Icoon - Introdans

You will experience a (time) trip this evening, which starts with interior drama from 1977, new to the Dutch public, along the pieces Kilar, Petricor and icon it underlines this special band. 

Introdans director Roel Voorintholt about icon: “How special is we, as a small Dutch company, have been able to build this intensive relationship with this American" icon ". For me, Child's masterpieces are really the "showpiece" of Introdans. Her work is meditative, extremely aesthetic, and that of no other choreographer can be compared. You are automatically carried in and enchanted by it, and I often hear from spectators that they are very calm and relaxed - and that is sometimes nice in these chaotic times. ”

interior drama
interior drama is one of the early works of Childs. The choreography premiered in the famous Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in 1977 and has since been performed at all kinds of indoor and outdoor locations in the city- especially on large, flat roofs. You could call the work, which is being carried out completely in silence, a study of minimal repetitive movement, but this small jewel transcends this research as a goal in itself. Geometry, spatial relationships, timing, speed and variable repetition are central to the "mathematical" choreography, the result is mainly hypnotizing and enchanting. 

Kilar
Kilar is the first work that Lucinda Childs created in 2013 especially for Introdans. The choreography is an ingenious interaction with the piano concerto of (film) composer Wojciech Kilar. Childs impress in Kilar - As in most of her creations - with sparkling, abstract and complex dance patterns, but the choreographer has also challenged himself in the middle part by the dancers in crinolines (hoop skirts)That not only produces many beautiful images, but also gives her work a romantic "touch". 

Petricor
petricor ('The scent that is released when rain falls on dry ground') is the third work that the 'For this creation, Childs was inspired by the composition of the same name by Ludovico Einaudi, known for his music for the French film hit Intouchables . The result is a complex but at the same time crystal clear choreography of repetitive, classic dance steps that are placed in the room like a feather. The ingenious mathematical patterns that Childs creates thereby also become visible on the backdrop of the French artist Dominique Drillot in a drawn version. Abstract artworks that underline the genius of the choreography.

Concerto
An electrical work that passes you by as one whirlwind. For example, Lucinda Childs Concerto was received at the Dutch premiere in 2007. In this perhaps most "balletesque" choreography of the American "Queen of the Minimal Dance", she hunts seven dancers in continuously changing formations about the stage on the pushing music of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. With extremely small variations and shifts, Childs creates a kaleidoscopic jewel: on the eye very simple, but oh so refined and masterful. 

• With free introduction at 7.15 pm
  The introduction to the performance icon from Introdans offers a special look in the show. With stories, short videos and other images you get fun, interesting background information about the show, such as the theme, the choreographer, the decor, the music, the dancers, the rehearsals, etc. Do you have a question yourself? You can always say that too! We are very curious. This way you can - fully prepared - enjoy the performance extra!