HOLY
At the crossroads of theatrical and musical practices, HOLY is a sensory experience that explores the sacred as a state of being in constant reinvention. Moving through different spaces collectively, performers and audiences alike explore different ways of being together.
Neither fully a concert nor entirely a performance, it a space that is at the same time personal and collective - where audiences shed frameworks, certainties, and images of self to allow inner lights & echos to emerge.
Constructed from and around a constellation of multifaceted talents, HOLY comes from of a collaboration between a maker-writer - Martha Canga Antonio, two creative producers - Marie Umuhoza & Vivi Focquet, a scenographer - Jozef Wouters/Decoratelier, and a cast of hybrid performers on the border of music and dance.
It is a journey, a passage, a moment suspended in time - where freedom exists beyond words, and peace is found even in intensity.
A sacred space, shaped by and for a shared displacement of the performers and the audiences
Pictures by Maryan Sayd
Credits
Written & directed: Martha Canga Antonio - Concept: Martha Canga Antonio, Marie Umuhoza & Vivi Focquet – Artistic production & dramaturgy: Marie Umuhoza & Vivi Focquet – Scenography: Jozef Wouters / Decoratelier in collaboration with Lila John – Sound creation: Ashley Morgan & Martha Canga Antonio – Cast: Martha Canga Antonio, Ashley Morgan, Lazara Rosell Albear, Jhaya Caupenne, Jazz Sanusi, Magdelaine Hodebourg & Rose Samy – Technical direction: Michiel Soete – Light design: Inès Isimbi – Artistic & vocal advice: Junior Akwety – Costume design: Godwin Agossah in collaboration with N’tchoula Kouene – Sound design: Diana Dzjamaldaeva – Hair design: Axelle Husikama – Production assistance: Harmonie Tack – Scenographical fabric: Lila John – Images & archives: Maryan Sayd, AD.mp4 – Coproductions: DE SINGEL, Ancienne Belgique, VIERNULVIER, Decoratelier & Workspacebrussels – Residencies: La Bellone, Volta, Kunstenwerkplaats, Zinnema & Gemeenschapscentrum De Vaartkapoen – Previous cast: Hubert Tuyishime, Kenza De Nolf, Christie Dinganga, Alex Perry & Zaydan – Thanks to: Shamisa Debroey, Sékou Semega, Joyce Jenny Loir, Soa Ratsifandrihana, Maria Dogahe, technical team DE SINGEL, Arne Huysmans and others
COPRODUCTIONS - DE SINGEL , Ancienne Belgique , Viernulvier , Decoratelier ,
Workspacebrussels
RESIDENCIES - La Bellone , Volta , Kunstenwerkplaats , Zinnema, Gemeenschapscentrum
De Vaartkapoen
PREVIOUS CAST - Hubert Tuyishime, Kenza De Nolf, Christie Dinganga, Alex Perry, Zaydan
THANKS TO - Shamisa Debroey , Sékou Semega, Joyce Jenny Loir, Soa Ratsifandrihana,
Maria Dogahe, technical team DE SINGEL, Arne Huysmans and others
