Programmaboekje

A co-production
by HetGeluidI Maastricht
& MovingTheaterI NewYork
Presented
by MaastrichtToneelstad
Festival
H o l l a n d sl ue c h t e n DutchSkies
13/14/1-5/16May 2009,21.00u.
Location: Toonzaal,Timmerfobriek,Boschstraat3, Moastricht
Reservations:
UlTbalietheateroan het Vrijthof 043- 35055
55
DutchSkieswill haveits premiereat the MaastrichtToneelstad
Festivaland will
be presentedin NewYorkduringthe 2009/2010season
With the supportof TheCityof Maastricht,
The Provinceof Limburg,The New
YorkCityDepartmentof CulturalAffairs,The NetherlandAmericaFoundation
and Timmerfabriek/lPAL/Belvédère.
Foreword,
Adventureis in the air when two artisticentitiesmeeton purposein orderto
clash,re-assemble
andtakethe skyasthe fenix.
Connecting
differentculturesis neveran easychoicefor creativeartists,also
not when the causeis in the frameworkof 400 yearsof relationbetweenNew
Yorkandthe Netherlands.
MovingTheaterNewYorkand Het GeluidMaastricht
repaintingDutchSkiesin 2009from differentangles,differentcultural
backgrounds
in a very differentworld than the 1-7th
century.
Let'senjoythe resultof a new connection,the visionsof youngartistsfrom
both sidesof the AtlanticOceanin a way that reflectstodayand pointstowards
the future.Likethe Beatlessaidin MajorTom:"skieslookdifferenttoday".
M a r cJ o n k e r s
C h a i r m aonf H e tG e l u i d
Theworldin whichwefnd ourselues
at thesturt of thenewmillenniumis
litteredwith thedebrisof atopianprEects.
ffohnGrry)
An international
team of sixartistsfrom two younginterdisciplinary
companiesHet Geluid
(Maastricht)
and MovingTheater(NewYork)createa performance
on the occasionof the
celebrationof 400 yearsof Dutch-American
relations.In DutchSkies,
the artistshold both
culturesup to the light.Theyrevealhow the horizonsof L7th-century
Dutchlandscapes
predictthe Hollywoodtrope of ridingoff into the sunset-and how theseiconicimagesmark
our longingfor hope. A longingso deeplyingrainedthat evenin timesof burstingbubbles
and skiesfalling,we stillfindexcuses
to shout:Yeswe can.
Performed
andcreated
b1JonathanDillet, Jacobien
E ffirs, BrennanGerard,\yan Ke@,GableRoelofsen
and
Roml Roelofsen
Eventhough the paintingsof the Dutch mostersare often dominatedby dork cloudsour eye
olwoys seems to be drawn ta the lighter parts, even when it's only o small ray of sun peeking
through the clouds.
ln the co-productionof Het Geluidand Moving theater the artistshove seorchedfor a light in
our sometimes dork world. A world in which people ore full of hope, even when their
attempts to make their dreomscome true have resultedín nightmores.
Thereseorchthot these sixyoung ortistsof different diciplinairyond cultural bockgrounds
went through together took them from pointings of Ducth skiesto populor Americanculture
and the modern, glocolisedworld. A world in which discoveringnew worlds and spreading
your culture hos a whole different meaning than it had 400 yearsago when HenryHudson
,captoin under the Dutchflog, founded New York.
But still,even though so mony things hove changedsincethe founding of New York, one
thing remained the same, people are still lookingfor hope ond a better world, somewhere
over the rainbow.
KaatjeLomme
MovingTheaterI NewYork
performance
groupand non-profitproduction
MovingTheateris a NewYorkCity-based
companyfoundedin 2003by BrennanGerardand RyanKelly.MovingTheaterforges
dynamicpartnerships
to produceperformance-based
art projectsin theaters,galleries,
m u s e u m sa, n d a t u n i q u es i t e s F
. i l l i n ga c r u c i anl i c h ei n t h e c u l t u r al a n d s c a poef N e wY o r k ,
MovingTheatersupportsdeliberately
projectsthrough
discipline-defying,
frontier-crossing
residencies
and co-productions,
creatingsustainable
environments
for artisticgrowth and
expandingpublicaccess
to new voicesin contemporaryperformance
and art. Currently,
MovingTheateris currentlythe company-in-residence
at ParkAvenueArmoryin New York
City. More informationat www.movingtheater.org.
- Artists'Biographies
DUTCHSKIES
JonathanDrilletbeganhistheatricaltrainingwith FollePenséein Britanny
(Saint-Brieuc,
France)at age 15 underthe instructionof RolandFichet.He
continuedhistheatricalstudiesat the Conservatory
of Paris,XX"
arrondissement).
Whilea student,he beganworkingwith writer and
filmmakerChristophe
Honoréon televisionand in theater,includingLes
(BeoutifulGuys)
Débutontes
at ThéátreNationalde Dijon,FestivalFrictions
2004and broadcaston FranceCulture.As a performer,Jonathanhas
w o r k e dw i t h G e r m a nc h o r e o g r a p h e
Rra i m u n dH o g h e( M u s é eB e a u b o u r g ,
Paris/Festival
d'Automne2005,Maisonde la Danse/Lyons,
impulstanz
Festiva
l/Vienna,Culturgest/Lisbon
), writer/directorAlexisFichet,and
choreographers
DanielLarrieuand VanessaLe Mat. Most recentlyJonathan
couldbe seenonstagein Jean-Marie
Besset's
Perrthusat the Spoleto
Festival(ltaly),Theatredu RondPointandTheatreMarignyPopescoin Paris.Jonathanbegan
workingwith MovingTheaterin 2004and hascollaborated
as a companymemberto create
Without (2004-06),MossParticleNo.1 (200611,
andSIXTY(2006-7).Since2008,Jonathanhas
b e e nc o l l a b o r a t i ncgl o s e l w
y i t h F r e n c ht h e a t e ra r t i s tM a r l e n eS a l d a n u
a n d e rt h e m o n i k e r
UnitedPatrioticSquadrons
of BlessedDiana.Theduo hasperformedtheir original
reworkingsof politicalspeeches
in Paris(il faut brOlerpour briller2008),Lyons,and Berlin
(Politicsof Ecstasy
at Hebbelam Ufer,2009).Jonathanlivesin Paris.
BrennanGerardand RyanKellycollaborate
to makeperformances.
Theirwork straddles
contemporarydance,experimental
practicesto create
theater,andvisualart performance
projects,
liveevents,site-based
videos,theatricalworks,and musicalcollaborations.
Since
they beganworkingtogetherin 2002,Brennanand Ryanhaveaimed-in the messy,
corporal,eroticcauldronof liveness-foran ontologicalexcavation
of performance,
a form
t h a t o f t e ne l u d e se x t e n s i vsec h o l a r s h i m
p ,o n e t i z a t i oann d i n s t i t u t i o n a l c r i t i q uTeh. e i ra r t i s t i c
practiceinvestigates
probesthe subjectivity
the formalconditionsof performance,
of
performersand excavates
the sitesin whichperformances
occur.
Gerardand Kellyhaveworkedin galleries,
museums,theaters,shoppingmalls,glue
factories,can factories,cementfactories,and artist squats,collaboratingwith dancers,
actors,architects,
filmmakers,and international
ensembles.
Theirwork hasbeenshownin
NewYorkat the WhitneyMuseumof AmericanArt, Prelude08 Festival,
EFAGallery,Chez
Bushwick,
DanceNewAmsterdam,and Works& Process
at the Guggenheim
Museum,as
well as at LaGénéraleand ilfaut brOlerpour briller(Paris),Renaissance
Society(Chicago),
Studio303 {Montréal),and the GreenwichMusicFestival.
Currently,they are developing
site-based
work as part of an artisticresidency
at the ParkAvenueArmoryin NewYork.
Gerardstudiedat YaleUniversityand was a Fulbrightscholarin Francebasedat the Paris
NationalOperabeforejoiningcreativeforceswith Kelly,a former balletdancerwith New
YorkCityBallet. In 2003Gerardand Kellyfoundeda non-profitproductioncompany,Moving
Theater,to supporttheir work and the work of other artistsworkingin contemporary
performance.Formore informationon Brennanand Ryan:www.gerardandkellv.com.
H e tG e l u i d Maastricht
Het Geluid("the noise")is an interdisciplinary
theatrecompanyresidingin Maastricht.
Oneof the oldestcitiesof the Netherlands,
Maastrichtis famousfor beingthe city in which
Europeanleadershistorically
agreedto giveup their owns nationalcurrencies
and sharean
economicsystemandthe euro.Thecity is one of the candidates
to becomeEurope'scultural
capitalin 2018.
Specializing
in makingwork that breaksdown boundariesbetweenperformancedisciplines,
Het Geluidworkswith journalists,
dancers,actors,philosophers,
operasingers,musicians.
The companytriesto createa meaningfulsoundin a complexand noisyworld in whichso
manyexpressions
flattenthe way we perceivethe world and eachother.
Het Geluidhaspresentedwork in festivalsandtheatresin the Netherlands,
Belgiumand
Germany,includingde Singel(Antwerp),de balie(Amsterdam),
Studio/K(Amsterdam),
(Dusseldorf),
University
of Amsterdam,
Theatermuseum
The Euregional
Operaand Music
TheaterFestival,
MaastrichtToneelstad
festival,ITSFestivalAmsterdam,AmsterdamFringe
Festival,
and the Berlinfriedensproject.
- Artists'Biographies
DUTCHSKIES
JacobienElffersstudiedat the conservatories
of Utrechtand Amsterdam
a n dt h e G u i l f o r dS c h o ool f A c t i n gi n E n g l a n dT.h i ss e a s o ns h ei s p l a y i n gt h e
role of Betjein the new originalmusicalCrskewith StageEntertainment.
In
the Netherlands
she hasperformedat Overhet lJ Festival,
in ShiraKeller's
playMoessonat the VerseWaar Festival,
and in the D*Amorproductionof
Vogelvlucht.
Jacobianis seenregularlyas a singeron the televisionseries
De ZwoeleSfodon Dutchtelevision.
Sheis currentlycoachedin actingby
H a j oB r u i n sa n d i n s i n g i n gb y D a n i e l aB e r n o u l lJi .a c o b i e p
n e r f o r m e di n H e t
's
Geluid first production,ERZIJNDINGEN
GEBEURD.
GableRoelofsen,
a graduateof the MaastrichtTheatreAcademyand an
alumnusof the LincolnCenterDirectorsLab,just finishedhis MFAat APT,
the post-graduateschoolfor the performingartsin Antwerp,Belgium,
where he conductedresearchon innovationin opera.As a directorhe
w o r k sw i t h t h e i n t e r d i s c i p l i n acroym p a n yH e t G e l u i db, a s e di n M a a s t r i c h t .
At 25 he directedhisfirst opera,Erwartungby ArnoldSchoenberg,
for the
Euregional
Operaand MusicFestival.
Hisdirectionof Kibuye,a tale about
the Rwandawar, was playedin Berlinand Drisseldorf
in 2008.As a writer he
hastrainedwith Kovan den Boschand CharlesMee.As an actorhe has
performedwith Toneelgroep
Amsterdam,Orkater,Het Huisvan Bourgondie,
Theaterfestival
d e P a r a d e( i n H o l l a n da n dS p a i n )a, n da s M o w g l ii n T h eJ u n g l eB o o k .H e h a sa l s ow o r k e di n
(VPRO)andHotnews.nl,)and in Marion Bloem's
television(Villaachterwerk,Stellenbosch
film Fsr From Fomíly.
RomyRoelofsenis a theater-maker,actressand
memberof the interdisciplinary
theatrecollectiveHet
graduate
in
Geluid,based Maastricht.
A
of the
MaastrichtTheatreAcademy,shehashadthe honor
of workingwith variousartistsand directorsfrom
theatreand televisionaswell as experimental
dance,
music,videoandthe visualarts.Romyhasparticipated
in projectsand collaborations
with AnneBogart,
AntoineUitdeHaag,
YolandeBertsch,CarolaArons,
ShireenStrooker,AramAdriaanse,
CliffSutton,Club
Guy& Roni,JoeWeston,AndreaPaciotto,Peter
Missotten,GuySonnen,AdelheidRoosen,Mieneke
Bakker,Janvan Opstal,Gerard-jan
Rijnders,
Janine
Brogt,DanielaBernoulli,HelenaMuskensand QuirineRackee.
Romyhasperformedin
traditionaltheatrespaces
as often as shehasworkedin alternativeand site-specific
venues
in both urbanand not-so-urban
settings.Herwork hastraveledher to festivalsin the
Netherlands,
Berlin,Dtisseldorf
andthe lsleOerol(NL).
Musicusedin this performance..
StormyWeather(L933)
Written by HaroldArlenand Ted Koehler
Performedby JudyGarland
Recording:
Judyat CarnegieHall(Remastered),
Capitol
Quatourpour la fin du temps(Quartetfor the Endof Time),V.
Louangeà l'Éternitéde Jésus(194L)
Composedby OlivierMessiaen
Performedby Ensemble
WalterBoeykens
Recording:
Messiaen:Quatourpour la fin du temps,HarmoniaMundi
- L'Elue(j.913)
LeSacredu Printempts(TheRiteof Spring),DanseSacrale
Composedby lgor Stravinsky
Conductedby PierreBoulez
Performedby ClevelandOrchestra
Recording:
PierreBoulez/ Stravinsky:
Petrouchka,
Riteof Spring,
SonyClassical
Didn'tWe AlmostHavelt All {1988)
Written by MichaelMasserand WillJennings
Performedby Whitney Houston
Recording:Whitney HoustonLiveat SaratogaSprings,New york
M e t d a n ka a n :
MaastrichtToneelstadFestival
Theateraan het Vrijthof:
MikosPieters
EllyRietbroek
PeterNoten
IngeDovermann
GuidoWevers
En de mensenvan Techniekvan het theater.
Reflexion
Tim merfab riek/l paUBelvédère:
C h a n t aKl n e e p k e n s
MarcelloPresenza
Fabienne
van Hooren
DirectieBelvédère
Bestuur Stichting Theatercollectief
Het Geluid:
MarcJonkers
Karlijnvan der Graaf
Joopde Vries
HenkBaatenen CindyStarmans
Dhr.en Mevr.Willems
MartijnSmit
BaerwaldtGalerie
Ainsi
Leovan Boren{OperaZuid)
JasperHoovers
D a n i e l aB e r n o u l l i
KaatjeLomme
D ' nH i e m e l
Intro in Situ
JohnElffers
Keesvan Twist