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Microcosm

Nicole Beutler Projects
Tue 12 Apr ’22 - Thu 14 Apr ’22
A danced conversation
Tue 12 Apr ’22
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Thu 14 Apr ’22

From a nerve-racking dance debut to a liberating conversation between mind and body; author Arnon Grunberg and poet Charlotte Van den Broeck have been pen pals for years. In microcosm, the writers face their greatest shame, debuting as dancers.

Guided by choreographer Nicole Beutler, they embark on a journey discovering the body: a microcosm, a perfect symbiosis of millions of cells, microbes and bacteria, forever in motion. Together with dancers Liah Frank and Rob Polmann, Charlotte en Arnon transcend themselves in this eventful universe. There is no shame in universe.

PLEASE NOTE: on thu apr 14th the english spoken version of MICROCOSM will be played.

Credits

concept, direction, choreography Nicole Beutler music Gary Shepherd dance, text Charlotte Van den Broeck, Liah Frank, Arnon Grunberg, Rob Polmann dramaturgy Igor Dobricic costume design Jessica Helbach scenography, lightning design Theun Mosk assistent director Ischa Statie second cast Domenik Naue technic Martin Kaffarnik production manager Sarah Steeman production Nicole Beutler Projects acquisition & tour planner Theaterzaken via Rudolphi thanks to Bellevue Lunchtheater made possible by Fonds Podiumkunsten, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

Press

Microcosm – a danced conversation opens with the four dancers in blue costumes on a blue carpet, surrounded by wooden walls. Starting from their toes, they explore the entire space, with a movement quality as fluid as water. The falling drops in Gary Shepherd's ear-pleasing electronic soundtrack make us feel like we are in an underwater world. The dancers swarm around each other, half improvising. In addition, they always just don't touch each other, as in a game of Doctor Bibber." De Standaard

Als schrijver ben ik geneigd om het lichaam te vergeten.

Arnon Grunberg