NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER - NDT 2
REPERTOIRE
CHOREOGRAPHY, SET | JOHAN INGER |
MUSIC | COMPOSITIONS BY IBRAHIM MAALOUF: LILY, WILL SOON BE A WOMAN, MAEVA IN THE WONDERLAND, YOUR SOUL, NEVER SERIOUS, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT US. |
LIGHT | TOM VISSER, LISETTE VAN DER LINDEN (REALISATION) |
COSTUMES | BREGJE VAN BALEN |
VIDEO | ANNIE TÅDNE |
ASSISTANT TO THE CHOREOGRAPHER | FERNANDO HERNANDO MAGADAN |
WORLD PREMIERE | FEBRUARY 28, 2020, ZUIDERSTRANDTHEATER THE HAGUE |
LEGT OF THE PRODUCTION | 26 MIN |
ON STAGE | 15 DANCERS |
How do we bridge the gap that grows as we stagnate? Our world today feels defined by a situation in which no progress seems possible. IMPASSE by Johan Inger illuminates that the baseline of human behavior is rooted in peer pressure and a loss of self, determined by a seduction of unending streams of “newness”. The piece problematizes the ease with which we seem to fall into what others say or do and how we lose the opportunity for fruitful growth in the process. Can we nurture the ability to seriously interrogate the world together, and find the capacity to reimagine it? Through a steady increase in the number of dancers on stage and a simultaneous decrease in the size of the performance space, IMPASSE demands a sense of urgency. Fluid movements and strong rhythms are translated by the young dancers of NDT 2 through moments of hysterical comic relief and manic isolation, indicating that together we should be stronger, alone we are less.