l An exciting performance winning acclaim in over 50 cities across Europe and attracting 50,000 audience members worldwide.
l “Their virtuoso hands are filmed live, offering the experience of a Lilliputian ballet with the grandeur of cinema (...). The whole family will enjoy this crazy and original little gem."–Tribune de Lyon
l “The show is irresistible and makes us want to try the finger dancing (...)." –Le Progrès
Grégory Grosjean, a finger-dancing master from Belgium, collaborated with his long term dance partner Gabriella Iacono in 2020 to create DU BOUT DES DOIGTS, a multidisciplinary piece combining live video and dance for experimental theatre. The two performers use only their hands, weaving gestures with miniature objects and precise visual composition to present a kaleidoscopic world. Moving away from abstruse choreographic vocabulary, DU BOUT DES DOIGTS embraces the purest form of theatrical charm and cinematic language to deliver a truly immersive theatre experience.
The camera acts as the third dancer onstage that captures the detailed movements of fingertips, joints, and every inch of the finger muscle from multiple angles, highlighting nuanced expressions beyond mere physical intensity and emotions. As the story proceeds, the scenes shift from ritualistic dance and classical ballet to contemporary dance and street hip-hop, eventually bringing the audience back to the primitive cave life, the Vietnam War, the post-industrial age, or even a moon-landing with the fingertips. Throughout the journey, we come to realize that dance is more than an art form, but a miniature reflection of society.
Co-founded by Gabriella Iacono and Grégory Grosjean in 2020, Made by Hands premiered its first piece, DU BOUT DES DOIGTS, in the same year, after the two artists had spent over a decade dancing and creating together. Grégory Grosjean is one of the two choreographers of the world-renounced Kiss & Cry and Cold Blood – a form of theatre that combines objects, gesture, dance, and video – in which he also performs alongside Iacono. He has worked with the Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael and choreographer Michèle Anne De Mey, who are known for the fantastical Hermès Art Show On the Wings of Hermès and many others, and has continuously exploring interdisciplinary practice and diverse topics of performing arts.
The 2025 CTBC ARTS FESTIVAL – The Dynamic Breaking Point
We live in a time where we cannot stop.
Every day, we wake up and start running before we’ve even warmed up, with our minds already processing an endless to-do list. The pace of life gets faster, and our time becomes increasingly fragmented. It feels like we are running a relay race with no finish line.
We hang on, afraid to stop, but at the same time we ask ourselves: when is the limit? Where is the breaking point?
DU BOUT DES DOIGTS by Made by Hands dances through iconic moments across centuries in a miniature world; Runners by Cirk La Putyka stages a giant treadmill as a metaphor for our repetitive, fast-paced lives; Tales of the Ocean by Puppet & Its Double presents the giant sea-creature “Kun” from ancient myth to evoke the island’s memories; The Dog Days Are Over 2.0 by Jan Martens features 70 minutes of non-stop jumping, pushing both body and mind to the breaking point.
The four pieces start in the body and return to time, bringing us face-to-face with the breaking point.