RULE OF THREE takes as a starting point our ability to zap quickly from one impression to another. A collection of scenes echoes the fragmentary experience of reality that is the result of this abundance of stimuli.
RULE OF THREE is a danced performance that is somewhere between concert and short story collection. It is a collection of short stories written with bodies, light, music, costumes and text. An untamed meditation that - like our time - is based on opposites: between stillness and explosion, between precision and intuition, between heart and reason. For RULE OF THREE, Jan Martens collaborates with the American producer and drummer NAH whose music consists of live and programmed drums that he mixes with found sounds and manipulated samples. On stage, the three performers enter into a dialogue with NAH's eclectic music composition and further increase the sensory stimulation. (See original text)
For her performance in RULE OF THREE Courtney was named the ‘First heroine of La Bâtie’ 2018 by Le Temps (CH) and Female Performer of the Year 2017 by Sceneweb (FR).
© Phile Deprez
© Phile Deprez
© 周嘉慧
© Phile Deprez
© 周嘉慧
© 周嘉慧
credits
CHOREOGRAPHER: Jan Martens. WITH: Baptiste Cazaux / Steven Michel, Dan Mussett & Courtney May Robertson. CAST AT PREMIERE: Julien Josse, Steven Michel & Courtney May Robertson. MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE: NAH. STORIES FROM: Lydia Davis © Denise Shannon Literary Agency, Inc. COSTUME: Valérie Hellebaut. LIGHTING DESIGN: Jan Fedinger. DRAMATURG: Greet Van Poeck. REHEARSAL DIRECTOR: Anne-Lise Brevers. TECHNIQUE: Michel Spang / Marie Vandecasteele. DURATION: 75 minutes. PRODUCTION: GRIP. INTERNATIONAL SPREAD: A Propic / Line Rousseau & Marion Gauvent. CO-PRODUCTION: deSingel international art campus, Théâtre de la Ville - Paris with Festival d'Automne à Paris, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix - Hauts-de-France & tanzhaus nrw. WITH SUPPORT FROM: STUK Kunstencentrum & Grand Theater. WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM: the Flemish government & the city of Antwerp. THANKS TO: Marc Vanrunxt & Anne-Lise Brevers. SHORT STORIES FROM LYDIA DAVIS: 'Writing' and 'The Dog Hair' from 'CAN'T & WON'T' by Lydia Davis. Copyright © 2014 by Lydia Davis. Suddenly Afraid from 'VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE'. Copyright © 2007 by Lydia Davis.
PAST PERFORMANCE dates
09.03.2020 - Teatro Calderón - Valladolid (ES)
06.03.2020 - Teatros Del Canal - Madrid (ES)
05.03.2020 - Teatros Del Canal - Madrid (ES)
20.12.2019 - Parktheater Eindhoven (NL)
19.12.2019 - Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft - Bornem (BE)
12.12.2019 - Le Carreau - Scène Nationale - Forbach (FR)
27.11.2019 - La Halle Aux Grains - Scène Nationale Blois (FR)
27.10.2019 - National Performing Arts Center - Taipei (TW)
26.10.2019 - National Performing Arts Center - Taipei (TW)
25.10.2019 - National Performing Arts Center - Taipei (TW)
24.10.2019 - National Performing Arts Center - Taipei (TW)
18.06.2019 - Szene Salzburg, Sommerszene - Salzburg (AT)
17.06.2019 - Szene Salzburg, Sommerszene - Salzburg (AT)
30.03.2019 - Cultuurcentrum Casinokoksijde - Koksijde (BE)
26.03.2019 - Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (BE)
22.03.2019 - Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefeed - Oudtshoorn (ZA)
21.03.2019 - Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefeed - Oudtshoorn (ZA)
16.03.2019 - The Market Theater - Johannesburg (ZA)
17.02.2019 - Dansens Hus - Oslo (NO)
16.02.2019 - Dansens Hus - Oslo (NO)
15.02.2019 - Dansens Hus - Oslo (NO)
13.03.2019 - Le Lieu Unique - Nantes (FR)
12.03.2019 - Le Lieu Unique - Nantes (FR)
06.03.2019 - Cultuurcentrum De Werft - Geel (BE)
11.02.2019 - Les Hivernales - Avignon (FR)
05.02.2019 - Scène Nationale Dieppe (FR)
02.02.2019 - Cultuurcentrum Lokeren (BE)
29.01.2019 - Cultuurcentrum Maasmechelen (BE)
20.12.2018 - Espaces Pluriels - Pau (FR)
13.12.2018 - STUK - Leuven (BE)
12.12.2018 - STUK - Leuven (BE)
11.12.2018 - STUK - Leuven (BE)
07.12.2018 - Tanzquartier - Vienna (AT)
06.12.2018 - Tanzquartier - Vienna (AT)
14.10.2018 - De Bordenhal - Maastricht (NL)
02.09.2018 - Adc Theatre, La Bâtie - Geneva (CH)
01.09.2018 - Adc Theatre, La Bâtie - Geneva (CH)
31.08.2018 - Adc Theatre, La Bâtie - Geneva (CH)
09.06.2018 - Toneelhuis (Antwerpse Kleppers) - Antwerp (NL)
08.06.2018 - Rotterdamse Schouwburg (NL)
17.05.2018 - Schouwburg Odeon - Zwolle (NL)
01.05.2018 - Toneelschuur - Haarlem (NL)
28.04.2018 - Beursschouwburg - Brussels (BE)
27.04.2018 - Beursschouwburg - Brussels (BE)
26.04.2018 - Beursschouwburg - Brussels (BE)
20.04.2018 - Cultuurcentrum Nova - Wetteren (BE)
18.04.2018 - Cultuurcentrum Brugge - Brugge (BE)
14.04.2018 - Cultuurcentrum De Werf - Aalst (BE)
04.04.2018 - Chassé Theater - Breda (NL)
29.03.2018 - Cultuurcentrum De Factorij - Zaventem (BE)
27.03.2018 - Le Gymnase CDCN - Roubaix (FR)
26.03.2018 - Le Gymnase CDCN - Roubaix (FR)
23.03.2018 - C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
22.03.2018 - Grand Theater - Groningen (NL)
18.03.2018 - Festival les Printemps - Lausanne (CH)
17.03.2018 - Festival les Printemps - Lausanne (CH)
04.03.2018 - Wexner Center for the Arts - Columbus Ohio (USA)
03.03.2018 - Wexner Center for the Arts - Columbus Ohio (USA)
02.03.2018 - Wexner Center for the Arts - Columbus Ohio (USA)
01.03.2018 - Wexner Center for the Arts - Columbus Ohio (USA)
21.02.2018 - Cultuurcentrum Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
17.02.2018 - Theater Kikker - Utrecht (NL)
09.02.2018 - De Grote Post - Oostende (BE)
07.02.2018 - De Warande - Turnhout (BE)
12.01.2018 - Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk (BE)
11.01.2018 - Cultuurcentrum Mechelen (BE)
10.01.2018 - Cultuurcentrum Mechelen (BE)
16.12.2017 - Korzo - Den Haag (NL)
14.12.2017 - De Neiwe Vorst - Tilburg (NL)
30.11.2017 - Le Parvis - Tarbes (FR)
28.11.2017 - Theater de Veste - Delf (NL)
23.11.2017 - Roma Europa - Rome (IT)
22.11.2017 - Roma Europa - Rome (IT)
17.11.2017 - L’onde - Velizy-Villacoublay (FR)
14.11.2017 - Festival d'automne - Paris (FR)
15.11.2017 - Festival d'automne - Paris (FR)
14.11.2017 - Festival d'automne - Paris (FR)
13.11.2017 - Festival d'automne - Paris (FR)
11.11.2017 - Festival d'automne - Paris (FR)
10.11.2017 - Festival d'automne - Paris (FR)
09.11.2017 - Festival d'automne - Paris (FR)
25.10.2017 - Stadsschouwburg - Amsterdam (NL)
24.10.2017 - Stadsschouwburg - Amsterdam (NL)
20.10.2017 - Sadler's Wells - London (UK)
19.10.2017 - Sadler's Wells - London (UK)
13.10.2017 - CAMPO Nieuwpoort - Ghent (BE)
12.10.2017 - CAMPO Nieuwpoort - Ghent (BE)
11.10.2017 - CAMPO Nieuwpoort - Ghent (BE)
07.10.2017 - Tanzhaus Nrw - Dusseldorf (DE)
06.10.2017 - Tanzhaus Nrw - Dusseldorf (DE)
30.09.2017 - DeSingel - Antwerp (BE)
29.09.2017 - DeSingel - Antwerp (BE)
28.09.2017 - DeSingel - Antwerp (BE)
