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Visitors gather in groups of 26 for a philosophical spinning class. Through his work, writer and theater maker Bart van de Woestijne creates spaces to think and experience in which he, together with the audience, attempts to grapple with life’s big questions.

Each participant receives a heart-rate monitor that is connected to a speaker, so everyone’s heartbeat can be heard loud and clear. And then you start pedaling, led by the seemingly tireless fitness instructor Luit Bakker. As the heartbeats predictably accelerate, and everyone approaches their physical limits, you inevitably find yourself contemplating deeper matters: movement and stillness, strength and vulnerability, the finite and the infinite. Can you accept that your body is uncontrollable? That it might not even be yours at all?”

Regie & concept: Bart van de Woestijne, spel: Luit Bakker, dramaturgie: Maarten Bos, sounddesign: Tjalling Schrik, productie: Nikita Oldert, Joanne van de Woestijne, artistieke begeleiding: Alexandra Broeder, technisch ontwerp: Casper Wortmann, co-productie:Over het IJ & Festival CEMENT, foto: Nikki Sluiter, Afke van Ast

Visitors gather in groups of 26 for a philosophical spinning class. Through his work, writer and theater maker Bart van de Woestijne creates spaces to think and experience in which he, together with the audience, attempts to grapple with life’s big questions.

Each participant receives a heart-rate monitor that is connected to a speaker, so everyone’s heartbeat can be heard loud and clear. And then you start pedaling, led by the seemingly tireless fitness instructor Luit Bakker. As the heartbeats predictably accelerate, and everyone approaches their physical limits, you inevitably find yourself contemplating deeper matters: movement and stillness, strength and vulnerability, the finite and the infinite. Can you accept that your body is uncontrollable? That it might not even be yours at all?”

Regie & concept: Bart van de Woestijne, spel: Luit Bakker, dramaturgie: Maarten Bos, sounddesign: Tjalling Schrik, productie: Nikita Oldert, Joanne van de Woestijne, artistieke begeleiding: Alexandra Broeder, technisch ontwerp: Casper Wortmann, co-productie:Over het IJ & Festival CEMENT, foto: Nikki Sluiter, Afke van Ast