Retina discusses collaboration
This is not a body premieres next week at ccBe, Antwerp. Here Producer Natalie Gordon is in conversation with choreographer Filip Van Huffel, visual artist Brian Hartley and composers Dave Boyd and Axelle Kennes. For more info about the production read current production. For bookings on March 27th and 28th visit ccBe.
Natalie - So first up, what does collaboration mean for you in relation to this project?
Filip - Well for me the collaboration is with Axelle, Brian and Dave but also with six dancers and a massive screen, so there’s a lot of people and things to consider, its not just about my own thoughts, its also about everybody else’s thoughts and trying to fit them into the concept that I am working from.
Axelle - Filip, your basic idea and concept pushed me in a certain direction and after that I had the feeling that I could decide a lot for myself to create something, before coming together again.
Brian - I suppose for me its been over a longer period with Filip, and also responding to the music from Dave and Axelle, so for me its been a relationship with all the different people in a way.
Dave - For me collaboration is more about everyone owning the chaos all at once so that you can share the creative bone. You can bring your unfinished ideas to other people who can then make them into something else. That’s the great excitement of it because you don’t just finish something and hand it over, it’s a constant passing around of the idea and seeing what happens to it.
