A skateboarder dynamically jumps over an obstacle while a performer with a microphone sings in a squatting position and a group of spectators watch in the background.

Dance

Mette Ingvartsen

Skatepark

Tickets:

36 euro/(conq. 20/18 euro), 24 euro/(conq. 12 euro), 14 euro/(conq. 9/7 euro)

Info

Age recommendation: from 10 years

Past dates

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Saturday

4/18/26

8:00 PM

75 Min.

Legend has it that skateboarding was born when low waves forced surfers in Los Angeles out of the water and onto the asphalt. Since then, skating has evolved into a unique choreography. It interacts with the surfaces of the city, reclaiming public space with high speed and daring tricks. In April, this art of movement takes over our main stage: Together with a group of skaters and dancers, choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms the K6 into a skatepark. She expands the traditional dance vocabulary with kickflips, 180s, and boardslides – a vivid reminder of her youth, when she was a skater herself.

This high-energy performance playfully pushes the boundaries of what’s possible and gives rise to a utopian community where skateboarding and dance merge into one shared, striking, and fast-paced choreography.

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Several people are standing on a slope in a skate area. One is waving a white flag, one is wearing roller skates, and one is on a skateboard. Several are wearing masks.

A person performs an ollie, hovering above another skateboard with their skateboard. In the background are spectators, some with skateboards in front of them.

A skateboard lies with its wheels facing upwards, a person bends down with their own skateboard. Another board can be seen in the background and one is held into the picture from above. A person stands in roller skates and knee pads.

A person in costume fingers their storm-mask-like headdress, which is decorated with sequins and from which a thick pipe cleaner and a beard made of threads hang down. They wear a ruffled scarf.

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With: Mette Ingvartsen

Concept & Choreography Mette Ingvartsen With Damien Delsaux, Manuel Faust, Aline Boas, Mary Pop Wheels, Sam Gelis, Fouad Nafili, Júlia Rúbies Subirós, Thomas Bîrzan, Briek Neuckermans, Indreas Kifleyesus, Arthur Vannes, Camille Gecchele, Mathias Thiers and Hamburg skaters Sound design Anne van de Star, Peter Lenaerts Lighting design Minna Tiikkainen Dramaturgy Bojana Cvejić Costume design Jennifer Defays Scenography Pierre Jambé / Antidote Technical stage design Stéphane Thonnard Workshop Stage Théâtre National Bruxelles Joachim Pochet, Joachim Hesse, Pierre Jardon, Yves Philippaerts, Andrea Messana, Boyd Gates Technical Direction Hans Meijer Sound Engineering Milan Van Doren, Yrjänä Rankka, Filip Vilhelmsson Lighting Bennert Vancottem, Jan-Simon De Lille Production Management & Administration Joey Ng Production, Oihana Azpillaga Camio, Rachel Strijdonk Communication Rachel Strijdonk Company Management Ruth Collier Skaters Hamburg David Lebuser, Johanna Wolter, Richie Löffler, Ani Louise Snoyeck, Camdon Davis, Jonas Ludewig, Elvino Ramet

Production Great Investment vzw Coproduction La Danse en grande forme (Cndc - Angers, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, La Manufacture CDCN Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux · La Rochelle, CCN de Caen en Normandie, L’échangeur - CDCN Hauts-de-France, CCN2 – Grenoble, La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val de Marne, CCN - Ballet national de Marseille, CCN de Nantes, CCN d’Orléans, Atelier de Paris / CDCN, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix - Hauts-de-France, La Place de La Danse - CDCN Toulouse – Occitanie, La MC2 - Grenoble), Ruhrtriennale, Wiener Festwochen & Tanzquartier Wien, La Villette & Théâtre Chaillot, deSingel, Kaaitheater & Théâtre National, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, Next Festival, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, International Theatre Rotterdam, Perpodium Supported by Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden Residency Rosas, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, deSingel Great Investment is supported by The Flemish Authorities, The Flemish Community Commission (VGC), Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government & The Danish Arts Council

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