Eastman
Founded in January 2010, Eastman was set up to produce and promote the work of its artistic director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Cherkaoui’s non-hierarchical thinking on movement, body language and culture is the basis of his artistic approach. His work offers the audience a vast array of projects and collaborations across many forms of performance including contemporary dance, theatre, ballet, opera and music.
Set in his native harbor city of Antwerp (Belgium) and resident at DE SINGEL International Arts Centre (Antwerp), Eastman forms the central point for all of Cherkaoui’s work. Since its foundation in 2010, Cherkaoui created amongst others Babel (words) (with Damien Jalet), Play (with Shantala Shivalingappa), TeZukA, Puz/zle, 4D, Fractus V, Session (with Colin Dunne), 3S and Vlaemsch (chez moi) under Eastman’s wing. It also coordinates all of Cherkaoui’s work for other organizations.
Eastman’s international partners include La Monnaie / De Munt (Brussels), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Grande Halle de La Villette (Paris), DE SINGEL International Arts Centre (Antwerp) and Sadler’s Wells (London).
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Eastman are supported by the Flemish Government and the BNP Paribas Foundation. Eastman was European Cultural Ambassador 2013.
A monumental work, Ihsane is a stunning initiatory quest featuring some twenty performers, a vocal duo, and an instrumental ensemble at the crossroads of the Middle East and the West.