Moon Bird
Moon Bird is an intimate performance that developed out of a fascination with the moon and all her different guises. The three musicians are on stage with all the children, while the audience sit in a circle around them. The set is decorated with objects that appeal to the imagination, providing a nest for the ‘moon bird’ who makes its entrance through the language of music.
Direction: Liesbeth Bodyn | Creation and performance: Liesbeth Bodyn (singing) or Jozefien Derweduwen (singing), Seraphine Stragier (cello, nyckelharpa & singing) or Annemie Osborne (cello), Tine Allegaert (bugle, percussion & singing) or Jolien Van De Sande (saxophone, percussion & singing) | Scenography: In Vorm - Ella & Lena Vandenbussche, Liesbeth Bodyn, Andrea Ghequire | Pictures: Josefien Tondeleir | Illustration: @heikesofia | Video: Wild van Vorm | With thanks to: GC De Kluize (Oosterzele)
© Björn Comhaire
"The feedback was unanimously positive. Audiences were delighted by the performance, the performers' voices, the way they interacted with the children, and the warm, gentle atmosphere they created around the music. We were particularly impressed by their ability to engage the audience and build a genuine connection with them. Working with the company was also a pleasure, both on a personal and a professional level. It was a real delight to welcome them."
(Laurent Dupont, Artistic Director, Compagnie ACTA)
"In the performance space, the lighting is soft, and the little ones and their parents have gathered around me. I welcome them with these words:
"Hello and welcome to La Montagne Magique. Today, we invite you to discover Moon Bird, by the Klankennest collective. We’re going to enter the room and settle around the moon, the large white circle. We, the adults, will be there to enclose and protect the space, where the children can move around and express themselves freely. But not us adults. It’s an invitation for us to let these little ones lead the way, and to listen attentively to everything that unfolds…"
And so begins this gentle adventure, in which the young children lead the play, in a shared understanding with the musicians. A partnership, an exchange, relationships that gently take shape, bonds of complicity, all unfolding under the watchful and often deeply moved eyes of the adults."
(Julie Gits, Head of Early Years and Welcome at La Montagne Magique)