Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

20:00 ANTONIA BAEHR - FOR FACES

In a miniature amphitheatre the size of a human head, four performers interpret Baehr’s facial compositions. The audience is seated right next to the actors and can see their expressions in close-up: pursed lips, blinking eyes, raised eyebrows, trembling nostrils. More than a form of expression or communication, the changing expressions form a subtle and remarkable choreography… (Read more).

21:30 KATJA DREYER - UEBERFLIEGER

On the 27th of May 1987, Mathias Rust, then barely 19 years old, landed a small plane on Red Square in the last days of the Cold War. Like an iron dove, he flew across the Iron Curtain in the hopes of bridging the gap between East and West.

Katja Dreyer previously performed at Vooruit as an actress in ‘While we were holding it together’ by Ivana Müler. ‘Ueberflieger’ is her first own production. It’s a lecture/performance in which Dreyer makes Mathias Rust’s story her own and adds a personal touch to it. History, the collective memory and personal memories are interwoven in this interesting piece. (Read more).