Vigorous, splenetic and full of visual poetry, In Spite of Wishing and Wanting created a sensation when Belgian dance company Ultima Vez premiered it in 1999. Created by Ultima Vez’s Wim Vandekeybus, this seamless symbiosis between dance, theatre and film features an all-male cast in an exploration of fear, self-transformation and the magic of sleep. The performance includes a vibrant soundtrack by Talking Heads’ David Byrne and a film, The Last Words, based on short stories by Julio Cortazar and Paul Bowles. ‘Rough, wild, naive, playful and childlike – a kind of primal longing in a wood populated by men’, is how Vanderkeybus describes this new revival of the piece featuring new dancers and members of the original production.
Wim Vandekeybus - direction, choreography, scenography
David Byrne - original music and sound
Also performed 16 + 18 September.
Produced by Dansens Hus.
