An ode to the objects around us.
In “ob-joie,” acrobat Josse De Broeck and percussionist Jef Callebaut engage in the pleasure they share in holding, feeling, hearing and manipulating an everyday object: the soft murmur of the bristles of a sweeping brush, the warm heart of a candle, the hard chair that nevertheless lovingly cradles your bottom.
In this wordless song of praise, the everyday objects themselves steal the show. Callebaut & De Broeck take them...
Credits
By and with: Jef Callebaut and Josse De Broeck Dramaturgy: Marie Peeters Set design: Bart Mommerency Stage direction: Sander De Cuyper Technical advice: Pepijn Mesure Lighting design: Vera Martins
Audio advice: Reindert Spanhoven Costume: Adèle Morvan Production: Nona Bal Coaching: Kurt Demey and Kolja Huneck Special thanks to: Marie De Broeck, Fanny Maréchal, Willem Rys and Ezra Weill Coproduction: PERPLX, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof and CIRKLABO With thanks to: Miramiro, Destelheide and the Flemish Government