March 2012
Twist in the body of the Big SpectatorEmilie Gallier A twisting, turning, and swivelling mechanism where all of us are implicated. How does the thinking of the turn together with scores contribute to transform the relations between the spectator, the performer, and the choreographer?
‘Twist in the body of the Big Spectator’ is the continuation of my research on the dorsal that operates as a tool to transform choreography. |
PsycheGabriella MaiorinoIn this solo the focus goes to the intimate journey of the figure of Psyche, who crosses, in the tale, very different territories of the mind; her own psychic activity becomes a sort of labyrinth which conducts her to the underworld with its full sense of death. |
Foucault meets Fonda. A Philosophical WorkoutJochen StechmannThe goal of the research is to combine in a dance research two realms that at first glance seem to be completely opposite: the fitness exercising system introduced by Jane Fonda in 1982 (Aerobics) and the later philosophy of Michel Foucault. A hybrid performance of camp and intellectual thought: a philosophical lecture in the format of a workout. |
ChamaeLeonMouna LaroussiKathrin GramelsbergerChoreographers Mouna Laroussi and Kathrin Gramelsberger have each have two cultures inside. Mouna and Kathrin take their audience on a physical journey through their different backgrounds. In a playful way Laroussi and Gramelsberger connect the Gnawa (Morocco) with Schuahbladler (Bavaria), Bata (Nigeria), with urban and contemporary dance styles. |
Valse NotenMarie-Rose Mayele Dancet heaterperformance (4+) A blend of belly dance, Congolese dance and western contemporary dance. Marie and Mouna are best friends. Marie finds the flapping belly of Mouna very exciting and Mouna loves to play with Marie. Endless glands. Over and over again to stay. An everlasting covenant?
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The Critical PieceJochen Stechmann Criticism is an extremely important and powerful factor in the conditions of art production. THE CRITICAL PIECE turns over the traditional power relationship between artist and critic; the piece is created on the base of already existing dance reviews. Not a review written as a reaction to dance, but a dance as a reaction to the review.
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Voorstelling GezochtIsabella SteenbergenGaia Gonnelli What a disaster! The show has not begun, but the audience is already there!
Panic, the performers are looking for a story. Here they get lost in all kinds of unexpected, unplanned stories. |
Hi! My Name Is...Cecilia Moisio How far can you go to find love and to dull your solitude? In Hi! My Name Is... two dancers and three musicians confront their desire to connect and expose themselves via text, spoken word, rap and movement.
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PUNCH! Festival for new dance talent 9 untill 14 December 2011 PUNCH! is a festival of new dance talent organized by Dansmakers Amsterdam. PUNCH! offers highlights of the season, new work by talented young makers, and performances of the latest selection of European choreographers from the Aerowaves network. In the side program Counter|PUNCH!, current issues pertaining to the discourse on dance will be discussed. PUNCH! takes place between 9 and 14 December 2011, in cooperation with de Melkweg, Theater Bellevue, Paradiso, the Henny Jurriëns Foundation and Dancing on the Edge.
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PUNCH!: The Surprised Body Project WEE/FRANCESCO SCAVETTA &BATAGRAF/JON BALKE The Surprised body project is a dance piece for 10 performers that focuses on the body and the movement as its central element. A body more focused on reacting, than on acting. A body in balance . A constant tension between falling and regaining balance. A disjointed body manipulation, a concentrate of fluidity and deformation, humour and folly. The music is composed by Jon Balke and played live by the percussion ensemble Batagraf.
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PUNCH!: SNEAK PREVIEWMouna LaroussiTamar Shahinian Inspiredby our own cultural background and political developments, we come; Mouna Laroussi (Moroccan Dutch) and Tamar Shahinian (Armenia Palestinian) to make SNEAK PREVIEW. A dance-documentary about the whole veiled woman. Through theater, we try to close gaps in society and open an conversation. PUNCH! 11.12 / 13:00h Paradiso, Amsterdam
This docu-dance presentation, a work-in-progress, gives us the opportunity to take a glimpse into the worlds of women wearing the niqab. |
PUNCH!: Double Trouble Two talented young choreographers, two completely different performances. Both stand out because of the intense translation of their ideas. The emotional layers draws the audience into their work. Valasia Simeon -These little nothings
Mor Shani - Wholehearted |
PUNCH!: Triple Bill In this triple bill the works of two Aerowaves makers are combined with the young maker Fernando Belfiore, living in Amsterdam. Aerowaves is a European dance network for talent development. Dansmakers: - Fernando Belfiore - The Miserable Thing Aerowaves: - Jolika Sudermann - PULSE - Shang-Chi Sun - Traverse Photo: Annina Lingens
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PUNCH!: A Divine ThreesomeGabriella Maiorino A story about love, jealousy and revenge in a world of trash, fish and mountains of objects. The Gods laugh, the psychiatrist is confused and the performers are hopelessly in search of their roles.
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WE'RE ALL FOR THE UNDERGROUNDHillary Blake Firestone“You only get one chance to make a last impression”
We’ve all got to go sometime. The question is how to make a fitting exit. In WE’RE ALL FOR THE UNDERGROUND, choreographer Hillary Blake Firestone, composer Mark Morse and vocalist Anat Spiegel contemplate the world’s least favorite, yet most prevalent, cultural ritual: the funeral… from an eerily up close and personal perspective. |
DansClick 11A tense confrontation between the Winterreise by Schubert, two B-boys and a talking dancer. Three new talents in the Dutch dance with different backgrounds and fascinations present during DansClick 11.
Névé | Samir Calixto / Korzo producties |
2TAO Dance TheaterOn November 8th the dansduet ‘2’ of TAO Dance Theater will have it’s European première at Theater Bellevue. China's most prominent and upcoming modern dance company TAO Dance Theatre from Beijing, is currently on a world tour. |
Touch it!Gabriella MaiorinoTouch it! is an exchange project between choreographer Gabriella Maiorino / Dansmakers Amsterdam and the Brazilian collective NúCleo do DirCeu. Review by On Stage: click here |
You mustFernando BelfioreIn our times where time is money and space is private, dance can give us not hope but a slight shift, focussing attention on seeing differently. By seeing differently one has the power to act differently, by acting differently one is producing difference. |
MandingaChristiane da CunhaAnani Dodji SanouviWhat influences the shaping of a movement expression? Which space, which images lay behind it? The dance duet Mandinga explores the layering of drawings, animation, performance and dance to visually create a world intrinsically connected with Afro-Brazilian movement culture. |
SHUDDERJohnny SchoofsSHUDDER is a self portrait. In this solo Johnny Schoofs is looking for the Dionysian in himself through a path of transformation and recognizable male figures. |
BatonTommie LuybenYouth performance 12+ |
Kineo (2+)Marie-Rose MayeleContemporary world dance 4 kids. |
Whisperings WithinJoaquin Sanchez GuerreroWe are told that to listen to your echo you have to climb a mountain and scream. But you can also close your eyes and listen to all the echoes inside your head. We research on voices, inner voices, external voices, voices we forgot and voices we will always remember. We travel from inside to outside, from the voice of a friend to the breathing of your computer back to storyteller and his never ending story. |
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Open Podium & Housewarming PartySaturday, May 28 Dansmakers Amsterdam invites you to a festive reception to introduce you to our new home on terrain ‘De Overkant’. We initiate this new dance space with an Open Podium and Party . |
Where is my mind?Pascal BuschWhere is my mind? follows the journey of two dancers into their brain. A place which is much larger on the inside than the outside suggests. A place where you can get lost or where you can find yourself. Maze or labyrinth, where is my mind? |
Meta:MorphosisMatteo Grazianostudy for a reincarnation and a hand of bridge. |
Extra timeKhouloud Yassine"A project which explores the characteristics of our body movement in a post-war period and a post-exhaustion/ post-alertness period, but mainly in a pre-downfall period." |
