From a dark space a figure tentatively tries to escape – at first only hands probe, retract, feet, a whole body tumbles out only to crawl like a crab under a rock, back into the dark. The only sound is that of deep space. Dunja Jocic has created a piece about the addiction to life on the internet.
Last night’s performance by the Junior Company of the Dutch National Ballet provided an inspiring window onto the up and coming talent that will soon grace international stages. As the name suggests it included both classical ballet and a variety of more modern dance performances.
This is the third piece by Shropshire I have seen at the Korzo in the last year and I could almost describe myself as a fan. I really enjoyed the excellent About Miss Julie as well as We Are Nowhere Else But Here. Cantata forms the final part of a loose trilogy
Participatory performances are not necessarily everybody’s cup of tea — they put you in the centre of attention, testing you by trying to lure the unknown within you out on the surface. They enable the audience to contribute to the work, steer it in the direction of their own desires
Mom:Me starts off peacefully enough with a teenage girl swinging on a suspended car tyre in front of a pretty wooden cabin. Thanks to a voice-over (the artists himself, I suppose) we learn that she is fifteen and is pregnant.
Meet Sanne Clifford As a maker, I’m using the tools and languages of dance, movement, words and film, and choreograph them into moving stories or conversations. This way of visual storytelling creates bridges towards the audience in various ways, where I aim to reveal moments of & space for (dis)connections. On and off stage or…
Lab 1.10 A Lab, Overhoeksplein 2 1031 KS Amsterdam Arno Schuitemaker was born in 1976 in The Netherlands and is based in Amsterdam. His creations include EXIT (2009), TIDE (2011), The Fifteen Project | DUET (2012), I is an Other (2014), Together till the end (2015), and the trilogy for three performers WHILE WE…
Wagner knew a strong woman, both physically and emotionally, when he saw one and Friedrich Nietzsche, although his views on women were often unclear, was certainly an advocate of releasing the body’s inner strength.
