After wowing audiences at PACT with ›Jezebel‹ und ›Darkmatter‹, Brussels-based dancer and choreographer Cherish Menzo is now presenting the final part of her trilogy. In ›FRANK‹, short for Frankenstein, Cherish Menzo explores the monstrous – not only in the figure of the monster itself, but also in beliefs and narratives that once terrify and fascinate us.

Once again, distortion is a leitmotif in this new choreography: Cherish Menzo creates a performance between ritual and apocalypse in a collaboration with Omagbitse Omagbemi, Mulunesh and Malick Cissé, artists of different generations. Their movements are disjointed and broken, while the scenery around them collapses.

Concept & direction Cherish Menzo Performance Malick Cissé, Mulunesh, OmagbitseOmagbemi Sound Design Maria Muehombo a.k.a M I M I Video design Andrea Casetti Sound and- video engineering Arthur De Vuyst Set design Morgana Machado Marques Light design Ryoya Fudetani Dramaturgy Johanne Affricot,Renée Copraij Costumes Cherish Menzo Text Khadija El Kharraz Alami, Cherish Menzo Artistic Advice Khadija El Kharraz Alami, Nicole Geertruida Technicians on tour Pieter-Jan Buelens, Arthur De Vuyst, Ryoya Fudetani, Hadrien Jeangette Graphic design Nick Mattan

Thanks to Mildred Caprino, Anne Goedhart, Rodney Frederik & Winti Formation “Krin Ati,” Daryll Geldrop, Ernie Wolf, Sandra Menzo, Shavelie Menzo, Madeleine Planeix-Crocker, Sarah Garnaud, Alice Bröker, Johanna Cool

Production GRIP & Theater Utrecht (Dorothy Blokland, Dagmar Bokma, Anne Breure, Owen Cicilia, Kelly de Haan, Hanne Doms, Seline Gosling, Anneleen Hermans, Tom Hemmer, Myrthe Ligtenberg, Rudi Meulemans, Lize Meynaerts, KlaartjeOerlemans, Jennifer Piasecki, Florien Smits,Sylvie Svanberg, Ad van Mierlo, Nele Verreyken,Vincent Wijlhuizen) In cooperation with Dance On Ensemble International distribution Apropic - Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent
Coproduction Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Carreau du Temple-Etablissement culturel et sportif de la Ville de Paris, Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam, Julidans Amsterdam, PACT Zollverein gefördert vom Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft Nordrhein-Westfalen, Festival Montpellier Danse2025, le Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans – Direction Maud Le Pladec, Tanzquartier Wien, DDD – Festival Dias da Dança, festival d’Automneà Paris, One Dance Festival, Perpodium 

Supported by Centre nationalede la danseà Pantin, BRONKS, GC Pianofabriek, l’Atelier de Paris / Centre de développement chorégraphique national With financial support from the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal GovernmentviaCronos Invest, BNG Bank Theaterprijs, Charlotte Köhler Prijs van het Cultuurfonds, Culture Moves Europe, a project funded by the European Union and the Goethe-Institut

Full credits, references and inspiration for the piece can be found here.

This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.