OPEN CALL - The quiet

Anthony van Gog is looking for a performer with a powerful movement quality, strong body awareness and the courage to explore boundaries.
We will mainly work around muscle tension, where endurance, concentration and resistance are of great value. It is also important that you are comfortable with being naked on the floor.

The audition is a one-on-one session in the studio to explore together. Nothing is expected or prepared in advance: we test some movement materials and see if there is a click. Bring loose and/or tighter movement clothes and water.

About the project - The quiet
What happens when we no longer force the body to perform, explain or satisfy, but simply let it be? In The quiet, the smallest movements of sleeping, dreaming or dying bodies are magnified into a sensory experience. Three performers lie on a raised platform. They breathe, shake, tremble. Their muscles tighten and release. Sometimes they look like they are suffering, sometimes like they are ecstatic. Are they sick, asleep, in transition - or just intensely present?

About the creator
Anthony van Gog (Riemst, 1996) graduated from the Performance programme at the Maastricht Drama Academy in 2019. His work moves at the interface of theatre and visual art, in which body, sound and space constantly enter into a game. In addition to his artistic practice, Anthony is pursuing a master's degree in philosophy at the University of Antwerp.
Trailer of previous work crowdkill you will find here.

Practical
Send a short video (motion reel) and some basic information (name, age, hometown) to a.van.gog@telenet.be

Soon after the deadline, you will be contacted whether or not you will be invited to the studio session.
Submission deadline: 01/10/2025
Studio session: by arrangement, on a day between 20 and 31 October 2025.

Data creation (subject to minor shifts):

10 - 14 November 2025
17 - 21 November 2025
12 - 16 January 2026
19 - 23 January 2026
9 - 13 February 2026
16 - 20 February 2026
13 April - 8 May 2026