Voetvolk (Dutch for ‘infantry’) is a Belgian contemporary dance and performance company founded in 2007 by dancer/choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez and musician/composer Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. Together they’ve created more than ten productions already, from It’s going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend in 2012 to Wasco! in 2024.
Their work is an ongoing conversation between corporal and auditive movement: Gruwez and Van Cauwenberghe direct each other in order to achieve an organic symbiosis within a fixed frame. This brings in the element of performance that identifies every production: the connection between the aural and the visual/physical is always (a)live.
The last few years, Voetvolk has taken an interest in looking for new ways to engage with (new) audiences. Through Lisbeth Gruwez dances Bob Dylan, Piano Works Debussy and Into the Open, for instance, Voetvolk succeeded in bringing music lovers into contact with contemporary dance.
Nomadics (2022) investigated new ways to engage with the audience, inviting people to undergo long hikes with Gruwez and the dance crew before watching the show, while Wasco! (2024) was entirely created with an amazing group of children performers.