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04.11.26 – 07.11.26, Pleasurable Pursuits, o.l.v. Carolina Mendoça

Oh, pleasure. Desire. What do you long for? What do you want? Why do we indulge in labours of enjoyment?

Perhaps there is pleasure — whatever that may be to you — in posing questions without expecting rewarding answers. Instead, consciously navigating a vastness, a means without an end. No culmination, no climax. Does pleasure exist without fulfilment? Are any of these words even useful to us? Does language still serve us? Are we allowed to discard it, cast it aside? Is there violence in this? Why does violence feels good? Friction. Danger. Why do we feel dirty?

Under the guidance of choreographer and dramaturg Carolina: Helena, Junes, Sarah, Ben, Lines, Otta, Nike, Lena, Simon and Lou share memories, experiences, desires and needs. They read Anaïs, Elizabeth, Clarice, Michel, Giulia, Octavia… They move through the confines of a designated space, learning what it takes to care for it, for themselves, for one another — and to be taken care of. They search for where they fit, where they don’t, and where they might.

This is an attempt to find a language, a physical practice of our own, that can hold the complexity, ambivalence and boundlessness of its subject: pleasure.

And you

are invited.

van / met
Helena Bruynooghe, Junes Callaert, Sarah Clefas, Ben Herlaar Masina, Lines Lürsen, Otta Peeters, Nike Reindl, Lena Vande Veire Simon Verlinden and Lou Ascoop under guidance choreographer and dramaturg of Carolina Mendonçamet 

dank aan
KASK Drama, Bardia Mohammad and Kato Ooms

speeldata
04.11.26, 20:00
Pleasurable Pursuits
06.11.26, 20:00
Pleasurable Pursuits
07.11.26, 15:00
Pleasurable Pursuits
gratis, vrije bijdrage aan de kassa
Dramastudio 4
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent