Infinite Dances is a dance between finiteness and infinity. Confronted with death, I wondered how we can create physical forms of commemoration? Finiteness is emphasized by infinity: the movements that never stop, the breath that goes on, the stories and symbols that are handed down. Thus, the dance simultaneously evokes the coming and going of life. The physical becomes spiritual, the bodies become ghosts. (Michiel Vandevelde, about Infinite Dances)

Mourning alone is hard, but in a group it is just as fragile. Yet we find support and comfort in collective commemoration rituals such as The Last Post, the laying of a mourning register or monuments to honour the dead. They serve the community. They connect.

With Infinite Dances, Vandevelde creates a hauntingly beautiful and dance-like ritual. The dance is based on three videos, which Michiel inherited from his mother, on which she dances.

Inhabitants of Leuven perform the dance every month for all passers-by. For infinity, they dance every last Monday of the month on the Grote Markt in Leuven.