Kings of War - Off-Broadway Creative Team

... read more ... read more Eric Sleichim is a composer and saxophone player of international repute. He is known for his idiosyncratic playing and writing style for both soloists and orchestras. He is a composer in residence at Chamber-opera Transparant and the dedicated composer for the Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp. He has worked with Ivo van Hove since 2007 on productions including Roman Tragedies, Teorema, Ludwig II, The Fountainhead, Kings of War, The Damned, Obsession and A Little Life. In 1988, Sleichim founded BL!NDMAN, a unique ensemble that includes a saxophone, string, percussion, brass and electronic quartet. He has developed new playing techniques and expanded ... read more Jan Versweyveld is a scenographer and lighting designer. He trained at the Sint-Lucas Institute in Brussels and at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, Belgium. Versweyveld became the regular scenographer of the Het Zuidelijk Toneel theater group and joined Toneelgroep Amsterdam in 2001, as head of the design department and the group's regular scenographer and photographer. He has worked on numerous productions as set and light designer in Europe, the UK and the United States. Among other internationally known directors, he has worked on all of Ivo van Hove's theater and opera productions and on numerous dance productions by Anne Teresa ... read more