HOME
by Conny Janssen
DANCERS
Adi Amit
With the coming of, more than ever, easy ways to
travel great distances for everyone and, in the same time, with so many expats,
immigrants and refuges travelling around the globe, the world is coming
together. And as populations start to interfere and exchange information,
habits, customs and even people, the answer to the question of what we consider
“home” becomes less and less obvious. Together with the way of living we need
to modernize our values too; we need to reconsider them. Do we associate home
with the country, the borders or with the people; with the bricks and stone our
buildings are made of or the personal connections we have and the emotions they
create?
With these topics as a port the new work of Conny
Janssen departs on a journey that vaguely tries to give answers, but much more
emphasizes on creating a space for thinking and exploring possibilities.
Janssen is one of the major Dutch choreographers in the Netherlands, honored
many times for her work. Her company is receiving funding from the government
and is often staged, even beyond the national borders of her country.
This performance will leave you wondering. And by that
I don’t mean “why did you paid money for this ticket” but the feeling of being
between the awake and the dreaming state of mind, where all things are
possible. From beginning to end you follow periods of people’s lives and
choices, patterns, movements and stories. With a great diversity! From a black
tall guy in office suit to a small girl on pajamas, from a couple of men in
close relation in grey and brown to a redhead that keeps diary on the cement
wall. Contrasts, disagreements, partnerings, reliefs, fears, necessities, they
are all together and apart in the frame of the city.
To accompany this nonlinear tale Janssen has composed
a strong background that puts the human in the center of attention. From the
set, that doesn’t transform but highlights the human figure; from the costumes
that are depicting various moments of our life; from the lights, that made
their own journey of emotions though the colors while highlighting the important
details and bringing to life other aspects of our lives, such as society, communication,
multiculture; from the music, that, as if it had it’s own likings, underlined
or contrasted the storytelling. Everything came together, no more or less than necessary,
trying to make the human more… human.
This beautiful performance will tour until the end of
April
throughout Holland.
You can check more information about the tour here
Take a glimce of it here:
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