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Choreography
COLLABORATIONS
I love to collaborate within the dance discipline but also the art of combining different disciplines. Loads of my past collaborations are with musicians and visual artists. While collaborating, one of my specialities and favourites became also to use my dancing skills in the music field, for camera work or dance in different settings. If for foto shoots (Maria Stijger (NL) ), or posing for sculptures (Peter Demez (IT) ), I enjoy doing also video work (Helene Kocken (NL), Marble TV (NL), as well as sight specific work, as for example for Irma de Vries (NL). Below you can find several collaborations in different settings across many art forms.
DICTATORSHIP OF LOVE PERFORMANCE_ by Sandra Kramerova, is a contest of lovability and endurance, where love is an order, an imposition, something both wanted and feared. Next to professional dancers, it includes volunteers on stage (which was in amongst others my contributing task to this piece!). It premiered 2022 at Theater de Generator and performed further in Utrecht, Amsterdam, Bodegraven and Breda throughout 2023.
DER WINTER KÜSST UNS - TRAUMVERLOREN, LA DANZA DELLA NEVE PERFORMANCE_ this project by Fabrik Azzurro plays in the winter outdoor gardens of the Therme Meran 2021, where acting, dancing and installations take the audience onto a one hour magical storytelling tour of the park.
Photo: Kerstin Kahl
OCEANUS PERFORMANCE _ this sight specific performance by the Amsterdam based company ‘Between two hands’ carries the audience through a ritual while experiencing the different compositions of water. It was performed at Over Het Ij festival in 2021.
SAS MUJEL PERFORMANCE_ ‘Sas Mujel’ is a project by Transart 2019 in collaboration with composer Eduard Demetz and visual artist Hubert Kostner. It premiered on the Langkofelscharte in Italy between rocky mountains with the ensemble Windkraft.
Photo: Transart
EUROPEADA PROJECT EUROPEAN MINORITIES RESEARCH PERFORMANCE_ Commissioned by FUEN, Federal Union of European Nationalities in 2017, this performance embraces 24 minorities and invites them on stage.
Photo: Maarten van der Glas
PIANO RE-IMAGINED PERFORMANCE_ 'Re-imagining piano' was designed for an audience who wants to experience classical music in a different setting. A performance with live music, live visuals and dance create a 'Gesamtkunstwerk', a world of experiences tackling all the senses. The first pilot was initiated by pianist Katharina Thöni and performed at Bloomsbury Festival in London, from where it then took form in different locations and settings. It was furthermore commissioned by: Jeunesse Gherdëina (IT) in February 2015 and performed further under the production of pianist Belle Chen at the Royal Academy of Music Piano Festival 2016 and the Bloomsbury Festival in London 2017.
Live visual art: Maarten van der Glas / Piano: Belle Chen, Katharina Thöni, Eva Vinatzer / Dance: Takeshi Matsumoto, Anastasia Kostner / Visual input: Annlin Caho, Emily Nelson / Sound design: Bas Gebbing, Timothy Tate, Live electronica: Ian Chambers, Dougal Lott
Latest Performance, production Belle Chen: MADEMOISELLE
Photo: Athos, visuals Annlin Caho, video excerpt below
FRACTALS PERFORMANCE_ Fractals has been the second work of the collective 20Finch House (the first performance was named after the collective), consisting of Simon Wehrli, Guiomar Campos and myself. ‘Fractals’ was performed at Canterbury Festival in London and at Alps Move Festival in Italy in 2010. Artistic collaborator: Keren’or Pezard / Music: Tomas Tallis ‘In time of’.
Photo: Samuel Runggaldier
CONTACT PERFORMANCE_ Together with conTakt percussion group, a repertoire of contemporary musical pieces (as for example ‘Trio per uno’ by Zivkovic) and improvisations were designed, which made the interplay between music and dance visible. It was performed 2010 at: Jeunesse Festival, Val Gardena.
Photo: Christian Miglioranza
ANAM CARA PERFORMANCE_ choreographed and danced in collaboration with Sanne Clifford, this duet has premiered at CC Amstel in Amsterdam in 2020 and been further performed throughout the Netherlands.
MIRROR OF SOULS DANCE FILM_ directed by Sanne Clifford, a further development of Anam Cara, shaping the material into a short dance film. It was screened in Hungary, Italy, Sweden, India and the USA throughout 2021 - 22.
DANCE SCAPES PERFORMANCE_ this sight specific performance goes into an interrelation with the surrounding and integrates itself with the speciality of the space and the people who visit it. Also in digital form, this project has been performed in collaboration with visual artist Irma de Vries during 2019/2020.
Photo: Maria Stijger Aramburu
DANCE AND ORGAN PERFORMANCE_ 'Tanz und Orgel' is a chain of several performances, which search beyond the place and music. Organ: Constanze Schweizer Elser, Margareta Hürholz, Wakako Yamanaga, Christian Rose, Ralf Stiewe / Performed in: Selb, Pforzheim, Stadthagen, Schwerte, Kelkheim, Ahlen, Menden, Hagen, Gießen, Iserlohn (DE) between 2010 and 2021.
Photo: Hanke SN
NOW PERFOMANCE_ 'Now' is a sight specific dance performance. It is a practice, using instant composition, contact improvisation to engage with the architecture and the people of the performance location. In collaboration with Riccardo Meneghini, this project was lounged by IDEAtanztheaterperformance (Doris Plankl) and performed at HAP Bolzano and the Alps Move festival in Italy in 2017.
Photo: Martin Trafoier
ALICE SYNDROME PERFORMANCE_ 'The Alice Syndrome' is a neurological condition that affects perception. Shapes become distorted.The performance takes Lewis Carroll and Alice as its protagonists and offers a collage of dance, theatre, poetry and film. With: Riva Godfried, Judigor Zimmerman Gor, Marieke Helmus, Leah Jacob, Maarten Van Der Glas. Under the supervision of Ammy Kuiper, supported by: Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and Stichting Stokroos. Premiered at Radion Amsterdam (NL) in 2017.
Photo: Dipa de Floor, trailer below
ESPERIËNZES IDENTITY RESEARCH PERFORMANCE_ Commissioned by the art institute Tessman Bolzano in 2015, this dace solo looks at the theme of cultural identity in a humorous and playful manner. The piece toured further to Circolo val Gardena and Atertheater (IT).
Photo: Ursula Tavella
ICOSAHEDRONIC FILM_ After first trials at the dunes in the Netherlands, on roofs of London and in the roads of Paris (dance film 'A'part a Paris'), Maarten van der Glas created a complex concept of pixilation, out of which resulted the dance movie 'Icosahedronic'. It was screened at the 'Dance Camera West' dance film festival in Los Angeles (US) in 2014.
Photo: Maarten van der Glas
PUBLIC OPINION
IMPROVISATION PERFORMANCE_ in the frame of Tagung Tanzwelten 2011, Gesellschaft für Tanzforschung, Theater Mollerhaus, Darmstadt (DE).
SCHWER WIE EIN-STEIN PERFORMANCE_ A research of gravity gave 'SCHWER WIE EIN-STEIN' its form. Of interest was the kinetic chain of movement that arises, once we let the weight of the head guide. The piece talks about interdependency, waiting and expectations, humor and play. Developed in collaboration with Jungyeon Kim, it was performed at Alps Move 2011 in Lana (I) and Sommerwerft 2011 in Frankfurt am Main (DE).
Photo: Michael Jekel
SPATIAL COUNTERPOINT
IMPROVISATION PERFORMANCE_ in the frame of TAMED Tanzmedizin Symposium 2010, Frankfurt am Main (DE).