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Thu 15 May ’25 - Sat 17 May ’25
The Bone Algorithm (excerpt)
Amos Ben-Tal/OFFprojects, Salvador Breed en Gosse de Kort
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The Bone Algorithm (excerpt)

Amos Ben-Tal/OFFprojects, Salvador Breed en Gosse de Kort
Thu 15 May - Sat 17 May
Thu 15 May ’25
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Sat 17 May ’25

The Bone Algorithm is an interdisciplinary performance that takes place within a spatial music instrument. The exquisite dancers of OFFprojects navigate their way through a fluctuating landscape of wires and pendulums. Every change they make to the space affects the sound that the installation generates - every change in the sound affects the choreography, and so on in a fascinating interplay of cause and effect.  

“Utterly fascinating what Ben-Tal does with perception of space, time and human actions.”

Trouw ★★★★

The entire installation is an electro-acoustic sound instrument that can be triggered by both the actions of the dancers as well as digital pulses from a computer. The piece takes us on a search for ‘organic intelligence’. A journey from digital to analog, from code to intuition.  
 
As part of Cadance festival and NDT’s program Into The Hairy, the audience is invited to witness an excerpt of the performance in the intimate setting of the Black Box studio. This unique encounter highlights the very essence of the project. After the short performance the public is invited to explore the instrument themselves. 

From the press
“But listen carefully, because the bodies unlock secrets from the bare straight lines. You hear much more than what you hear.” - Theaterkrant 

Zoom in

OFFprojects is a The Hague based collective of former NDT and Batsheva dancers 
gathered around the work of choreographer and musician Amos Ben-Tal. The group is known for their innovative interdisciplinary work. During 2025 Amos and the collective are artist/company in residence at NDT, which co-produced The Bone Algorithm. 
In recent years OFFprojects successfully collaborated with interdisciplinary artist Gosse de Kort 
(Interval, 2021) and sound artist Salvador Breed (PART, 2022). Interval was nominated for the prestigious Zwaan award and PART was named by the Dutch press as one of the best performances of 2022.

Credits

The Bone Algorithm - credits 
concept: Amos Ben-Tal, Gosse de Kort, Salvador Breed 
choreography: Amos Ben-Tal 
spatial dramaturgy: Gosse de Kort 
sound and composition: Salvador Breed 
dance: Alex Blondeau, Luca Cacitti, Xanthe van Opstal 
light design: Xavier van Wersch 
artistic advice: Yvan Dubreuil 
 
Installation: 
design and development: Gosse de Kort 
acoustic research and implementation: Xavier van Wersch 
electronics: Bas Bossinade 
metal construction: Rijk Broertjes 
technical assistant: Arisz van Wersch 
 
OFFprojects team: 
artistic core: Amos Ben-Tal, Aurélie Cayla, Yvan Dubreuil, Milena Twiehaus 
production manager and finances: Delta Lowe 
technical coordinator: Xavier van Wersch 
marketing: Mar Fu Qi 
images: Milena Twiehaus/OFFprojects 
video trailer: Harmen Straatman 
producer: OFFprojects 
co-producers: Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), Parkstad Limburg Theaters  
partners: Korzo, The Grey Space In The Middle 
Financial support: Municipality of The Hague, FONDS21, Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, Zabawas