ISABELLE BEERNAERT ' OXYTOCIN ' (2021-2022)

'OXYTOCIN’
TOURDATES www.isabellebeernaert.com
Trailer edit by RACHID PARDO
Music by MOZART
'OXYTOCIN'
is een contemplatie, observatie , waarneming …
Oude angsten ... Nieuwe gevoelens
De nieuwe voorstelling van Isabelle Beernaert gaat over Oxytocine. Oxytocine wordt ook wel het knuffelhormoon genoemd dat opkomt bij een aanraking, een streling, een knuffel, het bedrijven van de liefde, een baby die gevoed wordt door de mama; het is een stof die we nodig hebben om gelukkig te zijn. Het aanmaken van een hoge dosis Oxytocine gaat gepaard met een gevoel van vertrouwen en het gevoel dat je ergens deel van uitmaakt en jezelf mag zijn.
Bij hogere niveaus is er sprake van een hogere weerbaarheid tegen stress, verslaving en angst.
In dit jaar van quarantaines en social distancing is de creatie van 'OXYTOCIN' ontstaan. Een bijzonder jaar waarin we in bepaalde periodes maar mochten leven met maximaal één knuffelcontact, vreemden elkaar niet meer mochten aanraken en soms zelfs al angstig werden als iemand te dicht in de buurt kwam. Deze stof was in die periode heel schaars en dat voelden we. We verlangen allen weer naar een flinke dosis Oxytocine zonder dat we ons er misschien geheel bewust van zijn.
Hoe gaan we hiermee om?
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Quand tu me prends dans ses bras,
Tu me parles tout bas,
je vois la vie en …
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'OXYTOCIN'
is a contemplation, observation, perception…
Old fears...New feelings
Isabelle Beernaert's new performance is about Oxytocin. Oxytocin is also called the cuddle hormone that comes up with a touch, a caress, a hug, making love, a baby being fed by the mother; it's a substance we need to be happy. Creating a high dose of Oxytocin is accompanied by a feeling of confidence and the feeling that you are part of something and can be yourself.
At higher levels, there is a higher resilience to stress, addiction and anxiety.
In this year of quarantines and social distancing, the creation of 'OXYTOCIN' has emerged. A special year in which we were only allowed to live with a maximum of one hug contact in certain periods, strangers were no longer allowed to touch each other and sometimes even became anxious if someone came too close. This fabric was very scarce at that time and we felt it. We all long for a good dose of Oxytocin again without perhaps being fully aware of it.
How do we handle this?
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Quand tu me prends dans ses bras,
Tu me parles tout bas,
je vois la vie en …
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ABOUT Isabelle ...
Isabelle Beernaert. A one of a kind choreographer known for her ability to translate the everyday, ordinary life into an extraordinary choreography. Her choreographies express what everyone goes through and feels at some point in life. The audience is able to recognize itself with the stories being told on stage. Isabelle Beernaert is a successful and well known choreographer in The Netherlands and Belgium.
She produced the theatre productions ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’ (2011), ‘Et Après’ (2012), ‘C’est la Vie’ (2013), ‘Red, Yellow & Blue’ (2013-2014), ‘Glass’ (2014-2015), ‘Under My Skin’ (2015-2016), Remastered ‘Ne Me Quitte pas’(2016-2017), ‘Tabula Rasa’ (2017-2018), Le Temps Perdu (2018-2019)...And now her 10th Production on Tour ‘ LAAT ME ‘ ( Let me be) (2019-2020)
She Choreographed from 2009 till 2016 for the television show So You Think You Dan Dance (NL/BE) and in 2012 for Ukraine.
Winner of the television show The Ultimate Dance Battle (NL/BE) in 2011 .
Winner of the Dance Award chosen by the audience of the Netherlands in 2012 and 2013 with her productions Et Après and Red, Yellow & Blue.
Winner of the KBC Dance Award for Young Choreographers in 2007.
Her education at the Royal Balletschool of Antwerp (Belgium) founded by Jeanne Brabants, gave Isabelle a strong classical and technical foundation. But also a foundation/knowledge of Graham technique , Horton technique, Limon technique, different ethnical dance techniques such as Classical Spanish, Flamenco, Bulgarian dance, Indian dance ... and many more. She also enlarged her knowledge by being curious about the polarity between a classical dancer and a HipHop and Breakdancer and so she has been learning / practicing also this more Urban techniques. Isabelle won The International Dance Award of modern-jazz technique in France and worked with and for several international well known choreographer’s and danced/choreographed for a lot of different events at that time in theatre, fashion, tv and business to business industry . “the theatre is the most magical place on earth. It enables the choreographer to combine choreography, light and stage design to create a story through dance” - Isabelle Beernaert
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