Biography
Laurent Delom is a young dancer, dance maker and researcher who first graduated as an engineer in 2008 and then ventured into dance. He graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp (Belgium) in 2016 and now lives in Paris. He is active in Belgium, France and Mexico. In addition to dance, he also pursues artistic interests in photography and web design, as well as academic research into aesthetics and transfer of dance skills.
Photo: Laurent Delom
In residentie Dark Waters
25.03.2024 – 05.04.2024
Together with French playwright Antoine Thiollier, Laurent Delom is developing a long epic narrative that describes the inner journey of underwater descent. Physical movement is combined with metaphorical spiritual explorations. The narrative is intended to be adapted into a theatre text, possibly with the addition of (psalm) singing, with an emphasis on rhythms and repetitions.
The broader research project dark waters aims to create new hybrid forms of immersive performativity, to understand the phenomenon of ‘immersion’ and to speculate on its relationship to contemporary forms of spiritual expression. Dark waters uses collaboration as a method across four disciplines, with the aim of uniting different sources of inspiration in a coherent immersive experience. The literary component of the project draws on the rich, expressive language of Biblical psalms, H.P. Lovecraft’s horror fiction and self-help literature, in a narrative that delves deeply into themes of mystery, faith, fear and hope.