MOVING FUTURES FESTIVAL GRONINGEN

Let yourself be surprised by the engaging, daring and barrier-breaking dance makers and performers of today.
Tuesday the 12^th,Wednesday the 13^th and Thursday the 14^th of November 2024, the travelling festival Moving Futures Festival will be in Grand Theatre Groningen. Moving Futures is the festival where you can experience dance by the newest generation of makers in all its manifestations. The festival showcases innovative dance in a generously varied programme with performances, installations, workshops and (after)talks.

Photo: © Hilde Harshagen

Day 1 - 12 November

(Photo: X_YUSUF_BOSS - TOBAN - TOBAN - © Alwin Poiana)

- 18:00h : Alesya Dobysh & Max Frimout - Motus Sonus
Venue: Gallery NP3
Motus Sonus is an interdisciplinary project curated by two Netherlands-based artists: dancer and choreographer Alesya Dobysh and music composer Max Frimout. Their research explores the interplay between movement, sound and space. Besides the influence of the artists involved, the space and the ever-changing acoustics of the room play a role in the final form.

Alesya and Max collaborate with local and international multidisciplinary artists from different backgrounds - including performance art, sound art, martial arts and street and club dance. The interplay between contemporary art and urban culture are important sources of inspiration.

Previous editions of Motus Sonus have taken place at De Fabriek in Eindhoven, The Grey Space in the Middle in The Hague, Art Gallery The Windmill in Seoul (South Korea) and at De Pont in Tilburg, among others. Around Moving Futures, Motus Sonus will take over gallery NP3 in Groningen.

- 20:00h: X_YUSUF_BOSS - TOBAN
The stories Mohamed Yusuf Boss collected during an exchange between Groningen and Katlehong in South Africa provided the inspiration and emotional fuel for TOBAN: a performance that asks questions about what it means not to belong to the dominant group and to be unequal in the opportunities you are given. Six dancers - three from the Netherlands and three from South Africa - bring these stories of resistance and resilience to life on stage.

- 21:05h: join the aftertalk

Day 2 - 13 November

(Photo: Collectief MAMM - No Strings Attached - © Alwin Poiana)

- 18:00h: Sarada Sarita
Location: Balcony Bar

- 17:30h: VIERxVIER
Location: Bovenzaal
VIERxVIER (14+) celebrates dance with four diverse short performances for both new and informed viewers. Selected and guided by Theater a/d Rijn, up-and-coming makers show what dance and movement is all about today. In a mix of backgrounds, styles and cultures, we strip dance down to its energetic core and let the imagination of the body speak for itself. From hip-hop to modern and everything in between, VIERxVIER presents a kaleidoscopic look at dance.

At Moving Futures Festival, see two of these makers with their work: Peeled Collective & Ibrah Silas Jackon.

Arnhem-based makers Emma Hanekroot and Emma Versluys together form Peeled Collective. For VIERxVIER they make Folding Voices, a personal dance-theatre performance about transgenerational trauma. Using poetry written by Emma Hanekroot and visual art inspired by it and created by Emma Versluys, they create a dynamic and surreal dance duet.
Director and choreographer Ibrah Silas Jackson comes from hip-hop, but also draws inspiration from funk and African cultures. For Unravel Threads, he delves into the effects of peer pressure, such as outside influence and the performance anxiety young people deal with. Three dancers from different styles go in search of authenticity and self-empowerment.

- 20:00h: Collectief MAMM - No Strings Attached (Premiere - photo © Alwin Poiana)
Location: Benedenzaal
Connected to the wall by a bungee cord, two dancers run as fast as they can, relentless and determined to reach their goal. They sabotage each other, challenge each other, give up and start again. Until one of the dancers, too tired to go on, discovers the impasse and slowly realises not to work against it anymore, but to run with it. To use it to their own advantage and make themselves stronger. They discover the hidden opportunities it holds and a playful game begins.

The bungee cords attached to the dancers are a metaphor for how we experience life. We can all identify with the feeling that life sometimes works against you. That feeling of an invisible force pulling you back, preventing you from reaching your goal. You push, run, crawl as hard as you can, but you never seem to make it. It's as if this higher force, this universe, doesn't want you to reach your goal. What if this invisible force suddenly becomes visible?

- 20:45h: Shani Bar Dimri - The being between Vertical Ghosts
Location: Bovenzaal
The being between Vertical Ghosts is a creation for two dancers, two microphones and all our embodied memories of falling. The delicate interplay between the architecture of the body and the landscape of sound invites us to relive our personal memories. Memories of moments when our metaphorical ground sank, when we needed someone to hold their hand or when our heart skipped a beat. The poetry between the concepts of ‘verticality’ and ‘ghosts’ falls into place without noticing, letting them sparkle and do their dance. A nostalgic invitation to transform the invisible into living movements. To just be, let go and enjoy ‘the fall’.

- 22:15u: Afterparty!

Day 3 - 14 November

(Photo: Roshanak Morrowatian - Alphabets of Flesh - © Afagh Morrowatian)

- 15:00h: Talk Dance critic
Locatie: Balcony bar
Participants panel Dance Criticsm
. Courtney May Robertson - Keynote speaker (Performer and interdisciplinary maker)
. Roshanak Morrowatian (Performer and dance maker)
. Mina Etemad (Writer and dance critic Volkskrant en Theaterkrant)
. Wendy Lubberding (Writer and dance critic Theaterkrant, Het Parool en Movement Exposed)
. Lisa Reinheimer - Moderater (Artistiek directeur Dansateliers)

- 18:00h: Sarada Sarita
Locatie: Balcony bar

- 19:00h: Zino Schat - Exit Sign
Locatie: Bovenzaal
With more power, you can make more impact. At least, that's what you would say. Unfortunately, all too often people lose themselves in the lust for power and anxiously cling to their powerful position in the world. How much impact are you able to make?

Exit Sign is a mirror of our classical pyramid-shaped hierarchy, with men doing everything they can to climb even higher. The intentions may have been good in the beginning, but get sullied by the self-centred drive to reach the top. Fractal's choreographer and artistic director Zino Schat drew inspiration for Exit Sign from his experiences from the battle scene and current conflicts in the world.

Zino Schat (1989) is a Dutch/Moluccan dancer, choreographer and sound designer. He is the founder of Fractal Collective. Zino honed his skills as a street-performer and toured the world with his crew SkillDealers. His professional dance career started when he joined dance company AYA and Solid Ground Movement, which also led to him choreographing as well. So far, he has worked with De Nationale Opera and Nederlands Blazers Ensemble. Since 2019, Zino is one of the in-house makers supported by Korzo.

- 19:30h: Ashley & Domenik - The Precise Experience
Locatie: Benedenzaal
This performance score builds on a movement practice exploring physical pressure. It unfolds the joy, pleasure, and intimacy that can emerge from consensual force and weight.

Previously having explored memories that are embedded with the tension and tenderness of violence and intimacy, Domenik and Ashley are now engaging in a physical practice that is rooted in trust, physical listening, and sensitivity. This space holds the possibility for them to explore the thresholds and desires of their bodies, physically and emotionally.

Fluctuating between micro and macro pressures, they have to get to know each other again and again. Every time they meet in this practice is the first time, challenging how well they think they know each other and themselves.

- 20:15h: VIERxVIER
Location: Bovenzaal
VIERxVIER (14+) celebrates dance with four diverse short performances for both new and informed viewers. Selected and guided by Theater a/d Rijn, up-and-coming makers show what dance and movement is all about today. In a mix of backgrounds, styles and cultures, we strip dance down to its energetic core and let the imagination of the body speak for itself. From hip-hop to modern and everything in between, VIERxVIER presents a kaleidoscopic look at dance.

At Moving Futures Festival, see two of these makers with their work: Peeled Collective & Ibrah Silas Jackon.

Arnhem-based makers Emma Hanekroot and Emma Versluys together form Peeled Collective. For VIERxVIER they make Folding Voices, a personal dance-theatre performance about transgenerational trauma. Using poetry written by Emma Hanekroot and visual art inspired by it and created by Emma Versluys, they create a dynamic and surreal dance duet.
Director and choreographer Ibrah Silas Jackson comes from hip-hop, but also draws inspiration from funk and African cultures. For Unravel Threads, he delves into the effects of peer pressure, such as outside influence and the performance anxiety young people deal with. Three dancers from different styles go in search of authenticity and self-empowerment.

- 20:45h: Roshanak Morrowatian - Alphabets of Flesh ( Shortened Version )
Location: Benedenzaal
In the dance performance Alphabets of Flesh, choreographer and dancer Roshanak Morrowatian makes tangible what it is like to be a body in diaspora. Together with dancer Mami Izumi, she depicts the fragmented experience of time and space of people who have left their homeland. The here and there and the now and then merge into memories and dreams.

What remains of your origins when you are displaced? What experiences - even from generations before you - are stored in your body? In a sensory journey, Morrowatian searches for the feeling of home. Where and with whom is home? Can your body be your home? Do you need the past to define the ‘now’?

Alphabets of Flesh creates a temporary (t)home where differences are embraced and uprooting is a source of strength.

Roshanak Morrowatian (Iran, 1989) received her BA in dance and MA in dance composition from Folkwang University of the Arts (D). She danced in the works of Marina Abramović, Pina Bausch and Isabelle Beernaert, among others. In 2021, she co-founded dance company Rover with Mami Izumi.

- 21:20h: Join the aftertalk
Location: Benedenzaal

CREDITS

DAY 2 - 13 November

Credits VIERxVIER
het vouwen van stemmen | Concept: Peeled Collective; Emma Hanekroot, Emma Versluys | Choreografie: Peeled Collective i.s.m. Ischa Statie | Performers: Emma Versluys, Ischa Statie | Geluidsontwerp: Merit Vessies | Tekst: Emma Hanekroot | Illustraties: Emma Versluys
Unravel Threads | Concept & choreografie: Ibrah Silas Jackson | Performers: Angel Ali Gonzalez Felix, Oumar Jalloh, Melano Bruinhart | Geluidsontwerp: Bastian Benjamin
Lichtontwerp: Rob Daanen | Dramaturgie: Eylül Fidan Akıncı | Artistieke begeleiding: Eylül Fidan Akıncı, Peter Hendrikx | Choreografisch advies: Erik Kaiel | Campagne: All Days Off, Studio Marleen Vos | Productie: Theater a/d Rijn, aangesloten bij De Nieuwe Oost | In samenwerking met: ArtEZ Artisteducator in dance, Cultura Ede, De Fransche School, Theater De Storm, Theater Orpheus | Mede mogelijk gemaakt door: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur & Wetenschap, Provincie Gelderland, Provincie Overijssel, Gemeente Arnhem

Credits Collectief MAMM:
Creation and performers: Maxime Abbenhues, Mees Meeuwsen
Music composition: Tom van Wee
Productie: ICK Dans Amsterdam i.s.m. Collectief Mamm

Credits Shani Bar Dimri:
Choreography & concept by Shani Bar Dimri Dancers: Żaneta Kęsik & Geut Niv Sound by Rik van den Heuvel & Gheorghe Septelici > Credit photo from performance: Eva Brank

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DAG 3 - 14 November

Credits Zino Schat - Exit Sign:
Artistic Direction Zino Schat Choreography Zino Schat i.s.m. dansers Dancers Giulio Hoxhallari en Tú Hoàng Light Design Sanne Rosbag Dramaturge Mike van Alfen Costumes Pleun Pijnenburg Sound Simone Giacomini Produced by Korzo

Credits VIERxVIER:
het vouwen van stemmen | Concept: Peeled Collective; Emma Hanekroot, Emma Versluys | Choreografie: Peeled Collective i.s.m. Ischa Statie | Performers: Emma Versluys, Ischa Statie | Geluidsontwerp: Merit Vessies | Tekst: Emma Hanekroot | Illustraties: Emma Versluys
Unravel Threads | Concept & choreografie: Ibrah Silas Jackson | Performers: Angel Ali Gonzalez Felix, Oumar Jalloh, Melano Bruinhart | Geluidsontwerp: Bastian Benjamin
Lichtontwerp: Rob Daanen | Dramaturgie: Eylül Fidan Akıncı | Artistieke begeleiding: Eylül Fidan Akıncı, Peter Hendrikx | Choreografisch advies: Erik Kaiel | Campagne: All Days Off, Studio Marleen Vos | Productie: Theater a/d Rijn, aangesloten bij De Nieuwe Oost | In samenwerking met: ArtEZ Artisteducator in dance, Cultura Ede, De Fransche School, Theater De Storm, Theater Orpheus | Mede mogelijk gemaakt door: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur & Wetenschap, Provincie Gelderland, Provincie Overijssel, Gemeente Arnhem

Credits Roshanak Morrowatian - Alphabets of Flesh
Concept, regie en choreografie: Roshanak Morrowatian
Dans: Roshanak Morrowatian & Mami Izumi
Eindregie: Nilay Ceber
Compositie: Rutger Zuydervelt
Lichtontwerp: Loes Schakenbos
Video research: Laisvie Andrea Ochoa Gaevska
Scenografie: Isa Kasten
Kostuumontwerp: Mieke Kockelkorn
Art directie & fotografie: Afagh Morrowatian
Outside eye: Suzy Blok
Productie: Stichting Rover
Coproductie: ICK Dans Amsterdam, DOX, Parkstad Limburg Theaters & Nederlandse Dansdagen
Mede mogelijk gemaakt door: Fonds Podiumkunsten, Provincie Limburg, Fonds 21, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, NORMA fonds & Gravin van Bylandt Stichting
Speciale dank aan: Le Gymnase CDCN, Toneelgroep Maastricht, Korzo, Toneelacademie Maastricht, Abbas Morrowatian & Mahnaz Heygharnejadi