Not Standing

Alexander Vantournhout

Not Standing was founded by choreographer Alexander Vantournhout.

Alexander Vantournhout (Brussels, 1989) studied cyr wheel and juggling at ESAC (Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque) and contemporary dance at P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) in Brussels.

Alexander Vantournhout’s physical language bears the influences of a varied education and working circumstances. However, it is marked by two constants: his search for the creative and kinetic potential in physical limitation, and the relationship or boundary between performer and object.

2014 marks the premiere of his first piece, Caprices, a choreographic solo set to the music of Sciarrino. Aneckxander (2015), a second solo, co-created with Bauke Lievens, wins the CircusNext Prize, as well as the Young Theatre Prize and the Audience Prize at Theater Aan Zee (Ostend, 2015) and the Aerowaves network. His first duet Raphaël (2017) is also co-created with Bauke Lievens.

In 2018, Alexander Vantournhout created La Rose en Céramique, a movement solo that accompanies Scali Delpeyrat’s theatrical solo at the Avignon Festival. Shortly after, Vantournhout explores the dynamics of a male quartet in Red Haired Men. In SCREWS, created in 2019, Alexander Vantournhout guides the audience, accompanied by 4 dancer-acrobats, on a journey of reverberating micro-performances, ranging from short solos and duets to group choreographies.

With Through the Grapevine (2020), Alexander Vantournhout returns to the duet format. This is his first real duet and is to some extent inspired by the concept of Aneckxander (2015). The body is reintroduced in a very pure way and the performance dives into the creative and kinetic potential of physical limitations, a theme that is reflected throughout Alexander Vantournhout’s work. In Contre-jour (2021) Alexander Vantournhout takes on the role of choreographer for the first time and gives the floor to a group of five performers from various backgrounds: dance, musical, theatre, circus, etc. In 2022 Alexander Vantournhout returned solo on stage with VanThorhout. Foreshadow, a creation with 8 performers, premieres in the summer of 2023 at Julidans in Amsterdam.

Aneckxander (2016) as well as Screws (2020), Through the Grapevine (2021) and VanThorhout (2023) were selected for Het TheaterFestival, which celebrates the most exceptional Belgian performances. In addition to his live performances, he has ventured into the realm of dance films, creating Screws & Stones (2019) and Snakearms (2021), the latter of which earned accolades at Het TheaterFestival, NY Segal Film Festival, and Cinedans Festival Amsterdam.

Alexander Vantournhout is artist-in-residence at the Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER in Ghent, associate artist at CENTQUATRE in Paris and cultural ambassador of the city of Roeselare. Alexander Vantournhout is supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation for the development of his projects.

“Alexander Vantournhout’s work is so ingenious that it is impossible to describe. In just a few years, Alexander Vantournhout has developed a unique choreographic language that draws on techniques from dance, martial arts, circus, yoga, anatomy and the animal world.”

– De Standaard

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Calendar


Date Group Production Location Organizer
06-01-2024 Not Standing Screws Mechelen (BE) Sylvester

Screws XL

19-01-2024 - 20-01-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Gent (BE) VIERNULVIER
25-01-2024 - 26-01-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Niort (FR) Le Moulin du Roc – Scène nationale Niort

 

30-01-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Utrecht (NL) Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
31-01-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Drachten (NL) Schouwburg De Lawei
08-02-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Dilbeek (BE) Westrand – CC Dilbeek
09-02-2024 - 09-02-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Lokeren (BE) CC Lokeren

Tickets via this link

16-02-2024 - 16-02-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Overpelt (BE) CC Palethe

 

23-02-2024 - 23-02-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Avignon (FR) Les Hivernales
27-02-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Hasselt (BE) CC Hasselt
29-02-2024 - 29-02-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Aalst (BE) CC De Werf

 

02-03-2024 - 02-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Roeselare (BE) CC De Spil

 

05-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Maasmechelen (BE) CC Maasmechelen
07-03-2024 - 07-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Diest (BE) CC Diest

 

09-03-2024 - 09-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Sint-Niklaas (BE) CC Sint-Niklaas

 

14-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Oostende (BE) CC De Grote Post
16-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Deinze (BE) Leietheater
20-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Brugge (BE) CC Brugge
22-03-2024 - 22-03-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Cherbourg (FR) La Brèche – Pôle National des Arts du Cirque de Basse-Normandie

 

28-03-2024 - 29-03-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Saint-leu (FR) Le séchoir – Leu Tempo Festival
04-04-2024 - 06-04-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Paris (FR) Le Centquatre-Paris

 

09-04-2024 - 09-04-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Montbéliard (FR) MA Scène Nationale

 

15-04-2024 - 17-04-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Leuven (BE) STUK Huis voor Dans

 

03-05-2024 - 04-05-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Barcelona (ES) Mercat de les Flors

 

05-05-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Girona (ES) Teatre Municipal de Girona
10-05-2024 - 11-05-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Haarlem (NL) Schuur

 

14-05-2024 - 15-05-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Amsterdam (NL) Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond

 

29-05-2024 - 31-05-2024 Not Standing Through the Grapevine Strasbourg (FR) Le Maillon

 

04-06-2024 - 05-06-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Strasbourg (FR) Le Maillon

 

07-06-2024 - 08-06-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Strasbourg (FR) Le Maillon

 

13-06-2024 - 13-06-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Freiburg (DE) Theater Freiburg

 

23-06-2024 Not Standing Screws Sint-Agatha-Berchem (BE) Visueel Festival Visuel
26-06-2024 - 27-06-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Paris (FR) La Carreau du Temple
28-06-2024 - 30-06-2024 Not Standing Screws Munster (DE) Theater Im Pumpenhaus
24-07-2024 - 26-07-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Wien (AT) ImPulsTanz
07-08-2024 - 08-08-2024 Not Standing Screws Budapest (HU) Sziget Festival
08-08-2024 - 10-08-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Kaunas (LT) ConTempo
10-08-2024 - 11-08-2024 Not Standing Screws Les Piles (ES) Danseu Festival
15-08-2024 - 16-08-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Nexon (FR) Le Sirque
08-09-2024 - 09-09-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Antwerpen (BE) Het Theaterfestival
13-09-2024 - 14-09-2024 Not Standing Screws Hasselt (BE) CC Hasselt
20-09-2024 - 21-09-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Roeselare (BE) CC De Spil
17-10-2024 - 18-10-2024 Not Standing every_body Elbeuf (FR) Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf – Pôle national des arts du cirque de Haute-Normandie
24-10-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Dilbeek (BE) Westrand – CC Dilbeek
26-10-2024 - 26-10-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Merelbeke (BE) Cultuurhuis Merelbeke
31-10-2024 - 02-11-2024 Not Standing every_body Gent (BE) VIERNULVIER
07-11-2024 Not Standing Foreshadow Turnhout (BE) De Warande
12-11-2024 Not Standing every_body Sint-Niklaas (BE) CC Sint-Niklaas
14-11-2024 Not Standing every_body Tielt (BE) Malpertuis
21-11-2024 - 23-11-2024 Not Standing every_body Brussels (BE) Les Brigittines
28-11-2024 - 29-11-2024 Not Standing every_body Rezé (FR) La Soufflerie
02-12-2024 Not Standing every_body Antwerpen (BE) hetpaleis

(schoolvoorstelling)

03-12-2024 - 04-12-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Annecy (FR) Bonlieu – Scène Nationale
06-12-2024 - 07-12-2024 Not Standing VanThorhout Chambéry (FR) Espace Malraux