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UNBORN

Ulrike Quade Company & OTION
Fri 20 Sep ’24 and Sat 21 Sep ’24
Join this multidisciplinary world of text, music, and projections underlined by the question: "Am I breaking down or unfolding?"
Fri 20 Sep ’24
and
Sat 21 Sep ’24

Following the success of the theater performance Fetus Heaven (2023), Ulrike Quade Company and OTION - Master of Sceneries (Guillermo Armand Blinker) collaborate once again. UNBORN is an intimate theatrical concert where neo-soul, R&B, hip-hop, and indigenous rhythms intertwine. UNBORN creates a moment of reflection, inviting you on a journey of discovery where text, music, and projection converge.

Inspired by processes of transformation and perspectives, UNBORN brings together confusion, melancholy, joy, resistance and surrender in a symphony of human emotion. It is a poetic introduction to a spiritual journey of discovery and growth, inviting you to travel through the inner universe of OTION. The performance delves into the potential of personal transformation and liberation. UNBORN explores questions such as: Who or what influences my transformation, and how do you consciously let go of old versions of yourself?

  • 40 min.
  • Language: English 

Credits

concept, compositie, regie en spel OTION instrumentatie Nathan Klumperbeek, Tez Thompson regie-assistent Anne van Dorp scenografie Hendrik Walther kostuum Carly Everaert videografie Bouba Dola sound producer droppeddots mixing engineer Franco Fernandez technische productie Mark Thewessen geluidstechniek Nina Kraszewska productieleider Isha Plug campagnebeeld David van Woerden ontwerp poster/flyer Marika Seo teaser/trailer Bowie Verschuuren met dank aan Studio Roex, De Hofnar Present en management een productie van Ulrike Quade Company 

About the artists

OTION – Master of Sceneries (Guillermo Armand Blinker), is a versatile artist from Amsterdam with an academic background in the performing arts (LMIPA & Codarts). Some of his most recent works are: Tijd Zal Ons Leren (Time Will Tell Us, for Het Nationale Theater), Frekti Singi (for Amsterdam Museum) and Ripple – Opera Forward Festival (National Opera & Ballet). His work consists of songs/compositions, live performances and meditative sound journeys.

Ulrike Quade Company combines puppetry, visual theater, and robotics with music, dance, and multimedia to create magical and visual poetic performances. We use myths and stories from the past as a source of inspiration for the future. Often, we let go of reality to create multiform new worlds in which our audience can immerse themselves. In this way, we envision a possible future and explore the changes necessary toward an equitable and inclusive society.