À nos combats

Salia Sanou drew inspiration for this performance from the legendary boxing match The Rumble in the Jungle. In 1974, the iconic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman gripped the world. What began as a sporting event grew into a global cultural moment. This June, Sanou brings that charged energy back to life at Amare in a performance that connects the intensity of the ring with the expressiveness of dance.

Sanou also casts a fresh light on the role of women in combat sports. With À nos combats, he shifts the perspective on boxing and opens up a broader conversation about struggle, boundaries, and violence in our society. Fluidity, inventive movement, strength, and vulnerability set the rhythm of the fight. Hand-to-hand combat, footwork, hook, dodge, uppercut: the physical commitment is total, intense, and at times violent. The energy on stage reverberates throughout the space, drawing the audience into a charged atmosphere where sport, performance, and social questions come together.

Is boxing a brutal sport, or a noble one? Can it be a way to learn our limits and to contain the violence in our society? À nos combats is a powerful performance that draws you into a world of struggle, surrender, and movement.

OPEN CALL: PARTICIPANTS WANTED!
For this performance, we are looking for participants with an affinity for boxing and/or dance to take part as an active audience at a boxing match in the form of a dance performance. Dance experience is not required, and theatre experience is not necessary either. What matters is your commitment, presence and the energy you bring to make this performance come even more alive.

During the rehearsals, you will be guided by international choreographers, including the choreographer of the performance, Salia Sanou.

Read all about the open call for this performance at this page.

Afterparty on saturday evening
After the performance on saturday evening, Amare invites you for a drink, and you can keep dancing to the beats of a DJ. 

Open class boxing (free admission)
In the lead-up to À nos combats, we invite you to Spuiplein for an open boxing class with Francis Camstra, boxing coach at Haagse Directe. An energetic fusion of boxing and dance, for anyone who wants to move, watch, or join in. Put on your workout clothes and experience for yourself the physical power and rhythm that are central to the performance. Read more about it here and get your free ticket to join.