Figures of Speech
Set design
2026,
Various theatres, GRIP & Femke Gysellinck
In her latest creation, Femke Gyselinck collaborates with her brother, the musician Lander Gyselinck. The pair previously collaborated on the 2016 show Flamer, in which they reversed roles with Femke acting as drummer and Lander as dancer. This time, the seven dancers and four musicians each set the rhythm for their own discipline.
For the sixth collaboration between Femke Gyselinck and Aslı Çiçek, the scenography for this piece has been designed to deliberately take a step back to give space to the performers on stage. The dance floor is occasionally illuminated by the glow of the moving bodies as they move across the few blotches spread over the podium. The dancers are bathed in an eerie light from the floor, created using car-wrap foils with a holographic effect.
Concept & choreography: Femke Gyselinck
Musicaal composition Lander Gyselinck
Creation& performance: Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Mei-Li Dong Páez, Femke Gyselinck, Tarek Halaby, Jb Portier, Thomas Vantuycom, Sue-Yeon Youn and/or Jacob Bousset, Mariana Miranda
Music: Lander Gyselinck, Mien Heyvaert, Hui-Chi Li, Wouter Van Asselbergh and/or Falk Schrauwen
Lights: Elke Verachtert
Sound engineering: Milan van Doren, Jo Heijens
Scenography: Aslı Çiçek
Scenography project assistance: Olivia de Bree, Francesca Desantis
Costumes: Miguel Peñaranda Olmeda - olmedam
Dramaturgy: Steven Michel
Photography: Robbrecht Desmet
Teaser, trailer: Robbrecht Desmet (Camera: Ivo Maes, Jorn Plucieniczak)
Internship: Pearl Salomon White
Text zine: Tessa Hall
Graphic design: Nick Mattan
Dance intenship: Jacob Bousset
Technicians on tour: Jan Lettany, Milan Van Doren
Production: GRIP (Francisca Alves, freelance Bert De Bock, Hanne Doms, Anneleen Hermans, Rudi Meulemans, Klaartje Oerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Sylvie Svanberg, Nele Verreyken, Kato Wilms)
Residencies: Vaisseau Mère, P.A.R.T.S., Ultima Vez, STUK, VIERNULVIER, KVS, De Brakke Grond, Concertgebouw Brugge
