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Another Kind of Blue (revival)

Silent Gestures
Wed 20 Jan / 19:45
Wed 20 Jan ’27
19:45
  • Wed 20 Jan ’27
    19:45
    Danstheater

In this revival of Silent Gestures, The Hague-based company Another Kind of Blue invites you to listen to the language of the body. Dancers, drones, virtual hands and digital worlds meet in a sensory performance in which movement reveals what words sometimes cannot express. Includes a VR experience.

Another Kind of Blue, under the artistic direction of choreographer David Middendorp, creates performances in which contemporary dance and technology merge into a new art form. Technology is not used merely as a visual experiment, but as a way to reflect on the role it plays in our lives. In this revival of Silent Gestures, Middendorp explores our most natural form of communication: the body. Hands that speak, bodies that tell stories, gestures that appear before words do. Audience favourites return in a new form, alongside brand-new creations that further stretch the boundary between the physical and the digital.

From unicycle to drones and VR
The evening unfolds through different worlds, each with its own character. The Search opens the performance with an electric unicycle, physical precision and poetic imagination: a search for balance, both literally and figuratively. In HandsON and its spin-off Handbreak, hand gestures become a fast, playful exchange between body, image and rhythm. Arms brings a hypnotic duet between dancers and drones, while Flyland evokes an emotional fantasy in which lovers seem to fall through light, shadow and projection. For part of the audience, the experience goes even further through VR: a parallel universe in which virtual hands and bodies appear to take on a life of their own.

Human, machine and imagination
A striking element in Silent Gestures is the presence of top breakdancers. Their explosive street dance energy is not simply added to the performance, but opens it up and brings a new vocabulary into dialogue with the digital worlds on stage. Middendorp also invites other makers, including choreographer Daniel Barkan, to create their own interpretations using the innovative technologies from the studio of Another Kind of Blue. The result is a rare encounter between dance and digital art, between human and machine. A performance that does not shout, but whispers, and resonates all the more because of it.

“The boundary between the digital and the biological does not just blur, but collapses into a conversation that is as unsettling as it is beautiful.”
— Artstalk Magazine

Cloakroom and drink  
Cloakroom and an intermission drink are included. If the event does not have an intermission, you will receive the drink afterwards.  

Ooievaarspas discount  
Ooievaarspas holders are eligible for a discount on the ticket price for this concert. To book tickets, we need to see your Ooievaarspas for registration purposes. Please contact our booking office to book your tickets.  

Credits

David Middendorp artistic director
David Middendorp, in collaboration with the dancers choreography
Daniel Barkan choreography HandsON
Arianna Bianchini, Evelyn Hutchings, Ezra van Gijsel, Gijs Hanegraaf, Tim Kromhout, Diogo Nogueira dancers
Thomas Greven-Kögler / StageInnovations, Lieve de Boer, Joyce den Hertog, Mathijs Brussaard / Dutch Tilt Studios technology, animation & stage management
Simone van Pernis, Lauren Tambyrajah production
Ben Voorhaar, Cindy Innemee costumes
Mathew Halsall, Tom Waits, Nina Simone, Patrick Watson, Asaf Avidan, Bob Dylan music
Kim Vos Fotografie, David Middendorp photography
Sophie Berends marketing & publicity
Qiqi Jin business director
Het Cultuurfonds, Municipality of The Hague, Cultuurloket DigitALL, Sioux Technologies, Luchtzinnig, Korzo, Ragner Teitsma, Niels Kloet, Dialoog Produkties, OptiTrack, Stichting Daniel Barkan, Heavy Hitters, George Visser Productions, Hans Brouwer thanks to

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