the mountain8+
A very ordinary death ritual
A production about saying goodbye and prolonging time, about loss and longing, about how things were and what is left.
Two characters perform an intimate dialogue, dancing, musical and visual. An oscillation between those who go and those who remain. Between sadness and anger, deathly silence and loud raging, between bitter and sweet, feathery and pitch-dark.
A story told in few words, inviting us to pause and reflect in a world now deficient in mourning rituals.
The title the mountain was inspired by the Japanese legend of a mountain in the Nara region, where people are taken by their loved ones to live out their final hours.
Laika | A Laika-Perpodium COPRODUCTION WITH THE SUPPORT OF the Flemish Community, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government and Sabam for Culture | CONCEPT AND DIRECTION Michai Geyzen CAST Patrick Vervueren and Stanislas Pira Bruynseels CHOREOGRAPHY Lisi Estaras MUSIC AND COMPOSITION Ephraïm Cielen TRANSCRIPTION MUSICAL COMPOSITION Michaël Denis VIOLINS Jeroen Vernimmen and Linde Carrijn CELLO Merel Van Hemelryck RECORDING AND MIX Fritz Sundermann ARTWORK AND COSTUMES Nikè Moens SCENOGRAPHY Stef Stessel DRAMATURGY Mieke Versyp LIGHTING DESIGN Thomas Stevens SOUND DESIGN AND PROJECTIONS Tom Van den Brande TECHNICAL COORDINATION AND PRODUCTION Pieter Smet PRODUCTION Evelynn Beeckmans TECHNICAL Rik van Gysegem POSTER DESIGN Wies Hermans POSTER ILLUSTRATION Jana Roos
Tour dates
February 2026
Hasselt
Cultuurcentrum Hasselt / Krokusfestival 011 22 99 33
Th12/0210:30, 13:30
Fr13/0210:30
Sa14/0215:00 Premiere, 19:00 Premiere
March 2026
Poster
