Torment of Hearts

A few years ago, Femke Gyselinck was introduced to Bach's ‘dialogue cantatas’. Johann Sebastian Bach is as baroque as it gets. In his oeuvre, the dialogue cantatas occupy a special place, a rare opportunity to hear heaven and earth in conversation.

Together, Femke and B'Rock Orchestra set themselves the following challenge: What other music can be added that creates a contrast but not chaos? How can a unity be created between musical compositions from different periods and zeitgeists? What dance language can be used in the process? What dance language could they use?

The result is Torment of Hearts, in which three dancers, two singers and an ensemble of seven instrumentalists give shape to different manifestations of loneliness triggered by four pieces of music from three different centuries.