Program
This 31st edition of Julidans presents work by choreographers who are not afraid of experimentation and are in search of a language of their own. This year's performances make statements about the times we live in or offer possibilities for the future. -|- On the Julidans stages, the dance makers confront us with their visions. They give us something to believe in. Hopeful or apocalyptic, feminist or fantastic. The imaginative power of dance is used to make us rethink themes such as (gender) identity, human relationships, and climate.
MAIN PROGRAMME
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Christos Papadopoulos (GR) / Leon & the Wolf
Larsen C
Human perception as a natural phenomenon
Julidans opens with Larsen C. This new performance by Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos is a meditation on our position as human beings in times of change.
Julidans opens with Larsen C. This new performance by Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos is a meditation on our position as human beings in times of change.
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Florentina Holzinger (AT/NL)
A Divine Comedy
In A Divine Comedy, the notorious choreographer catapults the Italian poet Dante Alighieri's work of the same name into the present, thus creating heaven and hell in the here and now.
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Via Injabulo
Amala Dianor (SN/FR), Marco da Silva Ferreira (PT) / Via Katlehong Dance (ZA)
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Amala Dianor (SN/FR), Marco da Silva Ferreira (PT) / Via Katlehong Dance (ZA)
Via Injabulo
A feast of explosive dance and rousing rhythms from the townships
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sacrifice while lost in salted earth
Hooman Sharifi (IR/NO) / Impure Company
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Hooman Sharifi (IR/NO) / Impure Company
sacrifice while lost in salted earth
What does sacrifice mean in today's society?
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On Earth I’m Done - Part 1: Mountains Part 2: Islands
Jefta van Dinther (SE) / Cullberg
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Jefta van Dinther (SE) / Cullberg
On Earth I’m Done - Part 1: Mountains Part 2: Islands
With references to science fiction, classicism and pop culture, the spectator is transported to places that seem to be torn from the conventional space-time continuum.
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Choy Ka Fai (SGP/DE)
Yishun is Burning
Shamanism meets voguing meets drag in the multimedia dance performance Yishun is Burning, an ultra-dynamic quest for the rituals of our time.
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Nicole Beutler Projects (NL/DE)
GINKGO
A confrontational total experience, on the way to a possible future
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Louise Lecavalier (CA) / Fou Glorieux
Stations
In Stations, Louise Lecavalier goes in search of the pure essence of dance. With this new solo, the legendary 'Flame on legs' creates her most personal and delicate performance ever.
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BYGONES
David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen (CA) / Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
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David Raymond & Tiffany Tregarthen (CA) / Out Innerspace Dance Theatre
BYGONES
A nightmare vision that goes totally berserk. Like a David Lynch film on speed. Dancers who defy gravity. Books, teacups and flower pots lead a life of their own, mysterious creatures creep out of the shadows.
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Qudus Onikeku (NG) / The QDance Company
Re:INCARNATION
Ten young African performers and a musician blend artistic artistic expression from the past and present into an unparalleled ode to Nigerian culture.
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Siba Sahabi (IR/DE) / Andres Marin (ES)
Skiagraphia
With Skiagraphia, a spectacular mix of flamenco, contemporary dance, electronic music and an ingenious set of moving sculptures, Siba Sahabi and Andrés Marín prove themselves a match made in heaven.
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Fernando Belfiore (NL/BR)
THE MARKET
Hyper-visual dance performance about radical redistribution of our wealth
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Lia Rodrigues (BR)
Furia
Fúria is Portuguese for anger, enthusiasm, passion, inspiration. Such are the emotions that pervade the eponymous performance by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues.
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Neighbours
Brigel Gjoka, Rauf 'Rubberlegz' Yasit & Rusan Filiztek in collaboration with William Forsythe
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Brigel Gjoka, Rauf 'Rubberlegz' Yasit & Rusan Filiztek in collaboration with William Forsythe
Neighbours
Yasit and Gjoka create a fascinating cocktail of styles and possibilities in Neighbours, an emotional work in which the dancers explore what binds neighbours. And what separates them.
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Elle Sofe Sara (NO)
Vástádus eana - The answer is land
With Vástádus eana / The answer is land, choreographer Elle Sofe Sara pays tribute to all the people who want to make the world a better place.
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Lia Rodrigues (BR)
Encantado
In the colourful performance Encantado, Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues goes in search of rites and customs that we have unfortunately lost sight of.
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Into the open
Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten van Cauwenberghe (BE) / Voetvolk
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Lisbeth Gruwez & Maarten van Cauwenberghe (BE) / Voetvolk
Into the open
‘A crazy dance concert where three punk musicians and four loose performers threw a wild party. '
JULIDANS NEXT
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Ioanna Paraskevopoulou (GR)
MOS
How a sound score is created live with home, garden and kitchen utensils and a bunch of coconuts
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Femke Gyselinck (BE) / Caravan Production
Letters 2 Dance
Femke Gyselinck re-examines the relationship between movement and letter images. Letters 2 Dance 'reads' like a love letter to the art of dance and to life itself.
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Sabina Bocková & Johana Pocková (CZ) / POCKETART
The Lion's Den
To manipulate or to be manipulated, that is the question in a pulsating choreography full of meanings but with a light touch.
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Renata Carvalho (BR)
Manifesto Transpofágico
The personal is political in Manifesto Transpofágico, the solo performance by theatre maker Renata Carvalho.
JULIDANS NL
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Cherish Menzo (NL) / GRIP / Frascati Producties
D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER
What would the world be like if there had been no colonisation? In D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER, Cherish Menzo and Camilo Mejía Cortés disentangle their bodies from fixed patterns and preconceptions and go in search of a new, futuristic environment: the D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER universe.
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Ann Van den Broek (NL/BE) / WArd/waRD
JOY ENJOY JOY
After a few difficult years, choreographer Ann Van den Broek feels, there is a need for air and light. In Joy Enjoy Joy she celebrates life, earthy and dynamic, with costumes in all colours of the rainbow and effervescent dance.
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Nicole Beutler Projects (NL/DE)
GINKGO
A confrontational total experience, on the way to a possible future
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Siba Sahabi (IR/DE) / Andres Marin (ES)
Skiagraphia
With Skiagraphia, a spectacular mix of flamenco, contemporary dance, electronic music and an ingenious set of moving sculptures, Siba Sahabi and Andrés Marín prove themselves a match made in heaven.
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Cecilia Moisio (FIN/NL)
Pink Portal
Portraits of women's bodies, with the vulva in the leading role
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Fernando Belfiore (NL/BR)
THE MARKET
Hyper-visual dance performance about radical redistribution of our wealth
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Poernima Pobardhan (NL)
My Pitrs & Kali Mata
An ancient Indian dance form translated into a contemporary, highly personal dance language
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Schweigman& (NL)
Eros
Celebrate the body: Schweigman& and DOX celebrate the female body. In Eros, five women go in search of the power and pleasure of their sensuality. In a contemporary ritual, social taboos are ignored and womanhood is celebrated in all its facets.
JULIDANS EXTENDED
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We, the breath
Emio Greco & Pieter C. Scholten (NL) / ICK Dans Amsterdam
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Emio Greco & Pieter C. Scholten (NL) / ICK Dans Amsterdam
We, the breath
Breathing as a binding element to create a new living environment
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Offering for a Monster
Tamara Cubas (UR) / Academie voor Theater en Dans
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Tamara Cubas (UR) / Academie voor Theater en Dans
Offering for a Monster
Dance students of the Academy of Theatre and Dance free themselves from their inner monster in an unparalleled improvisation project
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Vloeistof (NL) / Arts Umbrella (CA)
JULIDANS AT THE PARK
A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance.
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The Power (of) The Fragile
Mohamed Toukabri (TN/BE) / Caravan Producties
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Mohamed Toukabri (TN/BE) / Caravan Producties
The Power (of) The Fragile
In The Power (of) The Fragile, the Flemish-Tunisian Mohamed Toukabri dances together with his mother Mimouna Latifa Khamessi. We see their relationship mirrored in two moving bodies. What forms can the 'most archetypal of relationships' take?
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Michele Rizzo (IT/NL)
REACHING
The club as a microcosm for contemporary rituals. On the cutting edge of visual art and dance, fourteen performers dive into rave culture in search of new, connecting rituals in REACHING.
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Christian Guerematchi (SI/NL)
HISSY FIT
Three black bodies get into a ‘hissy fit’ to drill music: an outburst of ‘black rage’
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Krisztina de Châtel (HU/NL)
JULIDANS AT THE PARK
A summer evening. A walk in the park. A dance.