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The Bone Algorithm

Amos Ben-Tal / OFFprojects, Gosse de Kort & Salvador Breed
Tue 18 Feb ’25 - Sat 22 Feb ’25
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Tue 18 Feb ’25
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Sat 22 Feb ’25

The space moves the dancers, their movement generates sound, the sound redesigns the space.... The result is a delicate interplay of cause and effect, but who is the instrument and who is the player? The Bone Algorithm is an interdisciplinary performance with a kinetic installation that produces music through the movement of the dancers. 

Amos Ben-Tal, Gosse de Kort and Salvador Breed once again join forces and explore the theme of the "devolution" of technology. The performance imagines a possible future where a tipping point is reached and life starts to imitate technology.

What kind of beings would we become? The Bone Algorithm is intriguing not only for the experienced dance lover, but also for fans of visual art and new music. Interweaving powerful dance, sound and image, the three artists create a total experience for the audience.

After the performance, the audience is invited to "play" the instrument themselves and explore the space.

Credits

choreography Amos Ben-Tal installation and spatial dramaturgy Gosse de Kort sound and composition Salvador Breed dance Alex Blondeau, Luca Cacitti, Xanthe van Opstal artistic advice Yvan Dubreuil business manager Lobke Nabuurs production manager Delta Lowe marketing Mar Fu Qi producer OFFprojects partners Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), Korzo co-producer Parkstad Limburg Theaters Heerlen OFFprojects is structurally supported by the Municipality of The Hague

Over de makers

OFFprojects is a collective of former dancers of NDT and Batsheva Ensemble that gathers around the work of choreographer and musician Amos Ben-Tal. In recent years OFFprojects has successfully collaborated with interdisciplinary artist Gosse de Kort (Interval, 2021) and sound artist Salvador Breed (PART, 2022).

In both pieces, the creators found a symbiosis of their art forms that resulted in innovative performances. Interval was nominated for the prestigious Swan for most impressive dance production and PART was named by the press as one of the best performances of 2022. 

Amos Ben-Tal / OFFprojects in the press

"Immensely fascinating what Ben-Tal does with the perception of space, time and human actions." ★★★★ Trouw about Seconds

"In the face of the technology-driven objects and the resulting limitations and risks, the dancers maneuver themselves with conviction, but never lose their sense of humanity." Jury VSCD, ‘Swans’ about Interval

"Choreographer Amos Ben-Tal, sound artist Salvador Breed and the musicians of the Ragazze Quartet disassemble the composition to gloriously reassemble it before the eyes and ears of the audience." Het Parool about PART

© Milena Twiehaus
© Milena Twiehaus