Tempest
Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten Van Cauwenberghe / Voetvolk
this event is part of
December Dance 25
dance
rollercoaster
goosebumps
Fri 05
Dec
2025
-20.00
sign up waiting list
The performance is sold out. You can sign up on the waiting list. If places become available, we will contact you by e-mail. A place on the waiting list does not guarantee a ticket.
Royal Municipal Theatre
| introduction by NN | 19.15 |
| start | 20.00 |
| expected end time | 21.15 |
| vanaf 14 jaar | |
Standard €22.00
Réduction -26 a. €11.00
All prices include booking fees.
Tempestuous solo by Belgian dance talent
Anger is a universal force, much like a tempest, inevitable under certain conditions and naturally recurring. It is a dual force: at once destructive and a catalyst for change, a response to imbalance. In the solo Tempest, Lisbeth Gruwez draws on the precision of martial arts to channel this primal force and raw energy into focused strength. An oscillating body that moves between sharp surges of energy and the potential for a quiet clarity. Anger is embodied here as a collective current—a vibration in an energetically charged field, that we all inhabit and relate to. Tempest invites us to absorb and transform the storm: to turn rage into strength. A place where elements clash, merge, and subside into a new presence. A porous body encounters this force, metabolising turmoil into lucidity. It is a dance through the eye of the storm—a dance that opens an eye within the storm—revealing the stillness at its heart.
credits
Voetvolk: concept
Lisbeth Gruwez: choreography & performance
Maarten Van Cauwenberghe: music
Jan Maertens: lighting design
ruimtevaarders: scenography
decoratelier KVS :implementation scenography
Eli Verkeyn: realisation costumes
Rob Gemmeke: martial arts mentor
Christine Herman: artistic chaperonne
Voetvolk vzw: production
coproduction: POLE-SUD (Strasbourg), Theater im Pumpenhaus (Münster), December Dance (Concertgebouw Brugge & Cultuurcentrum Brugge), MA scène nationale - Pays de Montbéliard, Perpodium
residence: kunstencentrum nona (Mechelen), Voetvolk Atelier Rubigny, POLE-SUD (Strasbourg), Theater im Pumpenhaus (Münster), Chang Theatre (Bangkok), WestK Performing Arts (Hong Kong), kunstencentrum BUDA (Kortrijk) & Centquatre-Paris (FR)
international distribution: Materialise - Stéphane Noël
with thanks to: Franscesca Chiodi & Koen Tachelet
with the support of the Flemish Community and the Tax Shelter scheme of the Belgian Federal Government
Voetvolk: concept
Lisbeth Gruwez: choreography & performance
Maarten Van Cauwenberghe: music
Jan Maertens: lig
Fri 05
Dec
2025
-20.00
sign up waiting list
The performance is sold out. You can sign up on the waiting list. If places become available, we will contact you by e-mail. A place on the waiting list does not guarantee a ticket.
Royal Municipal Theatre
| introduction by NN | 19.15 |
| start | 20.00 |
| expected end time | 21.15 |
| vanaf 14 jaar | |
Standard €22.00
Réduction -26 a. €11.00
All prices include booking fees.
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