Dag Taeldeman & Andrew Van Ostade

The word ‘knaldrang’ was chosen as the Belgian Word of the Year in 2021. According to the Dutch/Flemish Van Dale dictionary it means something like the ‘intense need to party’. A quite recognisable impulse for many after all recent lockdowns. However, the dictionary could just as easily have given Bodybodybodybody as its definition. This inciting composition of the Flemish musicians Dag Taeldeman and Andrew Van Ostade is inspired by the Tantarella: a traditional South-Italian dance popularly thought to ward off evil spirits and diseases.

BodyBody consists of musicians Dag Taeldeman and Andrew van Ostade. Both have a history in the rock and pop scene (the bands A Brand and School is Cool respectively) and they work both together and separately as composers for theater. Dag studied jazz and guitar at the Jazz Studio in Antwerp and also works as a music producer and film composer (for Lieve Blancquaert and Jacqueline Van Vugt, among others). Andrew is a drummer and actor and directs films himself, such as the children's film 'De Gebroeders Schimm'. Together they are currently working on the performance 'Do The Calimero' by Lies Pauwels. They are assisted on stage by dancer and choreographer Matteo Sedda and soprano Lies Vandewege.