Poni

Poni

Poni is a collective, initiated by Frank Pay and currently has its headquarters in Brussels. The collective consists of dancers, visual artists, musicians and writers.
PONI takes on the various codes, symbols and methods of different artistic discplines and thus creates performances that examine the outer limits of the stage and related art forms, as well as the possible shifts within these disciplines. PONI operates at the molecular level, like a fungus speckling the skeleton of art or like a transformer with embryonic vivacity. The cast is international and most participants are professionally active within companies or projects that perform worldwide. PONI has a unique methodology when approaching new projects and regularly appeals to guest artists of divergent natures.

Projects

2006
Soma Sema (October 2006) Poni turns its guns on theatre. The key words in this performance are Ritual, Illusion and Death. How does one dismantle the rituals and obsessions of theatre? And what remains of classical themes, codes and tricks? What is the point of those curtains? What if the theatre itself does a striptease? And what illusions do we...
2004
The Bacterial Tour, a hyperactive performance with a powerful live soundtrack. Project 1 is a performance in which identity, rituals and language are of central importance. Its theme is 'the deconstruction of a punk/rock band'.

• Past dates •

17.11.2007
Les grandes traversées
17.10.2007
Kiasma Theater Helsinki Finland
13.10.2007 - 14.10.2007
BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen Norway
23.06.2007
Kaaitheater [Fin de saison] Brussels Belgium
23.01.2007 - 24.01.2007
Brakke Grond [Something Raw]
13.01.2007 - 17.01.2007
Sophiensaele
13.12.2006 - 14.12.2006
Centre Pompidou - Paris
21.10.2006
Kunstencentrum BUDA [BudaFest] Kortrijk Belgium
08.10.2006 - 10.10.2006
Monty Antwerp Belgium
05.10.2006 - 07.10.2006
Kaaistudio's Brussels Belgium
14.07.2006
Recyclart
19.10.2005
Le Lieu Unique France
09.08.2005
ImpulsTanz
05.08.2005 - 06.08.2005
National Museum of Art
29.07.2005
Recyclart
17.07.2005
Szene Salzburg Salzburg Austria
27.04.2005 - 28.04.2005
Centre Pompidou - Paris
24.04.2005 - 25.04.2005
Hebbeltheater Berlin
16.04.2005 - 17.04.2005
Rotterdamse Schouwburg Rotterdam Netherlands
16.03.2005
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm
26.02.2005
Brakke Grond
10.11.2004 - 11.11.2004
Centre Pompidou - Paris
30.10.2004
Klink & Bank Rekjavik Iceland
16.10.2004
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm
04.09.2004
Theater Festival Gent Gent Belgium
10.07.2004
MDD Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Deurle Belgium
09.07.2004
Recyclart
04.06.2004 - 05.06.2004
Kaaistudio's Brussels Belgium
28.05.2004 - 29.05.2004
Monty Antwerp Belgium