Manou Selhorst previously appeared in our performance ‘Testament of a Journalist’. Now she created her own (graduation) performance ‘Maître Nageur’ within the directing course at Toneelacademie Maastricht. For this performance, Manou Selhorst was inspired by the hotel in Marrakech where her grandmother has resided for forty years. Together with seven performers, she explores themes of longing and past glory in a mixture of dance and theatre.

In Maître Nageur, six hotel guests find themselves at the edge of the pool, under the lifeguards' watchful eye. They allow themselves to be pampered and entertained. Lingering touches, boisterous aquagym: anything to keep from getting bored.

The lifeguard observes with precision this dance against time. No one knows their sweaty bodies better, their strange habits and fragile attempts at connection. Desires are fulfilled even before they are expressed. Yet each hotel guest continues to search for a sense of happiness, which seems to slip through their fingers like water every time.

WATCH THE PERFORMANCE

📍 Arca Theatre, Ghent (Sint-Widostraat 4)

• Tickets - friday may 9 2025 - 20:30

• Tickets - saturday may 10 2025 - 20:30

CREDITS

Concept & direction Manou Selhorst
With & by Elias De Gruyter, Linora Dinga, Flora Van Canneyt, Ilan Van Camp, Emmanuel Boakye, Fae Felis, Lisa Hones
Music & sound Kim Eldarova
Light Thibault Rottiers
Costume Katrien Braeckevelt
Dramaturgy Elsbet De Pauw
Image Johan Pijpops
Poster Marion De Bie
Mentor at Maastricht Theatre Academy Karolien Verlinden
With thanks to Action Zoo Humain, Danspunt, Toneelacademie Maastricht, Campo, Wisper, Willemsfonds vzw