INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE

After the immense success of her previous performance ONE SONG, Belgian artist Miet Warlop, now creates an ode to imagination a wave of wonder and pleasure.

Miet Warlop, acclaimed around the world for her choreographic approach merging dance, visual art, theatre and performance, draws inspiration for her new performance from the movement of waves. As a symbol of change and unpredictability, and a metaphor for imagination and transformation.

In Inhale Delirium Exhale, Warlop – recently appointed to represent Belgium at the 2026 Venice Biennale – seeks to make tangible the inner turbulence of the creative process. Accompanied by a group of performers and more than 4,000 metres of silk fabric.

Images erupt, propelled by DEEWEE‘s music, in a choreography that unfolds like a ritual concert, a performance that is poetic and powerful, at the same time steeped in irony. A deep dive into a visual universe that is as immersive as it is overwhelming – into the delirium that arises between one breath and the next.

Miet Warlop

Irene Wool vzw
  • World premiere: 18 May 2025 Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels (BE)
  • Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts & Kaaitheater Brussel (BE), La Biennale de Lyon (FR), Tanzquartier Wenen (DE), La Villette Parijs (FR), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxemburg (LU), NTGent (BE), Tandem Scène Nationale Arras/Douai (FR), Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel Hamburg (DE), Le Lieu Unique Nantes (FR), Romaeuropa Festival Rome (IT), Teatro Municipal do Porto (PT), Theaterfestival Boulevard ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL), Athens & Epidaurus Festival (GR), Sharjah Art Foundation (AE), HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin (DE), Temporada Alta – Festival internacional de Catalunya Girona/Salt (ES). With support of the Flemish Government, Stad Gent, Perpodium and Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government

Calendar


Date Group Production Location Organizer
18.05.2025 - 21.05.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Les Halles de Schaerbeek (BE) Kunstenfestivaldesarts

World premiere

27.05.2025 - 28.05.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Douai (FR) Tandem
04.06.2025 - 06.06.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Gent (BE) NTGent
14.06.2025 - 16.06.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Wien (AT) Tanzquartier Wien
07.07.2025 - 08.07.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Athens (GR) Athens & Epidaurus Festival
07.08.2025 - 10.08.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Hamburg (DE) Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel
14.08.2025 - 15.08.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE 's Hertogenbosch (NL) Theaterfestival Boulevard
20.08.2025 - 23.08.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Zürich (CH) Zürcher Theater Spektakel
15.09.2025 - 16.09.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Lyon (FR) Biennale de la Danse de Lyon
23.09.2025 - 24.09.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Roma (IT) Romaeuropa Festival
29.09.2025 - 04.10.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Paris (FR) La Villette
10.10.2025 - 11.10.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Marseille (FR) Festival Actoral
14.10.2025 - 15.10.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Grenoble (FR) MC2 Grenoble
07.11.2025 - 08.11.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Antwerpen (BE) DESINGEL
12.11.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Turnhout (BE) De Warande
21.11.2025 - 22.11.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Girona (ES) Temporada Alta
28.11.2025 - 29.11.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Valenciennes (FR) NEXT Festival
19.12.2025 - 20.12.2025 Miet Warlop INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE Luxembourg (LU) Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg