Jan Fabre (born 1958, Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer.He studied at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Between 1976 and 1980 he wrote his first scripts for the theatre and made his début performances.Between 1976 en 1980 he wrote his first texts for the theatre and did his first solo performances. During his 'money-performances' he burned money and wrote the word 'MONEY' with the ashes. In 1977 he renames the street where he lives to "Jan Fabre street" and fixes a commemorative plaque "Here lives and works Jan Fabre" to the house of his parents, by analogy to the commemorative plate on the house of Vincent Van Gogh in the same street. In 1978 he makes drawings with his own blood during the solo performance 'My body, my blood, my landscape'. In 1980 'The Bic-Art Room' he had himself locked up for three days and three nights in a white cube full of objects, drawing with blue Bic ballpoint pens as an alternative to Big art Established in 1986, Troubleyn/Jan Fabre is a theatre company with extensive international operations, with its home base in Antwerp, Belgium.From 1980 he began his career as a stage director and stage designer:Theater geschreven met een K is een kater (1980)Het is theater zoals te verwachten en te voorzien was ("It is Theatre as to be Expected and Foreseen" 1982)De macht der theaterlijke dwaasheden ("The power of theatrical madness", Venice Biennale 1984)Das Glas im Kopf wird vom Glas (1987)Prometheus Landschaft (1988)Das Interview das stirbt... (1989)Der Palast um vier Uhr morgens... A.G. (1989)Die Reinkarnation Gottes (1989)Das Glas im Kopf wird vom Glas (1990)The Sound of one hand clapping (1990)Sweet Temptations (1991)She was and she is, even (1991)Wie spreekt mijn gedachte ... (1992)Silent Screams, Difficult Dreams (1992)Vervalsing zoals ze is, onvervalst (1992)Da un’altra faccia del tempo (1993)Quando la terra si rimette in movimento (1995)Three Dance-solos (1995)A dead normal woman (1995)Universal Copyrights 1 & 9 (1995)De keizer van het verlies (1996)The very seat of honour (1997)Body, Body on the wall (1997)Glowing Icons (1997)The Pick-wick-man (1997)Ik ben jaloers op elke zee… (1997)The fin comes a little bit earlier this siècle (But business as usual) (1998)Het nut van de nacht (1999)As long as the world needs a warrior’s soul (2000)My movements are alone like streetdogs (2000)Je suis Sang (conte de fées médiéval) (2001)Het zwanenmeer (2002)Swanlake (2002)Parrots & guinea pigs (2002)Je suis sang (2003)Angel of death (2003)Tannhäuser (co-production) (2004)Elle était et elle est, même (2004)Etant donnés (2004)Quando L'Uomo principale è una donna (2004)The crying body (2004)The King of Plagiarism (2005)History of Tears (2005)I am a Mistake (2007)Requiem für eine Metamorphose (2007)Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day (2008)Orgy of Tolerance (2009)The Servant of Beauty (2010)Prep
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