Origin
An absurdist satire and search for hope in dark times. Origin is made by three emerging avant-garde dance makers with a socially critical perspective in their work. After winning the world's biggest dance award - the RIDCC XL Production award - Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson and Olivia Court Mesa are now making two world premieres at Scapino. Both dance pieces can be seen in one program with two connecting dance films curated by Cinedans film festival around the same theme.
Run time 105 minutes, incl. intermission
Genre Dance
Language Language no problem
Origin
Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson have been making a name for themselves for several years with high-profile and socially engaged pieces. Their new choreography GOATS is an imaginative satire on contemporary times. With powerful images, humorous dance language and absurdism, they comment on existing social systems and power structures. Playfully, they challenge the audience to look at the world with new eyes.
In The breakable us, Chilean-Israeli Olivia Court Mesa combines athletic physical strength with conceptual depth. Court Mesa explores the idea that trauma is an inseparable part of our humanity, from which we heal and become a new version of ourselves. Trauma as a source for growth.
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Their Origin in the Netherlands at Scapino
For Scapino's talent development program Origin, artistic director Nanine Linning invites promising talent. Under her artistic direction, they will for the first time create a program for the major theaters that will be presented throughout the Netherlands.
RIDCC
Both Baltzinger/Wilson and Court Mesa received the XL Production Award, the world's largest dance prize awarded by Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (RIDCC) and produced by Scapino. As a partner of the first hour of this unique choreography competition, Scapino is a springboard for choreographic talent worldwide.
Credits
artistic direction Nanine Linning
choreography Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson (GOATS), Olivia Court Mesa (The breakable us)
music composition Guillaume Jullien (GOATS), Yehezkel Raz and Roey Hason (The breakable us)
light design Jan Boiten
costume design Petra Finke
set design Sarah & Isaiah in consultation with Guido Verschoor (GOATS), Zohar Shoef (The breakable us)
dramaturgy Merit Vessies
lucid dreaming direction & choreography Emma Evelein
fibonacci direction Tomáš Hubáček. Choreography: Marie Gourdain
a collaboration with RIDCC, Cinedans
GOATS in co-production with Theater Bielefeld, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
