THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE DANCE
LS&Co. X Gerben Vaillant (NL)
This is just a simple dance is the wrong place for something beautiful. Somewhere in between a painting, theater and dance. A place where five women attempt to find beauty in the simplicity of not having a better option.
'...a loosely associative movement performance that shows how time drags on, while some events always stay with you so much that they seem to happen over and over again...the dance enters into a beautiful duet with the mime in a kind of concrete poetry...'
-WENDY LUBBERDING (Theaterkrant)
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Dates 2024
Past performances
2nd November | Korzo Theater (The Hague)
6th November | Theater De Nieuwe Vorst (Tilburg)
11th May | Dansateliers (Rotterdam) – Premiere
12th May | Dansateliers (Rotterdam)
18th May | Plein Theater (Amsterdam)
Previous “This is just a simple dance” events
6th April | Workshop + presentation :at HUIS Conny Janssen Danst
3rd May | Rule of Three event at Time Window
6th May | Movement class at Dansateliers
This is just a simple dance is a mime/dance performance by the dance company Lazy Susan & Co. The physical and visual performance is set in a desolate village inspired by a text from Gerben Vaillant. Five women are endlessly marching alongside the rhythm of time. The serene and fragile atmosphere filling the room is brutally interrupted by flashes of memories and fantasies. Accompanied by a touch of hometown melancholy this performance offers different female perspectives on finding autonomy in a small community.
Credits
Choreography & direction
Lazy Susan & Co.
Artistic advice
Gerben Vaillant
Performers
Alice Gioria, Keren-or Ben Shachar, Iris Boer, Hellen Boyko, Catarina Ribeiro
Composer
Jethro Cooke
Production
Lazy Susan & Co.
Technical, Production & Artistic support
Thea Atladóttir, Tijmen Teunissen
Supported by
het Cultuurfonds, Elise Mathilde Fonds
Partners
Conny Janssen Danst, Dansateliers, Time Window
