Karel Tuytschaever
Karel Tuytschaever (Antwerp, 1985) graduated from the acting course at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2007, under the direction of Dora van der Groen. From his background in both theatre and dance, Karel has a fascination for text and body and attaches great importance to the interaction between his performing work as a performer, his teaching and his work as a creator. In 2015, Karel founded platform BARRY on the basis of the need to create an environment from which his hybrid work can be supported, made and disseminated. Besides (dance) performances, his oeuvre includes installations, theatre texts, publications and films. Across disciplines, he is always looking for new forms and relationships. DansBrabant and Karel have been working together since 2019.
Karel is fascinated by the functioning of the body, and the gap between the reality of that body and showing it in a shaped image. With Platform BARRY, Karel asks questions about the way you can look at bodies. How intimate can a body be when you share it with the world?
DansBrabant chooses to work with Karel Tuytschaever for his tireless and carefully reasoned quest around body, physicality and embodiment. Karel's curiosity about the interaction between different disciplines and the impact of diverse presentation forms and spaces stretches the scope of the arts. The importance Karel attaches to looking and letting people look, he shares so generously that with him there is actually more to see.
