Folk
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.
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.
Duration tbc
Genre Dance
Language Language no problem
When the group becomes one body
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.-|-
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
Dancers Giovanni Visone, Daniele Sibilli, Thomas Fau, Ivan Tocchetti, Alice Leoni, Miriam Raffone, Sasha Peskens, Jacob Donnarumma
Composition Renger Koning in collaboration with David Shaw and the Beat
Lighting design Nuno Salsinha-|-
Costume design Ivana Vasić
Technical realization and sound Seb Jongejans
Lighting Niels Frik
Booking & touring Bureau Berbee & Jansen
Photography Jelena Janković
