4: STILL LIFE

A DANCE DUET

A white stage and two dancers. Choreographer Nicole Beutler goes back to basics in 4: STILL LIFE. She immersed herself in the history of dance and distilled from it the essential ingredients of the dance duet between man and woman. The partner dance was scrutinized from the baroque court dance via Lindy Hop to the postmodern dance. We see mating rituals, leaders and followers, merger and fight, distance and intimacy.

The principles of Bauhaus, the visual art movement from the beginning of the 20th century, offer a significant starting point. The geometry of square, circle and triangle is the guiding principle for this musical and visual composition. Movements, sound and lighting are completely interdependent. With great accuracy, as we have come to expect of Beutler's precise choreographies, she guides us into a poetic world where an intriguing dialogue between the dancers and the space conjures up new meanings all the time.

The piece is a composition of five moving still lifes, a dance of the space, an extraordinary court dance, a mating dance, a ritual and a 'Lichtspiel'. Every part has its own unique atmosphere and energy, supported by the music of Beutler's steady composer Gary Shepherd.

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Cast & Credits

Concept en choreography: Nicole Beutler
Artistic collaboration: Piet Arfeuille
Performers: Marjolein Vogels, Benjamin Kahn
Understudy 2019: Rob Polmann
Music composition: Gary Shepherd
Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen
Set design Minna Tiikkainen, Nicole Beutler
Costumes: Jessica Helbach
Dramaturgy: Felix Ritter
Technique: Martin Kaffarnik, Rick Teunis(B - 2013)
Choreographic assistance: Hillary Blake Firestone, Inge van Huijkelom
Understudy 2013: Maurizio Giunti, Marlinde Vos
Thanks to: Hester van Hasselt, Djahan Manuela Perez, Hans Vos, Dorothee Wortelboer, Martin Butler
With support of: fabrik Potsdam (DE), Dampfzentrale Bern (CH), Frascati Amsterdam (NL)
Production: Nicole Beutler Projects, Theater Malpertuis (BE)
Acquisition & tourplanning: Theaterzaken Via Rudolphi

Nicole Beutler Projects receives structural funding from Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst and Fonds Podiumkunsten.

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Previous performances

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4: STILL LIFE
Obnaženi Festival
Chomutov
Fragment
4: STILL LIFE
Vondelpark Openluchttheater
Amsterdam (NL)
Open lucht
4: STILL LIFE
Het Nationale Theater - Koninklijke Schouwburg
Den Haag
4: STILL LIFE
Parkstad Limburg Theaters
Kerkrade
4: STILL LIFE
Het Parktheater Eindhoven
Eindhoven
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Rotterdam
Rotterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Stadsschouwburg de Harmonie
Leeuwarden
4: STILL LIFE
Toneelschuur
Haarlem
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Ins Blau
Leiden
4: STILL LIFE
Podium Hoge Woerd
De Meern (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Malpertuis
Tielt (BE)
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
Première
4: STILL LIFE
Dampfzentrale
Bern (CH)
4: STILL LIFE
Theater aan het Vrijthof
Maastricht (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Vondelpark Openluchttheater
Amsterdam (NL)
Open lucht
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
BORA BORA
Aarhus (DK)
4: STILL LIFE
BORA BORA
Aarhus (DK)
4: STILL LIFE
Kunstmin
Dordrecht (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Attakkalari India Biennial
Bangalore (INDIA)
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Kikker
Utrecht
4: STILL LIFE
Museumnacht
Amsterdam (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Uitmarkt
Amsterdam (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Internationale Tanzmesse
Dusseldorf (DE)
4: STILL LIFE
Opera Estate
Bassano di Grappa (IT)
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Corrosia Theater
Almere (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
De Lieve Vrouw
Amersfoort
4: STILL LIFE
Made in Potsdam Festival
Potsdam (DE)
4: STILL LIFE
Made in Potsdam Festival
Potsdam (DE)
4: STILL LIFE
Korzo
Den Haag
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Kikker
Utrecht
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Kikker
Utrecht
4: STILL LIFE
De NWE Vorst
Tilburg (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Schouwburg Arnhem
Arnhem (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Ins Blau
Leiden
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Malpertuis
Tielt (BE)
4: STILL LIFE
NEXT Arts Festival
Kortrijk
4: STILL LIFE
CC Hasselt
Hasselt (BE)
4: STILL LIFE
De Werf
Brugge (BE)
4: STILL LIFE
Theater aan het Vrijthof
Maastricht (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Rotterdamse Schouwburg
Rotterdam (NL)
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Zuidpool
Antwerpen (BE)
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Frascati
Amsterdam
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Malpertuis
Tielt (BE)
4: STILL LIFE
Theater Malpertuis
Tielt (BE)
Première