PERFORMER

For Blinky Palermo

September 2026
KVS, Brussels
February 2026
Corso, Berchem, Antwerp
December 2025
Premiere / December Dance 2025, Bruges
STUK, Leuven
Nona, Mechelen

For Blinky Palermo is a collaborative performance project initiated by Marc Vanrunxt and produced by Kunst/Werk. Conceived as an artistic homage to the legacy of the 1960s and 70s abstract visual artist Blinky Palermo, the work functions as a dual choreographic inquiry. Renowned choreographers Marc Vanrunxt (working in Belgium) and Georgia Vardarou (working in Spain) each developed a singular solo, created with and specifically for dancers Júlia Rúbies Subirós and Robson Ledesma.

The two parallel solos unfold simultaneously on stage, dialogue-tracking alongside original electronic compositions by Daniel Vanverre and Raphael Malfliet, whose sonic works draw heavy inspiration from early Belgian electronic music. The performance operates as a split-screen stage architecture, exploring proximity, displacement, and what writer Lars Kwakkenbos calls "the disparate beauty of a new beginning."

Concept and Proposal: Marc Vanrunxt
Choreography: Marc Vanrunxt, Georgia Vardarou, Robson Ledesma, and Júlia Rúbies Subirós
Performance: Robson Ledesma and Júlia Rúbies Subirós
Music: Raphael Malfliet and Daniel Vanverre
Costume Design for Júlia Rúbies Subirós: Jorge Dutor
Production: Kunst/Werk
Co-production: Perpodium, with the support of December Dance 2025, STUK Leuven, and c o r s o Berchem
With the support of: The Flemish Community and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government