Momentum / CANCELLED
Continuum, Improvisation - Partnering & Instant composition WorkshopArcha.lab
Fri
10:00
Fidlovačka or Who are We?
Spielraum Kollektiv / Archa.labJune 2019
Mon
20:00
Ščegetavček
Kadınlar: Daisy Alexander, Millie Done, Çiğdem Erdöl, Varja HrvatinEnglish–friendly
AKCENT FESTIVAL
Sat
17:30
Sat
20:00
Sun
21:00
Robert Henke – Lumière III
Vektroskop and Robert HenkeMon
19:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Wed
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Červ ven!
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Thu
20:00
Petr Nikl – Yellow Darkness
a colourful melodramaPQ+, Vektroskop
Fri
20:00
Petr Nikl – Yellow Darkness
a colourful melodramaPQ+, Vektroskop
Mon
18:00
The Calm After the Storm
Kristýna Doležalová and Lily Carmen SmithEnglish–friendly
Archa.lab
Venue: Přístav 18600
Mon
18:45
The Calm After the Storm
Kristýna Doležalová and Lily Carmen SmithEnglish–friendly
Archa.lab
Venue: Přístav 18600
Mon
19:30
The Calm After the Storm
Kristýna Doležalová and Lily Carmen SmithEnglish–friendly
Archa.lab
Venue: Přístav 18600
Thu
15:30
Archa.lab
July 2019
Thu
18:00
Ordinary People - public rehearsal
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioEnglish–friendly
Free Entry
Tue
18:00
Ordinary People / Festival d'Avignon
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioThéâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
Tue
20:00
Keb´ Mo´ + support: Ripoff Raskolnikov
presented by Liver MusicWed
18:00
Ordinary People / Festival d'Avignon
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioThéâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
Thu
18:00
Ordinary People / Festival d'Avignon
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioThéâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
Sat
18:00
Ordinary People / Festival d'Avignon
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioThéâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
Sun
18:00
Ordinary People / Festival d'Avignon
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioThéâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
Mon
18:00
Ordinary People / Festival d'Avignon
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioThéâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
Tue
18:00
Ordinary People / Festival d'Avignon
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioThéâtre Benoît-XII, Avignon, France
August 2019
Fri
10:00
International Summer School on Theatre in Social Context 2019
23 August – 6 September 2019Archa.lab
September 2019
Fri
10:00–17:00
International Summer School on Theatre in Social Context 2019
23 August – 6 September 2019Archa.lab
Fri
17:00
English–friendly
Archa.lab
Thu
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Mateřské půdy
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Sat
20:00
Makiko Goto & KRASTÍ
Czech experimental films and Japanese instrumentsSun
20:00
Tue
10:00
Listen to Franz Vol. 2
Slovák and Burian Jr.Archa for Schools
Wed
21:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Sun
20:00
One-room Flats
Veronika Knytlová, Jiří HavelkaEnglish–friendly
PREMIERE
Mon
20:00
One-room Flats
Veronika Knytlová, Jiří HavelkaEnglish–friendly
PREMIERE
October 2019
Wed
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
Archa Theatre and Shared Cities: Creative MomentumEnglish–friendly
PREMIERE
Thu
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
Archa Theatre and Shared Cities: Creative MomentumEnglish–friendly
PREMIERE
Fri
10:00–16:00
Sun
20:00
Samira Elagoz – Cock Cock... Who’s There?
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019English–friendly
Mon
20:00
Gérald Kurdian – Hot Bodies – Stand Up
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019#Study
Wed
20:00
Louis Vanhaverbeke / CAMPO – Mikado Remix
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019#Study
Thu
20:00
Silke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere – Mining Stories
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019#Study
Wed
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Thu
10:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Archa for Schools
Fri
18:00
EFB Festival / Theatre D as a cultural centre, Life feed from the EFB in the Archa Theatre
The avant-garde lives!Fri
20:00
EFB Festival / BERG Orchestra (CZ) & Kalabis Quintet (CZ),Pavel Bořkovec Quartet, Jan Burian Jr.
The avant-garde lives!Sat
14:30
EFB Festival / Štěpán Uhlíř: builder songs and jazz jam
The avant-garde lives!Sat
15:00
EFB Festival / EFB as the "forefather of multimedia creation"
The avant-garde lives!Sat
17:00
EFB Festival / E. F. Burian / Jaroslava Šiktancová / BodyVoiceBand – War
The avant-garde lives!Sat
18:30
EFB Festival / The Art of Engagement
The avant-garde lives!Fri
20:00
La Putyka
10 Years of Cirk La Putyka EnsembleSpecial bonus after the show – discussion, photo exhibition and DJ
Sat
20:00
Ščegetavček
Kadınlar: Daisy Alexander, Millie Done, Çiğdem Erdöl, Varja HrvatinEnglish–friendly
AKCENT FESTIVAL
November 2019
Sat
13:00
Arctic festival 2019
Buchty a loutky, Už jsme doma, Vassvik, Bjørn Anders Nymoen and othersWed
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Splintery Goodwill
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Thu
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Accidental Re-collapse
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Fri
20:00
Ordinary People
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance Studio#Study
AKCENT FESTIVAL
Sat
20:00
Night of the Theatres: Ordinary People
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance StudioSun
20:00
Vladimír Mišík – I’ll meet you one day, the album release show
Blue Shadows & guests, special guest: PAUL BRADYThu
20:00
#Study
AKCENT FESTIVAL
Fri
20:00
English–friendly
AKCENT FESTIVAL
Sat
20:00
Granma. Posaunen aus Havanna
Stefan Kaegi/Rimini Protokoll (CH/DE)English–friendly
AKCENT FESTIVAL
December 2019
Mon
10:00
Sat
20:00
EKG – Of Love and Jesus
Igor Malijevský, Jaroslav Rudiš and guestsSun
20:00
EKG – Of Love and Space
Igor Malijevský, Jaroslav Rudiš and guestsMon
20:00
1144
Tom Jaspers and Lise Grimelund-KjelsenEnglish–friendly
Archa.lab
Wed
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Vyhnání z mumráje
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Thu
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Jasná křeč
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.January 2020
Tue
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM PragueWed
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – The Latest Particles
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Thu
10:00
Archa for schools
Thu
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Abandoned Quarry
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Fri
10:00
Tue
10:00
Archa for Schools: Listen to Franz Vol. 5
Slovák and Burian Jr.Tue
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM PragueSun
20:00
Home at the End of the World
Goose on a String Theatre / Anna DavidováTue
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM PragueWed
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
Thu
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre#Study
February 2020
Tue
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM PragueWed
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Cool Aunt
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Thu
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Careless Investigator
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.Fri
10:00
Archa for schools
Sat
20:00
Efterklang, support: Kristín Anna
presented by10:15 EntertainmentSun
18:00
Jan Komárek – Hiroshima the Magician
SMALL INVENTORY FESTIVALEnglish–friendly
Tue
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM PragueThu
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
SMALL INVENTORY FESTIVAL#Study
Fri
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
SMALL INVENTORY FESTIVAL#Study
March 2020
Tue
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM PragueThu
10:00–15:00
Blanka Žižka: The Body Knows / Tělo to ví
March 5 – 8 / workshop for proffesional actors, dancers and directorsArcha.lab
Fri
20:00
Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi) / Thomas Melle / Münchner Kammerspiele – Uncanny Valley
Presented by The Prague Theatre Festival of German Language and Archa TheatreSat
17:00
Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi) / Thomas Melle / Münchner Kammerspiele – Uncanny Valley
Presented by The Prague Theatre Festival of German Language and Archa TheatreSat
20:00