Co(te)lette

Woman and flesh, beauty and impermanence, raw and tender. An uncontrollable desire overwhelms the dancers. A desire for fulfilment, both physical and mental. They are torn between attractiveness, sensuality, lust, carnality, fame, success, reflection, control and stillness. Act on the urges or control them. Bodies in ecstasy.

In Co(te)lette Ann Van den Broek shows three female dancers is an intimate setting, caught in a vicious circle between desire and fulfilment. There is no confrontation, there is no rivalry, there is no narrative, no solution, no end.Co(te)lette is

a restless and ultimately… empty portrait.

Co(te)lette is a performance from 2007. This reprise almost twenty years later is of particular importance in the current neo-conservative era. It confronts us with the stagnating emancipation of women and the erosion of the right to one’s own interpretation of sexuality and physicality. At the same time, in the personal domain of Ann Van den Broek, it is also a confrontation with the passing of time.

The original performance of Co(te)lette was awarded the Swan for the most impressive dance production of the 2007-2008 season. The performance was previously seen at Lowlands and toured internationally with performances

in London, Montreal, Beijing, Lublin, Munich and Helsinki.

In 2010 the Britisch director Mike Figgis made The Co(te)lette Film together with Ann Van den Broek. The filmversion of Co(te)lette won several awards during film festivals in Los Angeles (USA), Nicosia (CYP), Brussels (B) and San Francisco (USA).

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“I have seldom seen performers in a dance production lose themselves so completely in the action on stage. Shamelessly, with total abandon and emphatically out to provoke passionate reactions.” Het Financieel Dagblad (NL)

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Credits
Concept and choreography: Ann Van den Broek
Assistent: Frauke Mariën, Cecilia Moisio
Dancers: Rotating cast) Isaiah Selleslaghs, Celine Werkhoven, Matthea Lara Pederson, Sixtine Biron

Interns: Mira Sopart, Ana Paula Lemus Payiatsou, Kato Rombaut
Music: Arne Van Dongen
Music editing and mix: Arne Van Dongen, Yves De Mey
Light design: Bernie van Velzen
Styling costumes: Ann Van den Broek
Photography: Alexander D’Hiet

Wardward is supported, by the Dutch national preforming arts fund, the province of North- Brabant, municipality Tilburg and by the Belgian Taxshelter.

Practical information for ‘Co(te)lette’ performance at:

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 – 8:15 PM
Theater Wennekerpand, Vijgensteeg 2, Schiedam