Two leading figures in dance and visual theatre question the fear of becoming artists of the past
The fear of being left out of the game, of becoming someone who “has been”, is the terror running through this first collaboration between Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Martin Zimmermann, two key figures on the European contemporary scene: the former an internationally renowned choreographer; the latter a creator linked to circus, physical theatre and visual humour. Without text and with live music, HAS BEEN constructs a tragicomedy about the passage of time, bodies that crack and façades that try to conceal decay.
Artistic team
Concept, direction and choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Martin Zimmermann
Creation and performance: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Martin Zimmermann, Alexandre Dai Castaing, Kaspy N’dia and Kazutomi “Tsuki” Kozuki
Set design: Martin Zimmermann
Musical composition: Alexandre Dai Castaing
Artistic and choreographic collaboration: Romain Guion
Dramaturgy: Sabine Geistlich
Costume design: Susanne Boner
Production: MZ Atelier and Eastman
Coproduction: Cultuurhuis de Warande, Manège Maubeuge, Scène nationale – Pôle international de production et de diffusion, Theater Casino Zug, Theater Winterthur, Kurtheater Baden, Anthéa– Antibes, L’Empreinte – Scène Nationale Brive – Tulle, Theater Rotterdam, Perpodium Antwerpen
With the support of: Belgian Tax Shelter
With the collaboration of:René und Susanne Braginsky Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung and Landis & Gyr Stiftung
- Show sponsored by:
From the same creator / company
4D (TA13), Play (TA12), Dunas (TA09), de Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui; Hans was Heiri (TA12), de Zimmermann & de Perrot
Show included in the package: 
BELGIUM / SWITZERLAND
