Folk
Oct 7 -
Oct 8
Dunja Jocić / Orbita | Spellbound
In Folk, an exuberant club night gradually shifts into an intoxicating ritual. The dance floor becomes an altar, and the night turns into a sequence of ceremonies in which uniformity increasingly takes over. The group forms a collective identity that is constantly shifting.
When the group becomes one body
- Date
- October 7, 2026 - October 8, 2026
- Duration
- 60 min, no interval
- Genre
- Dance
- Taal
- Language no problem
- Location
- Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Rabozaal
Individuals are absorbed, pushed out, or swallowed by the whole. What begins as freedom transforms into a system in which no one can truly find their footing.
Eight international dancers take the audience into a physical and hypnotic experience in which group behaviour constantly follows new logics. Rituals build up and shift, continually challenging the viewer to reconsider what they think they see. The performance makes tangible how seductive, confronting, and at times suffocating collective power can be.
Tradition, trance, and transformation
Inspired by the folk traditions of former Yugoslavia and the turbulent 1990s, Dunja Jocić explores how identity is formed within the movement of the group, and how quickly that identity can shift. In Folk, Balkan music, physical intensity, and ritual structure merge into a world on the edge of tradition, trance, and transformation.
Credits
Choreography and direction
Dunja Jocić, Spellbound Contemporary Ballet Rome
Dancers
Giovanni Visone, Roberto Pontieri, Thomas Fau, Ivan Tocchetti, Alice Leoni, Miriam Raffone, Tessa Boelens, Jacob Donnarumma
Composition
Renger Koning in collaboration with David Shaw and the Beat
Lighting design
Nuno Salsinha
Costume design
Ivana Vasić
Technical realisation and sound
Seb Jongejans
Lighting
Niels Frik
Booking & touring
Bureau Berbee & Jansen
Photography
Jelena Janković & Aleksandra Perovic
