As if we were humans
World premiere:
21/06/2025
De Singel
Belgium
Choreography, concept, direction: Astrid Boons 
Composition: Miguelángel Clerc Parada 
Dancers: Núria Audouard Fericgla, Aitana Bru Más, Elsa Chantre, marta García Hernández, Dortottya Gombos, Noémie Hà, Manel Llopis, Jules Renaud, Hanako Salanon Hasegawa, Tos Schoonjans, Guillaume Senn, Mirte s'Jongers, Ianthe Van der Pol, Lily White, Ginevra Zambelli 
Light design: Sylvia Cuyken
Duration: 30m
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Production: Royal Conservatory of Antwerp
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"I do like I do in the tall grass, more animal-me than much else."
Ada Limón
As if we were humans starts from the idea that the “animal-me” is never separate, but always mixed into what we call human. This work moves through a blurred space where no gesture is simple – each one is layered with sensation, tension, and noise. This noise is a form of excess: something that resists being pinned down or made clear. The body reveals a creature – not frightening, but unwilling to fit into fixed categories. In a world shaped by ongoing crisis and everyday violence, the work asks what we really are. It suggests that the creature within us – fluid, raw, alert – is not a leftover from the past, but a continuous presence that we often try to name, suppress, or sometimes dance with.
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