Jan Fabre

Jan Fabre ( Antwerp, 1958.) is regarded as one of the most innovative and versatile personalities in the contemporary international art scene. Over the past 40 years, he has made his mark as a visual artist, theatre artist and author. He describes himself as a consilience artist, someone who is constantly searching for bridges between fact-based theoryand practice across disciplines. Jan Fabre changed the idiom of theatre by bringing real action and real-time onto the stage. Following his historic 8-hour production This is theatre like it was to be expected and foreseen (1982) and the 4-hour The Power of Theatrical Madness (1984), he explored new territory with Mount Olympus. To glorify the cult of tragedy, a 24-hour performance(2015); a monumental marathon piece with which he rewrote international theatre history. Over the years, Jan Fabre has created several solo productions for key performers of the Troubleyn/ Jan Fabre company. These solos are mostly based on his own texts. In the latest production, Peak Mytikas (On the top of Mount Olympus) An 8-hour performance, Jan Fabre continues the research of Greek tragedies, focusing on the tragedies of Oedipus and Antigone. The performance is a reflection on the tragic that arises from the dialectic between the individual and society in times of political correctness. Since the beginning of his career, Fabre has been invited to present his work at major international theatres and festivals around the world.  In 2005, Fabre was Artiste Associé of the Festival d'Avignon. He has received numerous prestigious (inter)national awards and honours, including appointment as an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (2017) in France.