as part of the Fabbrica Europa 2026 festival

PEOPLE USED TO DIE

People used to die is the reworking of Avant les gens mouraient by the French collective (LA)HORDE, entrusted to Equilibrio Dinamico Dance Company. Fifteen dancers reinterpret the languages of Hardjump, Hakken, and Jumpstyle, an underground dance form characterized by high-intensity dynamics, rapid jumps, rhythmic movements, and almost acrobatic figures. The stage erupts with collective street dance interventions and freestyle solos set to music that becomes an acoustic engine, capable of generating the composition and guiding the performers’ actions.

Jumpstyle is a popular movement that emerged in the 2000s, evolving from Hardstyle, although some purists trace its origins back to the 1980s.
Beyond referring to a genre of electronic music rooted primarily in Europe, particularly in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, the term also denotes a dance style that gained popularity in Northern Europe in the late 1990s, notably through the influence of dancer Patrick Jumpen and music artists such as Zware Jongens, Chicago Zone, DJ Coone, Ronald-V, and E-Max, all of whom played an important role in the development and dissemination of the style and remain influential figures within the scene today.

MAHALAGA LANDSCAPES

MAHALAGA Landscapes is a performance originally created in Luxembourg by choreographer Jill Crovisier on the occasion of Esch-sur-Alzette European Capital of Culture 2022.
The work draws inspiration from the natural reserve and industrial heritage of the choreographer’s hometown in the south of the country.

On stage, the performers move through a dense, mist-filled lightscape, accompanied by sounds of nature and industrial noise. This intimate and contemplative atmosphere soon gives way to a surge of energy that transforms the stage into a living landscape.
A contemporary dance ritual that reconnects us with nature and our tribal instincts.

PEOPLE USED TO DIE
(LA) HORDE – Rework 2025 x Equilibrio Dinamico Dance Company
direction and choreography: Marine Brutti, Jonathan Debrouwer, Arthur Harel, Céline Signoret
music (original score): Guillaume Rémus
rework tutor: Céline Signoret
Jumpstyle & Hakken contributor: Edgar Scassa
rehearsal assistant: Silvia Sisto
Equilibrio Dinamico artistic director: Roberta Ferrara
executive producer / tour manage: Vincenzo Losito
(LA)HORDE – The Master’s Tools Production: Pierre Marcadé & Pénélope Biessy
costume designer: Andi Walker
lighting design: Claudio Carulli, originally designed by Thomas Godefroid

MAHALAGA LANDSCAPES
choreography: Jill Crovisier
music: Pol Belardi
costume design: Jill Crovisier
rehearsal assistant: Silvia Sisto
international relations manager: Polina Bulat
Production Manager: Vincenzo Losito
2025 production: Equilibrio Dinamico
2025 co-production: Le Danzatrici en air
2022 production: JC movement production
2022 co-production and commission: Commune de Kayl/Kältéiteng (LU), Stad Remeleng (LU)
With the support of E22 Esch-sur-Alzette European Capital of Culture (LU), Administration de la Nature et des forêts Rumelange (LU), CIGL Kältèiteng (LU), JC movement production (LU), Ministère de la Culture Luxembourg (LU), Kultur|LX Arts Council Luxembourg (LU)

photo: Stefano Sasso