SCAPING LANDS - preperformance project 2025
The two-year training class at bewegungs-art freiburg e.V. will develop a stage play in an intensive process from 1 to 17 December 2025 under the direction of renowned choreographer Brandon Lagaert. The 20 international students will learn choreographic methods and practise presenting on stage before completing their training a few months later. The students will be actively involved in the rehearsal process and will explore the complexities of encounters between people, identities and boundaries. Brandon Lagaert will compose this into the dynamic 40-45 minute piece SCAPING LANDS, in which the abundance of the twenty young dancers will be combined with his stylistic confidence. After the performance, the audience is invited to a post-performance discussion to learn about the students' experiences and more about the renowned choreographer's compositional approaches.
SCAPING LANDS poses the question: What happens when characters who should never meet share the same space? How do they adapt, resist or change as a result of their encounters? In a world marked by social, cultural, linguistic and political boundaries, the performance creates a liminal space in which stories and bodies meet, collide and merge. The characters move in chaotic harmony – driven by inner desires and shaped by external forces. Some lose themselves, others take control, but all are part of an ongoing dance of influence and identity. As boundaries blur, a central question arises: how do boundaries and differences shape our self-image and our sense of belonging?
Belgian choreographer and performer Brandon Lagaert (born in Ghent in 1992) is a member of the internationally renowned company Peeping Tom, with whom he has collaborated on productions such as Vader, Moeder and Kind. His distinctive style combines contemporary and urban dance with theatre and film. As director of his dance theatre company KAIHO, Lagaert works with professional companies and training institutions across Europe and has received numerous awards for his work.
Brussels-based dancer and choreographer Sara Angelucci (choreographic assistant) works at the intersection of contemporary dance, physical theatre and interdisciplinary projects. She has been part of the KAIHO Company as artistic assistant since 2020. As a performer, she has appeared in Mondo Fuso and the duet Facing Familiar Faces, which will premiere at Charleroi Danse – La Raffinerie in 2025.
