JOY ENJOY JOY
JOY ENJOY JOY
WArd/waRD / Ann van den Broek
1st rank € 31.5/ 2nd rank € 29 / 3rd rank € 18.5
Celebrate the flow of life
After the personal themes in Accusations and The Memory Loss Collection, choreographer Ann Van den Broek thought that the pendulum should swing in the other direction. To lightness and feeling good, to laughing together, embracing each other, in a melancholy mood about past, but pleasant, memories.
Start time: 19:30
Duration: 85 Minutes
Location: Rabozaal
Language no problem
Joy Enjoy Joy is a performance that celebrates the flow of life. A constant, driving and pulsating flow, always on the move, no standing still. The flow is fed with small actions that give comfort, pleasure and peace. Leaving behind accusations and reproaches, regrets and impossible desires and the desire to go with the flow, just do it.
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