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Introduction
I LIKE TO WATCH TOO SATURDAY 12th JULy 2008
I LIKE TO WATCH TOO
2008
The closing night of Julidans will be a poetic, nocturnal adventure infused with
sensual dance performances that materialize in unexpected places. As you are lured
by the temptations of dance, I Like To Watch Too will take you through every nook
and cranny of the Paradiso. There will be exciting performances, varying from
dance-poems to pop-ups and installations – at times the live acts will dance in duet
with a DJ or VJ. As the evening progresses you will be drawn, guided by our night
angels, into the events; finding yourself dancing along before you know it!
This year’s artistic direction is once again in the hands of Suzy Blok.
Performances by:
Ann Van den Broek - WArd/waRD (BE), Billy Cowie (UK), Company (CH/BE), Doron Hirsch (IS),
Hiroaki Umeda (JP), Judith Nab - Théâtre Espace (FR/NL), Lisbeth Gruwez - Voetvolk (BE), Mischa
van Teeffelen - The Ready Maids (NL), Monique Duurvoort (NL), Nita Liem - Don’t Hit Mama (NL),
Sun-A Lee (KO) and T.r.a.s.h. (NL).
Pop-ups - short surprise performances throughout the building by:
Cecilia Moisio (FI), Ederson R. Xavier (BR/NL), Marije Nie (NL), Monique Duurvoort (NL) and Ann
Van den Broek - WArd/waRD (BE).
Dance-film program in association with Cinedans.
I Like To Watch & Dance Too features:
Kareem Raïhani, Mr. BroekjeVol & Mrs. BloesjeVol, VDJ Magnetron, DJ Alec Smart aka Streamer,
DJ Lovesupreme, Flipscreen & Lx and performing art by Benchellal.
PERFORMANCES
PERFORMANCES
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I LIKE TO WATCH TOO SATURDAY 12th JULy 2008
COMPANY
Hiroaki Umeda
In Act the artists lock their lurid gazes onto one of the major minefields of
‘gender trouble’, the art of the striptease. Act isn’t so much a striptease, as a
dissection of the many gestures that co-define the pleasurable art of disrobing
and denuding.
While Going to a Condition describes experiences that redefine the sensation of space and other
sensory perceptions, Time, punctuated by silences, dilates and triggers a sense of disorientation,
while video, used as a source of light, creates a magnetic force. Umeda is himself a performer able
to exude an unusual and powerful magnetism. His dance borrows from hip-hop and butoh and
combines fluidity with jerkiness to create very personal body movements. Umeda’s work, at once
minimal and radical, subtle and violent, is recognized as being deeply engaged with the traditions
and contemporary reality of Japan.
Creation and performance by Alexandra Bachzetsis, Tina Bleuler, Lies Vanborm
Coproduction Kanton Zürich, Kulturstiftung Pro-Helvetia, Pact Zollverein Essen
Management We Love Productions Contact Sarah De Ganck
While Going to a Condition was presented at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales
(France) and was hailed as “a visual and sensorial experience...The discovery of a young artist, both
original and promising.” Umeda’s work has been presented at cutting-edge dance festivals: Japan
Dance Festival (Korea), Yokohama Dance Collection (Japan), Uovo e Contemporanea (Italy), FIND
Festival (Canada).
Company S20 Choreography Hiroaki Umeda Dancer Hiroaki Umeda Sound & Visual Creation S20
BILL COWIE
WArd/waRD – Ann Van den Broek
“I am the ground, I am the earth, I am the soil,
and into me your coldness stole, till I am solid and brittle”
Co(te)lette is based on the unquenchable hunger and uncontrollable desire for
physical and mental satisfaction. A desire that awakens dormant urges demanding movement and action.
This is an intimate piece for t hree female dancers caught in a vicious circle spinning them between moments of desire and fulfilment. There is no confrontation,
no rivalry, and no narrative – there is no solution, and no end.
Co(te)lette has been nominated for a Zwaan by the VSCD as “the most impressive dance production” of the 2007/2008 season.
In the Flesh
The audience, wearing blue/red anaglyph 3d glasses, may be surprised to see a
dancer on the ground below them. While she appears to be actually in the space,
she is, in fact, a projection - but there she is, solid, real, ‘in the flesh’. At the end
of her four-minute dance, she fades once again - into nothing.
Billy Cowie is a Scottish composer/choreographer/filmmaker who works in
dance/theatre performance, screen dance and installation.
In collaboration with Liz Aggiss, he has made over twenty live performance
pieces for the company Divas Dance Theatre, who have toured extensively in
Europe. Cowie has also completed five major screen projects. He is currently
Principal Research Fellow at the University of Brighton.
excerpts of Co(te)lette
Concept and Choreography Ann Van den Broek Dancers Cecilia Moisio,
Theodossia Stathi, Judit Ruiz Onandi Dramaturge Marc Vanrunx Music Arne Van
Dongen Music editing and mix Arne Van Dongen, Yves De Mey Lighting design
Bernie van Velzen Produced by WArd/waRD vzw Co-produced by CC Berchem
(Antwerp), Korzo productions (The Hague) Financial Support by the Government
of Flanders and the Department of Culture of the City of Antwerp
Photo: Maarten Vanden Abeele
Company is a threesome based in Switzerland and Belgium that brings together
the artists Alexandra Bachzetsis, Tina Bleuler and Lies Vanborm. These three
young women have a shared interest in the politics of female self-empowerment.
They also share a love for the unlikely backwaters of popular culture where
some of the strongest images of ‘Woman’ have been born.
While Going to a Condition
Photo: Julieta Cervantes
Photo: Caroline Minjolle/graphic Julia Born & Boyplaygirl
ACT
PERFORMANCES
PERFORMANCES
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Lisbeth Gruwez - Voetvolk
Forever Overhead
T.r.a.s.h.
Weiter
A nimble body suspended in the void at the centre of the universe: the body’s
incomplete wings overcome gravity for a split second. Then, the triumphant
plunge before the final, fatal embrace. What goes on in the head of a person
falling, in that short instant, in that eternity between heaven and earth? Forever
Overhead shows the body out of balance: a drawing done in movement about
the art of falling.
The performer is a pawn in a game between body and mind. His body reverberates with chaotic and explosive motion, carried along in high tempo by energy,
sound and his instincts.
From 1999 Gruwez danced with Troubleyn/Jan Fabre and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
of Les Ballets C de la B. She has been creating her own work since 2006.
Moving between silence and violence, T.r.a.s.h. has developed a disturbing inventory of work, culminating with Weiter, a 25-minute trailer for four performers
and a cello. This performance, impressions of earlier work, sets the scene on a
more sober stage.
Four eccentric characters are caught in a vortex of death, love and violence.
Heutiger Tag ist sehr, ganz spezieller Tag. T.r.a.s.h. zooms in...for the close-up.
Photo: Ernest Potters
Concept and dance Lisbeth Gruwez Sound Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
Light Sven Van Kuijk Production Voetvolk vzw Co-producers Comédie de Valence,
Cultuurcentrum Kortrijk, Buda kunstencentrum, Danse à Lille, Troubleyn/Jan
Fabre with the support of Vlaamse Overheid, provincie West-Vlaanderen
Sun-A Lee
Space of Memory
Mastic and Grandmothers Hair
Space of Memory
In my mind, memories stir.
They are like fingerprints feet on a sandy beach, impossible to catch.
They continue to haunt me.
Doron Hirsch was born in Jerusalem in 1980 where he studied movement and
light design at the School of Visual Theatre, graduating in 2002. He continued
his studies in Butoh with various teachers in Japan, Mexico and Europe. In 2004,
he co-founded the performance group Tsukanoma (Tokyo). Lately Hirsch’s work
has shifted from the conventional theatre space to galleries and site-specific
locations and is being performed in numerous venues and festivals worldwide. In
2006, he moved to Amsterdam and enrolled in the Dance Unlimited program for
choreography and new media.
Grandmother’s Hair Concept Doron Hirsch Performance Josta Ruby O’niel Water
System Guido Bevers / Mastic Concept Doron Hirsch Performance Josta Ruby
O’niel, Simone Heitinga
Photo: Paula Duarte
Grandmother’s Hair Sweet layers of society wash away, all that’s left the naked
truth. Mastic Enjoy it but don’t swallow
Sun-A Lee began studying dance in 1998. In 2003, she graduated with a Bachelor degree as a dancer at Han-Sun University, Seoul. She is currently studying
for her Masters degree in Choreography at Korean Arts National University. In
2007, she won 1st prize at Yokohama Dance Collection for the solo “Performing
Dream” as well as the audience-award and 2nd prize at Masdanza Festival in
Spain. In 2007 she performed “Performing Dream” during I Like To Watch Too.
Choreography & dance Sun-A Lee Video artist Kim Min-jung
Support Jung Art Vision Dancers Lynn Bartels, Melissa Ellberger, Martin Barnes,
Junadry Leocaria, Ihndhira Marlin & Henry O’Tawiah.
Concept & choreography Kristel van Issum Muzikale composition Arthur van der
Kuip & Jeroen Strijbos Set design/Production management Paul van Weert
Dancers Guilherme Miotto, Alexandre Tissot, Tegest Pecht Guido & Lucie
Petrušová Cello Jacqueline Hamelink
Doron Hirsch
Photo: Lee dong hun
Photo: Bruno Dewaele
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PERFORMANCES
PERFORMANCES
I LIKE TO WATCH TOO SATURDAY 12th JULy 2008
Nita Liem - Don’t Hit Mama
everybody dance now!
Judith Nab - Théâtre Espace
Trembling Chairs (installation)
Young performers as well as experienced artists enter onto the stage to show
what moves people and how people move. The attitude and mentality of the
performers plays a major role in the dance, as does, of course, the beat of the
Afro-American dance tradition. Don’t Hit Mama is inspired by club dance from
America and draws also from the language and principles of African dance.
The work of Don’t Hit Mama, lead by Nita Liem and Bart Deuss, characterizes
celebration, dance, and the awareness of man’s open-minded and capricious
lifestyles.
Speak to me
Look,
all the chairs are trembling now.
Speak to me
Everything is trembling now…
Where are you?
Stop trembling
Judith Nab creates visual theatre performances and installations using many
forms of mixed media, such as moving objects, optical (and mental) illusions,
film, video and light projections, voice-samples, objects, dance and music. She
has worked specifically in site-specific venues to create her recent “plays without
actors in abandoned houses”.
Concept Nita Liem Music DJ Lovesupreme Dancers Honey Eavis, Clearence
Koorndijk, Shailesh Bahoran, Eugene Rijsenburg, Andro Hoogvliet, Remy Tilburg
and others Special Guest Marije Nie
Monique Duurvoort
Boost (shortened version)
Based in Amsterdam, the Dutch/French, Judith Nab/ Théâtre Espace also
performs regularly in France and other countries in Europe.
Boost is a piece for 6 professional urban dancers, each from a different
background.
Monique uses her dancers differences to explore their relationships and
personalities, always searching for the tension as well as the common ground.
Mischa van Teeffelen The Ready Maids
Tea-act
In her choreographies, Monique Duurvoort uses hip hop, pop ‘n lock, street and
breakdance - elements from diverse Urban dance styles. Before becoming a
choreographer, Monique worked for thirteen years as a professional dancer with
the Dutch National Ballet. Besides her passion for academic and modern dance,
Monique has always has been interested in dance styles that have their roots in
‘the street’. In 2007, the jury of the “Nederlandse Dansdagen” awarded her the
most talented young choreographer prize.
The tea-act is developed and performed by The Ready Maids, a group of
performers who specialize in presenting food in a particularly theatrical way.
Photo: Freek van Arkel
Production Dansateliers Concept & choreography Monique Duurvoort
Dancers Lynn Bartels, Melissa Ellberger, Martin Barnes, Junadry Leocaria,
Ihndhira Marlin & Henry O’Tawiah.
A waitress offers you tea. She wears a metal tea-pot on her head. By bowing
lightly she will pour you a nice cup of tea. Would you like some sugar?
Photo: Pepijn Lutgerink
Photo: Jean van Lingen
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surprise performances
POP UPS short
throughout the building
short surprise performances
throughout the building
POP UPS
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Cecilia Moisio
Ederson R. Xavier
Cecilia Moisio (Finland 1978) moved to the Netherlands in 1997 to study at the
Theaterschool in Amsterdam. Graduating in 2001, she joined Dansgroep Krisztina
de Châtel and became one of her leading dancers. In 2006, Cecilia became a
freelance dancer/choreographer and has since worked with Ann van den Broek
(BE), Karin Post (NL), Dylan Newcomb (VS/NL) and theatre group Stella Den
Haag. Last season Cecilia was nominated for the VSCD prize for the most outstanding dance achievement of the season, for her performance in E19 (richting
San José) and again this season for Co(te)lette from Ann van den Broek.
Ederson Rodrigues Xavier was born in Brazil. From 1994 on, he worked with
choreographers such as Leine & Roebana (NL), Djazzex (NL) and Paul Selwyn
Norton (NL) amongst others.
WArd/waRD
Ann Van den Broek
Marije Nie
strong
and
She studied tap with dancer Peter Kuit and music with the bass player Arnold
weerd. Nie is well acquainted with various types of music including jazz, dance
electronic and experimental music. Multidisciplinary work is her current
combining tap with other artforms like theatre, video, dance and puppetry.
co-founder of the music-theatre group Villa Sonora.
Dooyecomposed
interest,
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See page 05
Monique Duurvoort
See page 08
Photo: Pepijn Lutgerink
Marije Nie is a foot musician: a dancing percussionist. As well as having a
technique and excellent timing, she has developed a love for improvisation
experimentation.
Photo: Maarten Vanden Abeele
From 1997 to 2004 he worked with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. In 2004, he
made his debut as choreographer with a piece for the Scapino Ballet Workshop,
QUARTET. Since then has become a regular choreographer for the company. In
2003 he won the Zwaan Prize VSCD for his recognizable style, “sharp, passionate
and lyrical”. He currently works with Leine & Roebana and free-lance as
choreographer, teacher and collaborative dancer.
Photo: Marjolijn van Hout
Photo: Jean van Lingen
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I Like to Watch & Dance Too
I LIKE TO WATCH TOO SATURDAY 12th JULy 2008
Mr. Broekjevol and
Mrs. Bloesjevol
This is a music-entertainment duo in style. Mr. BroekjeVol (Bas Kosters)
and Mrs. BloesjeVol (Shirley Hart) give the Amsterdam fashion and dance
scene some fresh and filthy allure with their dj duo performances. They
have performed at various parties for Mercedes Benz Duth Fashion Award,
Streetlab Festival, Le Freak Fashion Feast and Joost van Bellen’s own 10
Years Of Meubelstukken Festival. Propelled by enormous energy, they will
surprise you with a mix of Disco, Italo, Club, Electro and Rock.
Kareem Raïhani
Since 2004, fuelled by a hunger for new inspirations and after some
busy years on the dance circuit, Kareem’s new productions find him
travelling through his Moroccan roots into a voyage through the global
labyrinths of ‘world music’. Taking full advantage of his technical
knowledge, the result, thus far, is a dynamic fusion of raw tumbling
beats through which the inspirational rhythms and voices of the world
meet the innovations of technology.
DJ Alec Smart aka Streamer
His sound can be described as Big-Funk-Mash-Up-Hip-Break-Disco-Quality-Music. Gorgeous to listen
to, infectious to dance to; his broad music tastes, his technique and mixing skills, his enthusiasm
and turntable showmanship are all qualities that make him a refreshing change to the many purist
but predominantly monotone DJ’s out there. His philosophy: keep them entertained, not only
dancing! Fun runs through all he does!
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VDJ Magnetron
Combining his endless love of music and visuals, DJ Magnetron
has now become one of Holland’s first VDJs! Providing the eclectic
electric soundwaves for your ears over the years, VDJ Magnetron
now loves to play his selection of tracks with the original music
video clips to match - just for you.
DJ Lovesupreme
He has been a major underground force in the belly of the beast
for years.
Representing that uncut raw shit.
Worldwide.
Speak your mind.
Benchellal Performing Art
As a performance-director, Benchellal creates installations and
live-performances combined with visuals and costumes.
Flipscreen & Lx
Beams will be lit, light will be beamed. Lighting / video artists
Flipscreen & Lx have found a new and unusual way to use visuals
as light-effects and visa versa.
Dance-film program
in assosiation with Cinedans I LIKE TO WATCH TOO
Walls CH 2007
Director Heidi Köpfer
Choreography Heidi Köpfer
Time 13 minutes
Whatsoever CH 2001
Director Heidi Köpfer
Choreography Heidi Köpfer
Time 17 minutes
Contrecoup CH 1997
Director Pascal Magnin
Produced by PM Productions, Alias Compagnie and Télévision Suisse Romande
Choreography Guilherme Botelho
Time 24 minutes
Reines d’un jour CH 1997
Director Pascal Magnin
Produced by Aïe Productions SA
Choreography Marie Nespolo, Christine Kun
Time 26 minutes
Pas Perdus CH 1995
Director Pascal Magnin
Produced by PM Productions
Choreography Noémi Lapzeson
Time 13 minutes
Dance-film program
in assosiation with Cinedans I LIKE TO WATCH TOO
Nussin NL 1998
Director Clara Van Gool
Produced by NPS and Egmond Film
Choreography Bennie Bartels, Martine Berghuijs, Claudia Codega, Dries van der Post
Time 15 minutes
Reimerswaal NL 2004
Director Clara Van Gool
Produced by SNG film
ChoreographySuzy Blok
Time 8 minutes
lucky nl 2001
Director Clara Van Gool
Produced by NPS and St. Dieptescherpte
Choreography Jordi Cortés Molina
Time 22 minutes
Up At Down NL 2003
Director Clara Van Gool
Produced by NPS , BBC and Satori
Choreography Suzy Blok
Time 28 minutes
THE RAIN SE 2007
Director Pontus Lidberg
Produced by Filmlance International AB
Choreography Pontus Lidberg
Time 25 minutes
Shorts 1
Cinedans 2008 short dance-film award nominees
Shorts 2
Cinedans 2008 short dance-film award nominees
Diva GB 2007
Looking Forward NL 2007
Ready au 2007
Dance Like Your Old Man AU 2007
Night Practice GB 2006
Are You for Real? Us 2006
Another Building # 1: Quarantine us 2007
To Fly or Fall CA 2008
Flying Lesson VS/br 2007
If Time Pass JP 2007
Director Liz Aggiss Choreography Liz Aggiss Time 4 minutes
Director David Corbet Choreography Paea Leach Time 2 minutes
Director Susanna Wallin Choreography Susanna Wallin Time 3 minutes
Director Gabri Christa Choreography Kyle Abraham
Director Rosane Chamecki, Phil Harder and Andrea Lerner Choreography Rosane Chamecki,
Phil Harder and Andrea Lerner Time 10 minutes
La Surprise ch 2007
Director Manuel Scheiwiller Choreography Manuel Scheiwiller Time 5 minutes
Folies d’Espagne US 2007
Director Philip Buiser Choreography Austin McCormick Time 5 minutes
Flying Days FR 2006
Director Pablo Diconca Choreography Pablo Diconca Time 6 minutes
Karohano za 2008
Director Jeannette Ginslov Choreography Jeannette Ginslov Time 9 minutes
My Atomic Beloved IR 2008
Director Amirali Navaee Choreography Mohamad Abbasi Time 20 minutes
Director Roberta Marques Choreography Roberta Marques Time 8 minutes
Director Gideon Obarzanek, Edwina Throsby Choreography Gideon Obarzanek Time 10 minutes
Director Kyle Ruddick & Cari Ann Shim Sham Choreography Cari Ann Shim Sham Time 4 minutes
Director Kathi Prosser Choreography Kathi Prosser Time 5 minutes
Director Teppei Kuroyanagi Choreography Yannick Hugron, Kae Kurachi Time 5 minutes
Duet nl 2004
Director Sil van der Woerd Choreography Sil van der Woerd & Judith Naber Time 3 minutes
Raven Study US 2007
Director Charlotte Griffi Choreography Charlotte Griffi Time 5 minutes
Aprop ES 2007
Director Aitor Echeverria Choreography Carolina Alejos Time 6 minutes
Prototype FR/CH 2007
Director FR/CH Choreography Yves Ackermann Time 2 minutes
4 clips pour aufnahmen CH 2006
Director Nicole Seiler Choreography Nicole Seiler Time 8 minutes
Downlove GB 2007
Director Euripidis Laskaridis Choreography Euripidis Laskaridis, Aris Servetalis, Lina Sakka
Time 10 minutes
Dancing Swords CA 2007
Director Luke Langsdale Choreography Luke Langsdale Time 2 minutes
Feist 1234 US 2007
Director Patrick Daughters Choreography Noemie LafranceTime 3 minutes
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