Lisbeth Gruwez and her group Voetvolk announce little good. Indeed, Gruwez has ventured into a tricky subject: the manipulative element of speech, which has been exploited by many, from revolutionary leaders to televangelists. From the outset here, the slender androgynous apparition is in control of the stage and has all attention firmly on her. Gruwez's energy level rises visibly through ever more rapid, reduced movements and gestures. Impressive is also her interaction with the music that drives her: sound as well as recorded sentences of the American TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart are literally absorbed by her body. Words and content pale before the irrepressible fascination of the trance-like state to which the dancer surrenders.
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