PALMOS / HALF LIFE PREMIERE NIGHT

Ampere is extremely proud to announce its debut collaboration with the Opera Ballet Van Vlaanderen, merging two cultural forms where contemporary dance and night-life come together as one.

With Half Life, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen introduces for the first time a work by the Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal. This extremely powerful performance is presented as a diptych with Palmos by Andonis Foniadakis, which could only have its world premiere broadcasted online in the spring of 2021. Both works form a double bill in which the virtuosity and personality of the dancer are paramount. The music for both performances was developed in close connection with the choreography, with a strong link to electronics. The dancers take you with them into an extreme physicality that sometimes feels very dark and mechanical and at other times extremely emotional. In Half Life, together with choreographer Gai Behar, she investigates compelling group dynamics, from which one dancer always manages to escape. These performances are set to Ori Lichtik’s electronic score, together with the impressive choreography this creates a hypnotic and overwhelming dance experience.

Ori Lichtik will also perform during the night program that will take place in Ampere after the premiere performance in the Antwerp Opera. Expect an experimental danceable techno culture program during the night with special guest Berlin techno producer and deejay Dasha Rush who will bring a 3 hour constructive techno trip. Throughout the evening and night, Berlin-based actor and Butoh Dancer Valentin Tzin will choreograph a performance, he is also known for his work on Prequel tapes on Mannequin Records together with motion artists Ksenia Mozhayskaya. DJ Dasha Rush and Valentin Tzin have also worked before as they created the contemporary site-specific dance ritual zone. The work consisted of twenty performers and was presented at Halle am Berghain in Berlin.

This night will be supported by our own guardian of the deep and unexplored resident Arkline.

| SCHEDULE |
◉ 20:00 – 22:00

PALMOS / HALF LIFE PREMIERE

Enjoy a special Ampere discount on tickets for Palmos / Half Life at the Antwerp Opera.
tickets (combi ballet + night program at Ampere possible):
https://bit.ly/palmos-halflife-ballet

◉ 22:30 – 07:00

NIGHT PROGRAM W/ ORI LICHTIK, DANA RUSH, VALENTIN TZIN & ARKLINE
tickets (only for the night program at Ampere):
https://bit.ly/palmos-halflife-nightprogram