Programme 

Blind Date Trajal Harrell & Craig Taborn

Trajal Harrell, Craig Taborn

Associate artist Trajal Harrell and musician Craig Taborn come together for an improvised performance.

Introduction: Told by My Mother

Natasja van 't Westende

Introduction on Told by My Mother door Natasja van 't Westende.

Meet the Artist: DD Dorvillier

DD Dorvillier

Do you have any burning questions for DD Dorvilier? You can ask them during this Meet the Artist.

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

DD Dorvillier, human future dance corps

Bodies, objects and sounds become intertwined in a playful act of resistance. 

The Second Body

Ola Maciejewska

Not a solo, not a duet, but dissolving boundaries: those between the human body and a large slab of ice dissolve in a sensual exploration inspired by Daisy Hildyard’s philosophical essay The Second Body.

Told by My Mother

Ali Chahrour

Explosive dance performance with live music, inspired by stories of mothers, director Ali Chahrour’s family history and the collective memory of Lebanese people.

Meet the Artist: Ali Chahrour

Ali Chahrour

After the performance of Told by My Mother, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in a conversation with dancer and choreographer Ali Chahrour.

Meet the Associate Artist: Trajal Harrell

Welcome to Asbestos Hall

A unique opportunity to meet Trajal Harrell, talk and zoom in on his view of dance and the relationship with his audience together.

Caen Amour

Trajal Harrell

Theatre, catwalk and dance installation: Harrell revisits the history of hoochie coochie shows. Clothes become more than just costumes, but rather a means for transformation and expressing identity and desire.

Find, Select, Copy and Paste

Geumhyung Jeong

Intimate solo in which Geumhyung Jeong returns to the essence of movement, without robots or objects – just her body.

Dance is the archeologist, or an idol in the bone.

DD Dorvillier, human future dance corps

Mesmerizing solo by DD Dorvillier in which you see the same dance twice- or do you?

Holland Festival x Africadelic: From Kuduro to Afrotech

Batida, Nidia, Prince Pasensi e.a.

Holland Festival and Africadelic celebrate 750 years of Amsterdam while reflecting on 50 years of ‘in’dependence of five African countries and Suriname. Featuring live performances by Batida and DJ sets by Nidia, Prince Pasensi, amongst others.