ODEGAND

Last weekend we attended our yearly Odegand-fest. Again we discovered some very promising performing artists. Although I try not to bother taking out my camera in order to let myself be carried away by what happens on stage, I couldn't resist taking these pictures of the multicultural (from both sides of the Atlantic) ASKANYI. 4 singers taking turns on the lead in front of an amazing stringquartet. We're bound to hear more from them as next month they release their first CD.
 

Odegand ended with a unique dance performance of West Side Story in a choreography of Sidi! Larbi Cherkaoui. It was raining very hard that evening but miraculously it stopped exactly when the spectacle had to start, so with a little delay to enable a whole bunch of courageous youngster to dry the dance-stage we were immersed in the fairy tale world of modern Romeo & Juliet on the Graslei. Here is an attempt to rendering some of the best moments of that evening. Click the pictures to see more.