passages

Passages echoes the transient encounters between life and death, past and present, reality and imagination. It embodies a no-man’s land where contrasting worlds converge. Through a fluid interplay of voice, light, visual arts, movement, electronics, and classical music, Passages is a living, evolving performance that embraces its unfinished nature, welcoming new contributors with each iteration and every new location.

Set within museums and galleries, a versatile cast engages in a dialogue between the ephemeral nature of performing arts and the enduring presence of visual arts, where the spectator’s gaze adds the final brushstroke.

The audience is free to wander and find their own space as the performance unfolds in constant interaction with the museum’s artworks, acoustics, and architecture—generating moments of friction, unexpected encounters, and different perspectives with every step.

Created with & performed by: Mireille Capelle, Aya Suzuki, Nel Maertens, Marc Tooten, Adriaan de Roover, Timo Tembuyser, Matteo Sedda/Magdalena Öttl & Kato Declercq

Guest performers KMSKA (Antwerp) & MA Festival (Bruges): NKK NXT (Agnese Allegra, Elaine Hakkaart, Emma Wessleus, Fran Van Lysebettens, Joana Guiné, María Suárez López & Vanessa Guinadi)

Guest performer MA Festival (Bruges): Liam Byrne

Guest performer Copenhagen Opera Festival: Casper Clausen

Concept & direction: Aïda Gabriëls

Dramaturgy: Lena Meyskens, Tessa Vannieuwenhuyze & Rudi Laermans

Musical director: Timo Tembuyser

Choreographic advice: German Jauregui & Matteo Sedda

Light: Anne Van Es

Sound: Pieter-Jan Buelens

Styling costumes: Maarten Van Mulken

Production: oester & Muziektheater Transparant

With the support of KMSKA, MAFestival, Axel Vervoordt / Inspiratum, HERMESensemble, Needcompany & NKK NXT

Tax shelter: Perpodium

Produced with the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government & the Flemish Government

Special thanks to Renato Nicolodi, Kasia Mielczarek & Sander Bortier