Program

JULIDANS 2024: 3-16 JULY

Julidans 2024 presents a wide range of productions and events, as well as an extensive side programme. To help you choose from the large festival offer, the Julidans events have been grouped into separate sections: ON STAGE, OPEN AIR, and CONTEXT.

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In the ON STAGE section, you will also find a label at the top of the page of the relevant performance: NEXT and NL. And conveniently, the starting times of the performances and events are carefully planned, so it is possible to combine several activities!

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JULIDANS ON STAGE

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After After Arno Schuitemaker (NL)

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With seven dancers, After After starts from a white canvas and takes a thrilling dive into the unknown.

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Insel Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi (IT/DE)

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Confrontation with yourself as a fertile soil for connection.

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All of My Love Ioanna Paraskevopoulou (GR)

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How do you express feelings of loss about everything that passes?

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Voice Noise Jan Martens (BE) / GRIP

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Step into the universe of women's voices.

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Repertoire N.2 Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira (BR)

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Naked to the bone. Well, almost naked then: Brazilian performers Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira wear only a pair of trainers and Nike socks. Ample space for the body in its purest form, infused with power, humour and politics.

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On Stage Maria Hassabi (GR)

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Looking at humanity in meditative hyperfocus.

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umuko Dorothée Munyaneza (RW/FR) / Cia Kadidi

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Dreaming of tomorrow's Rwanda without forgetting the horror.

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aCORdo Alice Ripoll (BR) / Cia REC

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Intense dance about the raw reality of today's Brazil.

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21 pornographies Mette Ingvartsen (DK/BE)

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Skimming along the evolution of pornography.

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Libya Radouan Mriziga (MR)

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An alternative history in dance, music, storytelling and rap

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Zona Franca Alice Ripoll (BR) / Cia Suave

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Splashing community ritual as cry of the young Brazilian generation.

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Fairy Tales Johana Pocková & Sabina Bocková (CZ) / POCKETART

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Postmodern women's fairytale with your own happy ending

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Closed Eyes Alida Dors (NL) / Theater Rotterdam

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In the masterly dance concert Closed Eyes, choreographer Alida Dors tells a story that is as personal as it is political. With a mix of spoken word, dance, music and poignant video images, she returns to the place of her ancestors in the performance.

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Faith Club Guy & Roni (NL) / Khalid Benghrib (MR) / HIIIT

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In a unique combination of explosive dance, Moroccan Gnawa trance and data-driven electronics, nine dancers and five musicians explore the spiritual spaces between tradition and progress.

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Still Life Alan Lucien Øyen (NO) / winterguests

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Inspired by radical Japanese butoh dance and the human voice, Alan Lucien Øyen goes in search of a connection to the world and pure human expression.

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Skatepark Mette Ingvartsen (DK/BE)

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Danish choreographer Mette Ingvartsen transforms the theatre into a skate park where one skate stunt after another is performed. Three professional dancers and Amsterdam's young and older skaters trump each other in an unparalleled skate party as a metaphor for freedom and joyful community spirit.

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Cirkel solo's Dalton Jansen (NL) / Sherise Strang (NL)

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Especially for the first edition of Dansdagen Haarlem last April, young choreographers with various dance styles each created a 'circle solo': a choreography danced by one dancer within an illuminated circle.

JULIDANS OPEN-AIR

Fans and passers-by’s will encounter the striking statements of dance makers in the open air during Julidans. This accessible and inspiring programme can be found on Amsterdam's squares, along a route straight through the city and at the Vondelpark Openluchttheater. The performances are mostly free of charge and will surprise dance connoisseurs and newbies alike: Let's go outside!

JULIDANS OPEN-AIR

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Here whilst we walk Gustavo Ciríaco (BR) / Andrea Sonnberger (AT)

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The group as a mobile sculpture in the Amsterdam urban landscape.

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Double bill: Étude des hommes & TARANTO ALEATORIO Patricia van Deutekom (NL) / María del Mar Suárez, La Chachi (ES)

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On Friday, July 12, you will see a double bill in the Open Air Theater with étude des hommes by Patricia van Deutekom and TARANTO ALEATORIO by Maria del Mar Suárez.

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Double bill: Fantasie Minor & AeReA Marco da Silva Ferreira (PT) / Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi (DE/IT)

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On Friday, July 5, you can see A e R e A by Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi. The performance Fantasie Minor by Marco da Silva Ferreira cannot take place due to an injury, instead dancer Anka Postic will show an improvisation from her own work.

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Fantasie Minor Marco da Silva Ferreira (PT)

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Choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira, who hails from the club scene, is a master at mixing genres. In the outdoor location performance Fantasie Minor he juxtaposes the romantic sounds of Schubert's four-handed piano piece with the four feet of two hip-hop dancers, trained in battles and freestyle.

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OFF VENUE WhyNot x Julidans

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OFF VENUE, a collaboration of Juildans with performance festival WhyNot, offers a great opportunity to discover Amsterdam in a new way.

JULIDANS NEXT

Julidans NEXT is the platform for a new generation of choreographers with a highly personal signature and distinct vision. Discover the talent of the future on various Julidans stages.

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All of My Love Ioanna Paraskevopoulou (GR)

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How do you express feelings of loss about everything that passes?

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Repertoire N.2 Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira (BR)

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Fairy Tales Johana Pocková & Sabina Bocková (CZ) / POCKETART

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Postmodern women's fairytale with your own happy ending

JULIDANS NL

Julidans mainly shows international choreographers, but also shows dance makers from our home country. In Julidans NL, we present Dutch dance productions. The performances are interwoven throughout the programme and of course accessible for the Julidans audience.

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After After Arno Schuitemaker (NL)

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With seven dancers, After After starts from a white canvas and takes a thrilling dive into the unknown.

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Corpus Criolla Faizah Grootens (NL) / KIP Republic

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Tender, vulnerable and sensitive examination of Creole body language

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Closed Eyes Alida Dors (NL) / Theater Rotterdam

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Faith Club Guy & Roni (NL) / Khalid Benghrib (MR) / HIIIT

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In a unique combination of explosive dance, Moroccan Gnawa trance and data-driven electronics, nine dancers and five musicians explore the spiritual spaces between tradition and progress.

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Cirkel solo's Dalton Jansen (NL) / Sherise Strang (NL)

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OFF VENUE WhyNot x Julidans

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OFF VENUE, a collaboration of Juildans with performance festival WhyNot, offers a great opportunity to discover Amsterdam in a new way.

JULIDANS CONTEXT

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Out of this world Sytske Frederika van Koeveringe (NL)

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During Julidans, visual artist Systke van Koeveringe will present the outcome in the exhibition space of ITA Bookshop.

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Book presentation: Character Femke Gyselinck & Joris Kritis & Robbrecht Desmet (BE)

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Choreographer Femke Gyselinck (one of GRIP's artistic directors) researched the ambiguity of the form of letters, and their possible translation into movement. The result became the performance Letters 2 Dance, which was shown during Julidans 2022, and the book Character.

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To Rave the Racial Davi Pontes & Wallace Ferreira (BR)

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In this film, Pontes and Ferreira explore spatiality without traditional constructions of space and time. They use choreographic techniques to outline an ethical framework for Black lives that transcends time boundaries.