{"id":4451,"date":"2025-09-24T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T08:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.musica.be\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=4451"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:48:09","slug":"fest","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.musica.be\/en\/activities\/fest\/","title":{"rendered":"FEST (6+)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zonzo Compagnie, Junior Akwety, Jochem Baelus &amp; Lotte Vanhamel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><em>Brace yourself, straighten your head, clear your throat. Because it\u2019s time. Time for a festive revolution, time for FEST!<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost a hundred years ago, Spanish teacher Jos\u00e9 Antonio Emmanuel published the manifesto \u2018Anarchy Explained to Children\u2019. He wrote: \u201cLife must be what it should be: a free expression of abilities, spontaneity of actions, an ultimate freedom that breaks down the causes hindering this society, based on the greatest freedom and the most absolute independence.\u201d And that\u2019s exactly what singer Junior Akwety, sound artist Jochem Baelus, and clarinetist Lotte Vanhamel do: they place their fate in the hands of the young audience and call for a revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025 - FEST trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1144432536?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>FEST<\/em> is a bomb full of musical anarchy. The musicians transform from ritual percussion to enchanting voices and vice versa. They draw inspiration from songs from Junior\u2019s homeland, Congo, and introduce touches of rumba, banto electronics, deep house, hip-hop, and rap. Together with the audience, they create a new world: uninhibited, free, and spontaneous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prepare for a musical celebration and a revolution for children\u2014a revolution that radiates positive energy. <em>FEST<\/em> appeals to modern dance culture: a gathering that perhaps hints at something illegal, but most of all leaves a lasting impression on everyone present. Even on you. Get ready for this ode to experimentation, this courageous fist against the current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">credits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>performance<\/strong> Junior Akwety, Jochem Baelus &amp; Lotte Vanhamel<br><strong>direction &amp; choreography<\/strong> Charlotte Goesaert<br><strong>light design <\/strong>Geert Custers<br><strong>technics<\/strong> Gijsbrecht Moeyersons<br><strong>costume design <\/strong>Wim Muyllaert<br><strong>final direction<\/strong> Wouter Van Looy<br><strong>coproduction<\/strong> Musica, Zonzo Compagnie, C-TAKT, HA Concerts, KinderKinder (DE), Maisha vzw, Perpodium &amp; Rataplan<br><strong>with the support from<\/strong> the Flemish government &amp; the tax shelter of the Belgian federal government via uFund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4450,"template":"","tags":[63],"activity-category":[55],"class_list":["post-4451","activity","type-activity","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-performance","activity-category-on-tour-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FEST (6+) - Musica Impulscentrum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brace yourself, straighten your head, clear your throat. 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