The European Caravan – 4th edition
Grandma was a spirited explorer. She wandered all her life. She traveled through Africa, the Middle East and Europe. She found something valuable in every culture. After all, she is very open minded. And everywhere she went, she fell in love and… children were born.
Now she is a day older and she looks back on her beautiful life. She still has an important wish and hopes that her children and grandchildren will fulfill it. That wish sounds like an oracle about 'people, money and earth'. Every member of the family puts a spin on it. And this is not without consequences. A passionate struggle for life and death ensues. Where is this family headed?
Our musical theater performance 'If we dance, grandma won't die' played at the most fantastic festival in the city: SUMMER OF ANTWERP edition 2019.
We are a very large, young and mixed gang with players, young people, singers and Roma musicians from Antwerp, Ghent, Barcelona and Skopje (Macedonia). Professionals and enthusiasts bring together the life story of a special grandmother and her family.
Result
- Participants: 34
- Musicians: Martin Balogh (accordion and piano), Robert Mihalik (guitar), Anouk Sanczuk (violin), Jeanneke Van Roeyen (violin), Norbert Makula (violin), Nevrus Bajram (bass guitar), Dragan Teodosiev (drum), Tehamana Gauguin (trumpet), Mario Roca (guitar), David Canal (guitar), Pier Paolo Candeloro (saxophone and clarinet), Stefaan Blancke (saxophone and trombone).
- Players: Edith Verlinden, Andreas Nys, Gwendolin Van Jole, Zukisa Nante, Hussein Mahdi Al-Khalidi
- Dancers: 12 young people between 11 and 16 years old from Luchtbal, Kiel and Antwerp-Noord.
- 10 members of the choir Al Kantar of Madam Fortuna
- 10 performances
- 5000 spectators
Credits
- Artistic:
- music coach and compositions: Enrique Noviello,
- movement coach: Sandra Delgadillo,
- text coach: Bea van den Berg,
- dramaturgical input: An Hackselmans,
- text: a theater text by Peter de Graef.
- game coach and final director: Luk Nys.
- Social: Sait Seharsijan, Jonas Mertens and Srdjan Amet
- Organizational: Madam Fortuna in collaboration with M.I.R. (Skopje/Macedonia), Taller de Musics (Barcelona/Spain) and 'Bij de Vieze Gasten' (Ghent/Belgium) and THE SUMMER OF ANTWERP.
- Support: Summer of Antwerp and City of Antwerp