F*cking Future
F*cking Future challenges order and discipline. Eight dancers explore power, masculinity and resistance. Between parade and protest, order tips into vulnerability and dance becomes a collective, hopeful act of change.
Festival Julidans
Programme section Julidans On Stage
Dutch premiere
Location Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Venue Rabozaal
Run time 70 minutes
Genre Dance
Language Language no problem
F*cking Future
What happens when discipline dissipates and uniformity shatters? In this physical and provocative opening performance of Julidans, choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira explores how bodies are shaped by hierarchy and control – and how they resist it.
Eight dancers move on a raised stage, visible from all sides. What unfolds there constantly vacillates between tight formations and chaos, brute force and unexpected vulnerability. Choreography and music are energetic and complex, driven by collective movement.
The performance takes a sharp look at systems we recognise from the military, training and organisation: structures that direct, correct and standardise. Beneath that hard exterior, other layers emerge: care and dependence, fear and the desire for recognition. Toxic masculinity is not only manifest on the outside, but also erodes from within.-|-Here, dance stands in opposition to the system. What is often seen as free or undisciplined becomes a means of questioning power. At the same time, the performance acknowledges that discipline can also create bonds: as a driving force for solidarity and collective action. In glittering costumes and layered lighting – with nods to revolution and queer culture – the stage constantly shifts in meaning: arena, factory, church, gym. Structures waver, order shifts.
The question lingers: Are we shaped by the system, or are we building it ourselves?
Marco da Silva Ferreira
Marco da Silva Ferreira (1986) is a Portuguese choreographer with a background in urban and street dance, pop culture and the club scene. He is largely self-taught and made his breakthrough in 2010 after winning So You Think You Can Dance – Portugal. He subsequently worked with choreographers such as Hofesh Shechter, Tiago Guedes, Victor Hugo Pontes and Paulo Ribeiro.
In recent years, his works have included førma Inførma (2022), Fantasie Minor (2022) and C A R C A Ç A (2022), presented at Julidans 2023.
Credits
Artistic direction and choreography Marco da Silva Ferreira
Artistic assistance and dramaturgy Catarina Miranda & Cristina Planas Leitão
Performers Catarina Casquiero, Eríc Amorim dos Santos, Fábio Krayze, Doisy Bryan, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Matias Rocha Moura, Max Makowski, Nala Revlon
Performer in residence Piny
Performer in training José Santos
Music Rui Lima & Sérgio Martins
Lighting design Teresa Antunes & Rui Monteiro
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Co-production Maison de la danse (Lyon)/Pôle européen de création (in support of Biennale de Lyon), Sadler’s Wells, Charleroi danse – centre chorégraphique de Wallonie–Bruxelles, Teatro Municipal do Porto, PACT Zollverein, Points Communs – Nouvelle Scène nationale of Cergy-Pontoise/Val d’Oise, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Julidans Amsterdam, TANDEM Scène nationale, La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse/Occitanie, Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Centro Cultural de Belém
With the support of Dance Reflections Van Cleef & Arpels
Residency partners Espaço do Tempo, A Oficina (Vila-Flor Cultural Centre), Teatro Municipal do Porto, CRL–Central Elétrica
Production direction Mafalda Bastos
Production assistant Ana Lopes
Production structure P‑ulsa
Distribution ART HAPPENS
This performance is supported by
