Delirious Night

The night invites celebration. Freed from the rules and codes that govern the day, it presents itself as an intoxicating world, full of desires and dangers. Mette Ingvartsen’s Delirious Night is experienced as a ritual, inspired by the dancing mania of the Middle Ages, carnivals, masked balls, and other celebrations that suspend social order. The Danish choreographer observes her era and the way bodies react to periods of crisis. On stage, nine men and women surrender to a delirious night of music and dance, inhabiting this alternative space where one can finally build a community. Their bodies, confronted with excess and collective frenzy, oscillate between joy and sadness, hedonism and exorcism, conformity and resistance. 

بعيداً عن القواعد والأعراف الاجتماعية التي تسود النهار، يطرح الليل نفسه كعالم ساحر يصبح بناء المجتمع فيه ممكناً. تُعدّ Delirious Night  لمِيت إنجفارتسن، والمستوحاة من هستيريا الرقص في العصور الوسطى، طقساً للتحرّر والشفاء. 

Interview with Mette Ingvartsen

With Jayson Batut, Thomas Bîrzan, Dolores Hulan, Zoé Lakhnati, Elisha Mercelina, Mariana Miranda, Olivier Muller, Fouad Nafili, Júlia Rúbies Subirós and Will Guthrie

Choreography Mette Ingvartsen
Text and lyrics Mette Ingvartsen, GRLwood, Romy Lightman, Sari Lightman
Music Will Guthrie
Sound Milan Van Doren
Dramaturgy Bojana Cvejić
Lighting Minna Tiikkainen
Costumes Jennifer Defays
Vocal coaching Fabienne Séveillac
Technical direction Hans Meijer
Lighting management Sil Verdickt, Bennert Vancottem
Touring technicians Jan-Simon De Lille, Filip Vilhemsson
Production manager Oihana Azpillaga Camio
Administration Joey Ng
Communication Jeroen Goffings
Management Ruth Collier

Production Great Investment vzw
Coproduction Festival d’Avignon, Kaaitheater (Bruxelles), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Bruxelles), Kunstencentrum Viernulvier (Gand), Charleroi danse Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Le Lieu Unique (Nantes), Le Cndc d’Angers, PACT Zollverein (Essen), Theater Rotterdam, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Scène nationale, Théâtre national de Bretagne Centre dramatique national (Rennes), Le Quartz Scène nationale de Brest, Festival Madrid en Danza, Perpodium (Anvers)

With the support of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, the Flemish Authorities, the Flemish Community Commission (VGC), the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter, and the Danish Arts Foundation, and for the 79th edition of the Festival d’Avignon: the Embassy of Belgium in France – Delegation of Flanders, the Government of Flanders – Flanders State of the Art.

Residencies Charleroi danse Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles,, Rosas, Le Lieu Unique, P.A.R.T.S.