Born in Portugal but based in Belgium, Helder Seabra has studied and worked with the three big dance names in Flanders: Anne Theresa De Keersmaeker, Wim Vandekeybus and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. For the last few years, he developed his own movement language and set up his own company: HelKa vzw.

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Following the huge success of 'When The Birds Fly Low The Wind Will Blow', he will now create a piece on 5 men, with live music:

In Absentia has one key word: Loss

The feeling of loss, the seeing of loss, the carrying of loss... by 5 men. Crying, laughing, feeling, it is all allowed. Even by these men. The loss of a loved one, the loss of your speech, the loss of a great book, the loss of a project due to the lack of funding.

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Five men explore and experience the emotional, mental and physical impact of loss. Men react differently than women do. They don't talk about it as much, they don't cry - definitely not in public. Do men seek a physical form of expression?

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In Absentia will be a hugely physical dance and music performance; intertwining emotion with expression.

The production will premiere in de Warande, Turnhout on the 15 October. Other performances of In Absentia: 18 October 2015: cc Gasthuis, Aarschot

9 December 2015: Cultuurcentrum, Berchem

12 December 2015: cc De Spil, Roeselare

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Here you find an interview with Helder Seabra by Italian tv Rai:

In Absentia - Helder Seabra