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An Eco-Futuristic Symphony

NOW WE ARE EARTH is a grand future vision of choreographer and theater maker Nicole Beutler. Music, dance, choir, and audience unite in this eco-futuristic symphony, creating a sense of greater harmony. With 8 dancers and singers, accompanied by a city choir of 45 voices, this 100-minute piece becomes a vibrant convergence of sound and movement, offering a glimpse into a dream of a possible future.

The piece explores the theme of interconnectedness, seeking balance across five realms: animals, humans, plants, fungi, and technology.

NOW WE ARE EARTH promises to be a total artwork, a dance opera featuring a local city choir, with a key role for the audience. Drawing inspiration from the intricate, interconnected threads of a mycelium, the performers weave a multi-layered, resonating tapestry of colors and sounds, unfolding in endlessly branching and repeating patterns.

March 14th – 15th, 2025 Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen, Nijmegen
March 22nd, 2025 Theater Orpheus, Apeldoorn
March 25th, 2025 Theater aan de Parade, Den Bosch
March 26th, 2025 Theater Amphion, Doetinchem
March 27th, 2025 Schouwburg Amstelveen, Amstelveen
April 3rd, 2025 De Storm, Winterswijk
April 4th, 2025 Junushoff, Wageningen
April 9th, 2025 Theater Hanzehof, Zutphen
April 10th – 11th, 2025 Stadsschouwburg Haarlem, Haarlem
April 15th, 2025 SPOT Groningen, Groningen
April 22nd, 2025 Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
April 24th, 2025 Flint, Amersfoort
April 30th, 2025 Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht
May 1st, 2025 Theater De Lievekamp, Oss
May 2nd, 2025 Parktheater Eindhoven, Eindhoven
May 6th – 7th, 2025 Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Amsterdam
May 9th, 2025 Goudse Schouwburg, Gouda

Duration: unknown

Unique Dance Personality Lucinda Childs

Choreographer Lucinda Childs is the queen of minimal dance. She will be 85 years old in 2025, and Introdans is celebrating this with the focus programme ICON, a tribute to the ‘grand old lady’ of American dance. This evening the audience will experience a (time) journey that starts with Interior Drama from 1977, new for the Dutch audience, past the pieces Kilar, Petricor and Concerto that Introdans has danced before, and ends with a world premiere of her latest work: Notes of Longing.

Childs’ movement idiom is absolutely unique: taking an abstract, almost mathematical approach she uses relatively simple ballet and athletic movements to create amazingly complex masterpieces. The bond between Childs and Introdans can also be called unique, there is no company in the world that dances so much of her work. Introdans has a rich oeuvre of existing and new work by Lucinda Childs. With ICON it underlines this special bond.

The choreographies Kilar, Petricor and Concerto are accompanied live in a number of theatres by the National Youth Orchestra led by Jurjen Hempel. Notes of Longing will then also be accompanied live by composer / pianist Matteo Myderwyk.

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