FESTI
Festi is a musical project led by Fien Desmet.
Thanks to the warm undertones of bassist Gerben Brys, the colorful drumming of Anke Verslype, the rich sounds of pianist Wout Gooris and the twin voice of Sophie Verdickt, she creates songs straight from the heart.
The jazz influences and the recurring harmonies form a warm palette of musical stories.
GAMES & MOTIFS
Games & Motifs is an improvisation collective centered around guitarist Willem Heylen and Anke Verslype. Together with various artists, they explore the world of free improvisation, motifs and musical play. They bring all this together in a versatile and colorful repertoire that is propelled by interaction and musical experimentation.
Anke Verslype : Drums
Jozef Dumoulin : Rhodes
Yannick Peeters : Contrabas
Frans Van Isacker : Sax, Klarinet, Basklarinet
Lynn Cassiers : Vocals
Willem Heylen : Gitaar
BODEM
Bodem is a new trio founded by saxophoneplayer Adia Vanheerentals with Willem Malfliet on guitar and Anke Verslype on drums.
They search to combine the lyrical Scandinivian jazzsound with the brutal energy of the Chicago scene.
They will never force a composition into endless soloing, but always remain in a gentle interaction with each other and the catchiness of the melodies.
HEAER - Sarah Mc Fife Company
HÆAR by Sarah Mc Fife Company - music by Anke Verslype
A combination of the words “Haar” (Hair) and“Her” (She), HÆAR tackles a theme that may seem lightweight at first reading but taking its full volume and color as soon as we review its meaning and place through the History of our civilizations. Endowed with an unsuspected symbolic value within cultures, religions, arts and mythology, the hair imposes itself as an element of seduction, a symbol of strength and power, femininity or virility, bravery
or shame...
Through her choreographic writing, Sarah Mck Fife gives a forgotten, almost unknown importance to this hair which, by way of her gestures, literally replaces the dancers' bodies, a body which for the first time is pushed into the background...
EGO-ECHO- Ezra Belgrado
Echoënd door de kamer, als een rimpel in het water, blijft een ego in het gevoelige lichaam hangen — verborgen. Terwijl een persoon twijfelt tussen de behoefte om erbij te horen en de kans om verder te gaan, ontvouwt zich een moment van stil ontwaken.
Ego Echo’ is an animated short film directed by Ezra Belgrado
Sound design and mixage by Arzu Saglam
Foley by Rebecca Glover
Music / drums by Anke Verslype
Music mixage by Arzu Saglam
Animated and live-action filmed by Ezra Belgrado
With the support of deAuteurs.