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i. Crossing Over In a moment, a man and a woman will need to cross the same zebra crossing. She’s right across from him and he’s right across from…
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Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe on Decadence, Utopia and Summoning Spirits on Stage
Just as the universe out there, the theatrical universe of Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe keeps expanding. Ever bigger, ever more intimate. His stagings are known for being extravagant and ambitious, with…
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THE BED
It’s not her bed. She doesn’t have chic aubergine bedding like this, let alone such a nice, firm, multilayer mattress. Her own pillows are small, square and slept completely flat,…
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui on Small Gestures, Transferability and Kinship
A conversation about sensuality in contemporary dance can easily slide into platitudes. We might picture bodies, either cloaked or half naked, crawling and contorting their way through a choreographic…
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THE PARCEL
She lay on the sofa in her flat, staring ahead with the expression and accompanying ennui of a prompter who, night after night, is not called upon to speak.
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I COULD HUNT YOU DOWN LIKE A SHARK
https://extraextramagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/25-i-could-hunt-you-down-like-a-shark-saskia-de-coster-no16-new-version.mp3 A shark is swimming beside us, a shark with a long, fat tail. It slinks along the ocean floor, drawing slow circles behind…
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BY THE POND
https://extraextramagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/29-By-the-pond-no-15.mp3 Two red-eared slider turtles. How did they end up at the pond in the park? The male comes crawling out of the water…
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‘IT’S ME’
Have I already told you I’ve got a new friend? We went to the new café in the park yesterday, that concrete circle with windows all around, windows that…
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BRILLIANT INTERVENTION
A few years back, I had a student job working for Pallas publishers, who had a deal with an art gallery. One evening, an exhibition opened with a…
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Laure Prouvost on Seduction, Language, and Bodily Provocations
On a hot day in Antwerp I climbed to the top of an imposing block; the heat rose with me. At the fourth floor, I was led past two enormous…
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Viviane De Muynck on the Sensuality of Embracing Death and Passionate Mourning
A summer evening in the south of Antwerp. The actress is waiting for me under an awning out on the terrace. She is smartly dressed and possesses a clear…
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Veronique Branquinho on Gravelly Voices, Watching People As a Pastime and Her New Enchanting Ready-to-wear Collection
Veronique Branquinho rose to fame in the late nineties with designs that offer an elegant attitude to daily wear, adding a touch of nighttime grace. With an eye for detail,…