Author:leenbraspenning

Silence across generations

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_separator type="transparent" thickness="1" up="10" down="0"][vc_column_text]What happens when strangers meet in the theater? How do encounters on a stage take shape, and how do they shape the participants?   And what connections are created when these performers share a...

Re-generation

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="40"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Re-generation is the working title of my new theatrical project. It is a project that brings together many of the themes and methods I have...

Bosnia / Belgium

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Since 2021 I have been conducting research and laying the groundwork for an international project centered on the trauma of the Jugoslavian war. This theater...

Punt vzw

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] PUNT. is an organisation that offers qualitative support for victims of inappropriate sexual behaviour or sexual violence.   I conduct theater sessions for PUNT. that focus on...

The Second World

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Marieke Marieke

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Over a century ago, the Netherlands were flooded by refugees. Belgian refugees, driven from their homes by the Great War. The Dutch women competed amongst...

Cirkant

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Since 2014 I have been conducting theater workshops with adolescents in youth care services and facilities. These workshops always result in a full-fledged play that...

Restoring the earth

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]November 2012. I'm in an apartment on the 27th floor in Changhzou, China. Facing me is a 72-year-old man. What are the most memorable moments...

Peerke, een icoon

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]A former convict and his daughter go on a pilgrimage from Paramaribo to the leper colony where the Dutch missionary Peerke Donders used to work....

Mourning

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" thickness="0" up="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Even in a loss, something can be gained. Mourning for a loved one is often seen solely as a sad and lonely experience. But there's...