Avant-Première: Carmen & Carmen

Carmen, the passionate lover, the free-spirited woman, the fury. Who is she really? Moved by the Motion explores the legendary story of opera composer Georges Bizet. 

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At the invitation of NTGent, Moved by the Motion embarks on research into the myth of Carmen, remixing opera, cinema, flamenco, and performance into a bold hybrid experience. Rather than retelling the classic, the group deconstructs it, using Carmen’s iconic presence as a lens to explore themes of desire, violence, migration, and resistance.

Who is Carmen, really? A symbol of love, liberation — and a threat that must be subdued again and again. 

Blending live performance and film, the piece unravels Carmen. As the screen begins to dissolve, a new story emerges, shifting from cinematic spectacle to visceral liveness.

Moved by the Motion is a multidisciplinary group of artists who play with language, movement, image and sound. They create at the melting point of film, poetry, music, dance, performance and theatre. The group started in LA in 2013 and is internationally renowned. Members are invited to collaborate in projects around the world. 

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After a six-year residency at Schauspielhaus Zürich (where they analysed the figure of Carmen for a first time), the ensemble now returns to the basis of their working methods: collective creation, iterative composition and collision of genres.