STEFAN ALEKSIĆ

THE EAST COMPLEX

Composition Riles Walsh
Libretto Stefan Aleksić
Direction, Scenography, Video Design Yannick Verweij
Conductor Ronan Whittern
Associate Video Design Joske Commandeur
Costume Design Leonidas Kanavetsados
Production- & Stage Management Gijs de Jonge
Sound Technician Daan Vanreybrouck

SOLOISTS
Katherine Koester
Moa Karlsson
Noriko Yakushiji
Thomas Vandenabeele
Maria Eichler
Florencia Molinero
Vahe Harutyunyan

INSTRUMENTALISTS
Flute Yan Rui
Clarinet Ostap Bachynskyy
Violin Jose Usma
Double Bass Daniel Aztatzi
Accordion Louis De Backere
Percussion Wouter Willems

WITH WHAT WEAPONS MUST I DEFEAT

ALL OF THEM, SEDUCE WITH WORDS

THEY CONVINCE ME I WILL GROW

BUT HOW WOULD THEY KNOW

THEY DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M FROM

WHAT WAS NOTICED WAS A FORM.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE PROTEST?

MY GUTS?

TOO DEEP WEST

TO HAVE THESE DOUBTS.

THE THING IS I KNOW NO OTHER PATHS.

IF I KNEW, I WOULD RUN

WHAT ARE THE THINGS I’D BE RUNNING FROM? A FORM

OR THE PROTEST OR THE GUTS

TOO DEEP WEST TO HAVE THESE DOUBTS

TO FOLLOW A ROAD?

TO ASSUME / RELINQUISH

I SMILE AND NOD.

BUT NEVER STOP

TWITCHING.

I WELCOME FATE

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SPECIAL THANKS
Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Wim Van Brussel, Peter Roosendans, Lise Thomas, Frederik Le Roy, Bardia Mohammad, Valerie Desmet, Isabel Pronk, Valerijan Vojinović, Farida Zarouali