Fay van Baar | Elisa Zuppini | Thais di Marco
Rewilding Dutch Dance
Three creators, three distinct worlds, one shared movement: reclaiming space. In this performance, the body becomes a place of resistance, memory and imagination. The choreographers challenge existing structures and open up new perspectives on femininity, identity, complexity and decolonisation. Their work demonstrates how dance can provoke, liberate and redefine who is allowed to be seen.
The Knot – Elisa Zuppini
In The Knot, Elisa Zuppini explores the body as a living knot: complex, on edge and in constant motion. The body takes shape through a series of sculptural postures and entanglements that feel both physical and poetic. Inspired by the idea of the knot as a labyrinth in which one searches for a way out, Zuppini approaches the knot not merely as a form, but as an experience. A charged encounter develops between the performer and the audience, inviting us to rethink our relationship with the body.
Credits
Choreography and performance: Elisa Zuppini
Sound: Fabian Reichle
Dramaturgy: Bruno Listopad
Lighting design and technical support: Pablo Fontdevila
Photography: Bruno Listopad
Supported by: 3Package Deal (Amsterdam Funds for the Arts), FLAM Festival, Frascati Theatre, Jakoozi
WOLF – Fay van Baar
In WOLF, a temporary space is created in which the Archetypal Wild Woman can exist — a presence that is often given little room in modern society. Not a struggle or a call for change, but an invitation to be present and to make space for intuitive, instinctive and creative feminine power.
For twenty minutes, bodies and stories unfold on stage like an ecosystem that is allowed to breathe again. Inspired by the return of the wolves to Yellowstone, which transformed the landscape simply through their presence, WOLF explores what can emerge when wildness is not suppressed, but welcomed.
Credits
Choreography: Fay van Baar
Performers: Ève-Marie Dalcourt, Elaine Meijerink
Music design: Manon van de Kempe
Additional music: Attestupan by Bobb Krlic; Maldigo Sin Voz by Hijo del Salitre; Vermillion by Loscil / Lawrence English
Costumes: Fay van Baar, Merlijn Koopman
Scenography: Fay van Baar
Lighting design: Lisette van der Linden
Coaching: Dimo Milev
With the support of Complicité.
Birds of Paradise – Thais di Marco
‘Bird of Paradise’ is the name of both a flower and a pole dance move. A pose in which the body opens up as if it were about to take flight. One leg remains firmly rooted to the ground, whilst the other is raised high behind the body. The back arches, the chest opens, the spine curved like a sunrise.
In that single moment, the dancer becomes both human and bird: suspended between strength and surrender, between control and enchantment. We invite you to step into this space and entrust your shortcomings, desires and doubts to the magical birds.
Credits
Concept and direction: Thais Di Marco
