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No Change, or "freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill"

DD Dorvillier, human future dance corps

Copyright information:Thomas Dunn

In No Change or ‘freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill’ , DD Dorvillier (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1967) interweaves bodies, objects and sounds in a playful act of resistance. The performance premiered in 2005, and now, twenty years later, will be presented once more at the Holland Festival at Frascati.


I am very happy to bring choreographer and dancer DD Dorvillier to the festival. She is someone I met in New York, and I have a very long history with. She will do one of her pieces that I love, called No Change or “freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill.

- Trajal Harrell, associate artist Holland Festival 2025 


A sensory exploration unfolds onstage. Together with dancer Elizabeth Ward, Dorvillier creates a performative landscape of microphones, cables and light installations. She handles the lighting and sound herself, getting caught up in objects, resulting in a physical struggle. Seth Cluett’s sound design full of ambient sounds, thumping, dragging and scratching, and Thomas Dunn’s intimate lighting design add to the intense atmosphere. 


No Change or “freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill” marks a pivotal moment in Dorvillier’s artistic development and working methods and became a point of reference for her later work. It was performed again in 2010 at St. Mark’s Church as part of Danspace Project’s platform “certain difficulties, certain joy”, curated by Trajal Harrell.

 


dates

Tue June 17 9:00 PM

Wed June 18 9:00 PM

prices

  • default € 23
  • CJP/student/scholar € 15

information

  • Language no problem

  • 55 minutes (zonder pauze)

  • No Change, or "freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill"

    Thomas Dunn

  • No Change, or "freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill"

    Thomas Dunn

  • William Dorvillier

Credits

concept DD Dorvillier performance DD Dorvillier, Elizabeth Ward, Seth Cluett lighting design Thomas Dunn sound design Seth Cluett costumes Kelly Horrigan, Jesica Beebe production coordinator Jeff Englander

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