In Tempest, Lisbeth Gruwez shows how anger can move, grow and change. In this solo, anger is not a loose emotion but a force we all know. Sometimes that force is intense and disruptive. At the same time, anger can also set things in motion and open up space for change.
For this performance, Gruwez draws on the precision of martial arts to transform anger and raw energy into strength. Her body moves sharply, powerfully and with focus. Then stillness follows. This creates a play between eruption and silence, between tension and clarity. The dance reveals how a storm does not only blow everything over, but also holds a quiet centre.
Tempest portrays anger as a current we all live within. A charged field of energy that people share with one another. In that movement, Gruwez seeks not only the unrest, but also the possibility of transforming it into strength. What begins raw and turbulent slowly takes on a new form.
This solo takes you through the eye of the storm. There, in the middle of the unrest, space emerges for calm and insight. Tempest is an intense physical dance performance about the power of emotion, and about what happens when chaos slowly shifts into clarity.
SHIFT
This performance is part of SHIFT: the label for unpolished performing arts. Expect raw, poetic, personal performances without glitter and facades. Performances you simply have to see, by emerging and established makers who connect with current times and the future. You come to SHIFT because you want to know what is happening: in your head, in the world, in others, in yourself, in the big picture and in the small. For curious thinkers and critical dreamers. SHIFT is an initiative of Explore the North and Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie.
