Saturday 20th of April, choreographer Jan Martens and dancers will talk about the performance Voice Noise with dance artist and writer Ilse Ghekiere.
The talk lasts 30 minutes, takes place shortly after the performance has finished and is in English.
Bio:
Ilse Ghekiere is an artist and art critic. She studied dance at the Conservatory of Antwerp and has a MA in Art Sciences from The Free University of Brussels. As a dancer she has worked with, among others, Michèle Anne De Mey, Mette Ingvartsen and Jan Martens. In 2017, she received a scholarship from the Flemish Government to investigate sexism in the Belgian dance field. She is the founder of ENGAGEMENT ARTS, an artists’ movement that tackles sexual harassment, sexism and abuse of power in the Belgian art world. As an art critic she writes for, among others, Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift and Rekto:Verso. She is also a board member of PRAXIS OSLO. She works and lives in Oslo and Brussels.