Nimble
Nimble is Not Standing’s largest production to date. Together, nine dancers form a contemporary corps de ballet and explore the power of group rhythm. With a focus on the lower body, born of Alexander Vantournhout’s fascination with boxers’ footwork, Nimble shines a spotlight on what normally escapes attention.
In Nimble, the performers take over a large stage and investigate how space can become an added dimension. How does a collective body of nine individuals evolve in that space? The dancers keep moving, constantly exchanging rhythms and shifting between the collective and the individual.
The soundtrack is created live by the performers themselves. Movements culminate in a soundscape of beats, polyrhythms, loops, and vibrant electronics that blur the line between dancer and musician. Nimble unfolds as a pulsating choreography in which movement and music propel each other and transform the stage into a single, collective, physical rhythm.
Not Standing
Alexander Vantournhout- Genre: Dance
- World premiere: 2 December 2026 - Concertgebouw Bruges (BE), as part of December Dance festival
- Direction: Alexander Vantournhout
- Creation & performance: Chia-Hung Chung, Lewis Cooke, Júlia Godino Llorens, Dimitri Landoz, Giulia Tornarolli, Emmi Väisänen, Hendrik Van Maele/Alexander de Vries, Esse Vanderbruggen, Alexander Vantournhout
- Costumes: Patty Eggerickx
- Coproduction: Arts Centre VIERNULVIER (Ghent, BE), December Dance (Concertgebouw Bruges and Cultuurcentrum Bruges, BE), Maison des Arts de Créteil (Créteil, FR), Charleroi danse - centre chorégraphique de Wallonie (Brussels, BE), Les Salins - scène national de Martigues (Martigues, FR), Les Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels, BE), STUK – Huis voor Dans (Leuven, BE), LOD Muziektheater (Ghent, BE), Théâtre de Caen (Caen, FR)
- With the support of: With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. With the support of the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, via Flanders Tax Shelter