conversations in ten questions 1 : Wim Vandekeybus (Ultima Vez) - TrapTown
In this series of interviews we try to get to know the directors/choreographers who will be the international guests at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival in November 2019. Our first guest is Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez. Ayse Draz & Mehmet Kerem Ozel Art Unlimited Performing Arts Editor & Writer [The Turkish translation of this interview is published and can be accessed on art.unlimited ] Wim Vandekeybus (Photo: Danny Willems) What is the spirit of dance in your opinion? How do you define contemporary dance today? All what can be seen as dance is a bodily expression, a communication medium to externalise inner feelings, strategies, wishes and emotions. Contemporary dance opened the field for less technically defined dance techniques. Digital accessibility to all dance forms on earth influenced the contemporary dance as an eclectic medium where authenticity is not to be respected but could be copied and pasted as original. In the 80s dance became theatr...