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