“Venus”, a collaboration between artist Bart Hess & choreographer/dancer Sedrig Verwoert, exploring the synthesis of dance, multimedia and costume design. The project explores the concept of transformation and the human body while questioning its identity and physical limits.

 

Blending dance, costume design and multimedia, “Venus" is the result of the most recent collaboration between Bart Hess and Sedrig Verwoert. The project delves into the merging of bodies, where dancers push the boundaries of the human form, creating fluid, transformative movements. It tells a visual story of bodily metamorphosis, emphasised by Verwoert’s choreography which focuses on how bodies fuse and dissolve into one another, with a physical expression of alienation and redefinition as a result.

Costume Design as an Extension of the Body

 

The custom-made costumes play a central role in “Venus”, acting as an extension of the dancers' bodies. Each costume is carefully crafted to not only support movement but also visually enhance the theme of transformation. As the dancers perform, their bodies are distorted and reshaped while continuously shifting between human and hybrid forms. The costumes, and the use of textile, amplify the sense of metamorphosis, pulling viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems.