STEP UP! - Chapter 1
Belgian Dance and Performance on Camera 1970-2000

Opening Night: Saturday 8th of October 2016 // 18:00-21:00

Join us for a drink afterwards at Dame Jeanne // 22:00

Special Nocturne & Drink: 16th of November 2016 // 18:00-21:00

With over fifty films and videos from the Argos Collection, the evolving group exhibition STEP UP! provides an exciting selection of Belgian works at the intersection of dance, performance and visual arts from the period 1970-2000.

While the oldest contributions by Jacques-Louis Nyst, Jacques Lennep or Lili Dujourie are more conceptual in nature, a fresh generation of dancers and choreographers see the light from the 1980s and '90s on. Iconic figures - including Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus and Alain Platel - give the scenery a dash of fresh air. They and many others join forces with artists / filmmakers such as Thierry De Mey, Sven Augustijnen or Johan Grimonprez. It leads to a wave of creative films in which the camera, editing and evolving technology play important roles.

While dance and camera experience an intense ardent love affair, artists including Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Edith Dekyndt or Harald Thys and Jos De Gruyter deliver groundbreaking video art performances.

Without having encyclopedic ambitions, STEP UP! offers an overview of 30 years of Belgian artistic production. During the exhibition period, the project eleborates in five completely different stages. After a short winter break, STEP UP! continues from January 28 to March 19, 2017.

With works by Marie André, Sven Augustijnen, Pascal Baes, Bert Beyens, Michèle Blondeel, Claude Cattelain, André Colinet, Cel Crabeels, Antonin De Bemels, Jos De Gruyter and Harald Thys, Luc Deleu, Edith Dekyndt, Thierry De Mey, Lili Dujourie, Vincent Dunoyer, Jan Fabre, Filip Francis, Michel François, Johan Grimonprez, Wolfgang Kolb, Boris Lehman, Jacques Lennep, Jacques Lizène, Emilio López-Menchero, Messieurs Delmotte, Jacques-Louis Nyst, Ria Pacquée, Eric Pauwels, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Hans Van den Broeck, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Wout Vercammen, Walter Verdin, Angel Vergara, Jan Vromman.

With choreographies by José Besprosvany, Bud Blumenthal, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey, Christine De Smedt, Pierre Droulers, Vincent Dunoyer, Jan Fabre, Roxane Huilmand, Steve Paxton, Alain Platel, Meg Stuart, Wim Vandekeybus, Marc Vanrunxt.

Curated by Andrea Cinel & Ive Stevenheydens.

STEP UP! - CHAPTER 1: 09.10.2016 — 13.11.2016

WITH WORKS BY Marie André, Luc Deleu, Thierry De Mey, Vincent Dunoyer, Filip Francis, Wolfgang Kolb, Jacques-Louis Nyst, Eric Pauwels, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven en Wout Vercammen.

WITH CHOREOGRAPHIES BY José Besprosvany, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Michèle Anne De Mey, Vincent Dunoyer, Roxane Huilmand en Marc Vanrunxt.

STEP UP! - CHAPTER 1: 16.11.2016 – 18.12.2016

WITH WORKS BY Pascal Baes, Claude Cattelain, Edith Dekyndt, Thierry De Mey, Michel François, Jacques-Louis Nyst, Eric Pauwels en Angel Vergara.

WITH CHOREOGRAPHIES BY Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

STEP UP! Belgian Dance and Performance on Camera 1970-2000 from ARGOS centre for art and media on Vimeo.

Argos
Werfstraat 13 rue du Chantier
1000 Brussels
info@argosarts.org
+32 2 229 00 03

Opening hours: 
Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 18:00

NEW: Open late night until 21:00 every last Wednesday of the month.

Entrance Tickets:
6 € Individual visitor

4 € Students, seniors (+60), unemployed

1,25€ Ticket Article 27

0 € -18, teacher, ICOM card members, press, IKT members, SUBBACULTCHA members

NB: The entrance ticket is a personal pass that gives you unlimited access to the exhibition.