Program - FEB 10 2024
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Wordbites
Silent Poetry Techno Aerobics
Everyone dances the sparks out of their shoes to our delightful blend of silent disco, sharp word art, ultra-danceable techno, lively aerobics, and a dash of absurdism. Not campy, over the top, or contrived, but genuinely sincere, energetic, interactive, and collective! Form dances with content, and content dances with form.
We kick off with a nice warm-up and then zoom into our workout with a playful twist via the silent disco. So, shake your hips with Marrit Bausch as the master of moves, and Wordbites as your top-notch poetry host and ultimate disruptor.
Tags: theatre, spoken word, aerobics, dance, interactive, absurdism, headphones
Galaxy Kid
Live Italo Synth Wave
A wall of synthesizers, Italo beats and cool retro-wave. Galaxy Kid plays and sings non-stop live sets. With his alien voice and electronic bleeps, he mashes up obscure tracks from the past 40 years. You may just recognise one or two…
Tags: synthesizers, dance, Italo, electronic, live
BoterBoter
Electropunk Synther-Songwriter
BoterBoter is Utrecht's very own synther-songwriter: Dutch-tongued electropunk infused with absurdism and poetry. BoterBoter takes a hearty sip of our strange existence, to reveal is digestive system on stage.
Here, we observe: 1. How one can seize the day whilst frolicking 2. The destruction that this seizing can unleash 3. How absurdism can make the unsolvability of our existence palatable and joyfull. BoterBoter's lyrics fluctuate between thoughtful and carefree, his beats are electronic and unpolished. His music makes you laugh, frown, dance, and seek cover.
Tags: synthesizers, electronic, poetry, absurdism, live
Etty - Wastebeest
Make your own mask
Etty creates surreal and frolic masks out of waste-materials and found objects. Feel underdressed? No worries, find us and turn yourself into an intergalactic Wastebeest.
Shop a oneofakind mask or make your own mask in our DIY-trash station.
Tags: DIY, masks, surreal, scrap-material, interactive
Pocket Knife Army
Glamelectro
Flashing lights, a kaleidoscope of bright colors and sounds, with two masked figures in the center. The nocturnal scene’s glamorous underdog, Pocket Knife Army, tells their story about alter egos, media overload and 21st century paranoia dressed in a glitter coat and platform shoes.
Their high energy Glamelectro blurs lines between musical norms and transcends genre boundaries, underpinning Daisy Rae’s confessional lyrics and expressive vocal delivery with larger-than-life synthpop and spiky electro jams.
Tags: synthesizers, synthpop, performance, visuals
Roi Soleil
Frenglish pop with a dash of queer glitter
Roi Soleil (Sun King) creates 'Frenglish pop with a dash of queer glitter.'
Roi Soleil's songs delve into themes of self-love, sexuality, and identity, oscillating between danceable electropop and vulnerable power ballads. Musically inspired by acts such as Mika, Yelle, Years&Years, and Angèle.
Roi Soleil is the superhero alter ego of Matthijs, a Brabant teenager tackling issues by adorning himself with a crown (made of cable ties). OUI, he may be golden, but he's here to remind you that you are too. With his baroque wings, he aims for nothing less than douze points and dreams of participating in the Eurovision Song Contest. Allez c’est parti!
Tags: pop music, glitter, queer, energetic, identity
Alternative Identity
Fortune teller with AI
Book a session with this futuristic fortune teller who, with the help of her spiritual powers and artificial intelligence, will predict your alter ego. Engage in a conversation with her, discuss your dreams, fears, strengths, and behold... a photo of your alter ego!
Alternative Identity has space for a maximum of 2 people per session.
Tags: interactive, theatre, performance art, fortune teller, artificial intelligence
Oliv Oliv x Jane Bergkotte
Cinematic Techno + live visuals
Oliv Oliv is a producer, film composer and sound artist combining the warm and rich sounds of analogue synthesizers with field recordings and other collected sound snippets from his archive. His work seeks to create sensorial spaces where stories can be told and shared with the others.
Working as both an applied composer and autonomous artist his projects can vary from filmscores to installation work and also live performances. His music is a blend of electronic music with sounds from other parts of the world. Experience it as a real-time (live)production of the massive soundtrack for your imaginary film.
In his collaboration with visual artist Jane Bergkotte they combine the analogue synths and digital images into a visual installation that takes over the whole dance- floor. Jane is a generative artist in search of organic forms within a digital environment. He gets inspired by natural processes with a fascination on growth and adaptability; he applies coincidences and serendipity within his own work. By combining analog and digital he connects spaces with the audience and the audience with his work. He utilizes coding and interactivity to construct his work; thus creating a continually moving piece that will never be the same even while exhibiting.
Tags: modular synthesizers, live visuals, cinetamtic, techno, projection
DansBlok
Dance film - ZWEET
In the anonymity of the night, you can make unrestricted connections. Are you truly yourself at that moment, or do you lose yourself in a different identity? To escape reality, millennial Eva seeks a way to let go. Does the night carry her away in its flow? Dance, drink, cry, laugh, pray, sweat, and marvel. An ode to the night...
DansBlok consists of Rosa Allessie, Éryn Nieuwint, Dieuwertje Spek, and Tessa Wouters. Dancers and creators from Leiden who create both dance performances and dance films. SWEAT is a co-production with filmmaker Jilles van Kleef and the music theater company De Veenfabriek.
Tags: film, dance, identity, anonimity, short,
Diederik & Rolinde
Surprise act
Sometimes it gets better if you have to wait a little… That’s definitely the case with the surprise act by Diederik (classical composer) and Rolinde (conductor).
Tags: surprise act
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