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Skatepark

Mette Ingvardsen (BE/DK)
Fri 2 May and Sat 3 May
Fri 2 May ’25
and
Sat 3 May ’25
  • Fri 2 May ’25
    19:45
    Danstheater
    Tickets
  • Sat 3 May ’25
    16:30
    Danstheater
    Tickets

Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms the theatre into a skate park where one skate stunt after another is performed. Here, three professional dancers and The Hague's young and older skaters trump each other in an unparalleled skate party as a metaphor for freedom and joyful community spirit.

Skatepark is a jubilant celebration of the local and international skateboarding community.

De Standaard

According to the legend, skateboarding originated when surfers, compelled by the low waves, began seeking the smooth asphalt of Los Angeles. With fluid movements, skaters gracefully glide through our urban landscapes, boldly claiming public spaces with their powerful and boundary-pushing actions.

Mette Ingvartsen, alongside a group of local skaters and dancers, explores the velocity and energy of motion on wheels, evoking memories of her own youth. Skatepark transcends mere spectacle of virtuosic stunts; it symbolizes the emergence of a community. This community is driven by unwavering determination and hard work, where individuals dare to try, fall, and redefine the limits of what is possible, both individually and collectively.

Within this performance, the theater serves as a seamless backdrop for encounters between skaters and dancers of different generations. Their continuous quest for balance and their exuberant interactions and collisions within shared spaces converge into something grander—a society from which invaluable lessons can be learned.

Cloakroom and drink  
Cloakroom and an intermission drink are included. If the event does not have an intermission, you will receive the drink afterwards.  

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Ooievaarspas discount  
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Credits

Concept & choreography: Mette Ingvartsen 
With: Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary Pop Wheels, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Júlia Rúbies 
Subirós, Thomas Bîrzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele, Mathias 
Thiers and local skaters
Sound design: Anne van de Star, Peter Lenaerts
Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen
Music: Felix Kubin, Mord Records, Why the eye, sonaBLAST! Records, Rrose, The Fanny Pads, Restive 
Plaggona
Dramaturgy: Bojana Cvejić
Costumes: Jennifer Defays
Scenography: Pierre Jambé/Antidote
Technical design set: Stéphane Thonnard
Construction set: Construction workshop of Théâtre National Bruxelles: Joachim Pochet, Joachim Hesse, 
Pierre Jardon, Yves Philippaerts, Andrea Messana, Boyd Gates
Technical direction: Hans Meijer
Sound technicians: Milan Van Doren, Yrjänä Rankka, Filip Vilhelmsson
Lighting technicians: Bennert Vancottem, Jan-Simon De Lille
Supervisor kids: Billie Meeussen, Victor Perez Hernandez
Production and administration officer: Joey Ng 
Production: Oihana Azpillaga Camio
Communication: Jeroen Goffings
Management: Ruth Collier
Production: Great Investment vzw
Coproduction: La Danse en grande forme (Cndc - Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture CDCN 
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux · La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’échangeur - CDCN Hauts-deFrance, CCN2 – Grenoble, La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val de Marne, CCN - Ballet national de Marseille, CCN 
de Nantes, CCN d’Orléans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix - Hauts-de-France, La Place 
de La Danse - CDCN Toulouse – Occitanie, La MC2 - Grenoble), Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen & 
Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette & Théâtre Chaillot, deSingel, Kaaitheater & Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Next Festival, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de 
Wallonie – Bruxelles, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium
Supported by: Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden
Residency: Rosas, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, deSingel
Great Investment is supported by The Flemish Authorities, The Flemish Community Commission (VGC), 
Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government & The Danish Arts Council

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