Doke Pauwels – Double bill: People I Know

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Part 1: Original Sin

Two human birds of paradise, one meet cute. 

Look at them, firing shots at gravity. They are the apple and the snake, but most of all they are the people (neither the first nor the last) to fight the laws of the universe: everything that comes up must come down. 

In Original Sin we see two dancers on a swing. Our contemporary Adam and Eve, gardeners of Eden: charismatic, romantic, and completely themselves. But also hungry for meaning and attention. In 21 physical scenes, interwoven with 21 piano pieces by Reinout Scholten van Aschat, we see the pair not only play with each other, but also playing each other. A duet about vanity, guilt, and gravity. 

Inspired by Simone Weil’s On Gravity and Grace and Milan Kundera’s Laughable Loves, the makers of Original Sin let themselves be guided by the tragedy of gravity.

Part 2 – Before Her Joke Lands

To be recognized can be a relief. But it can also be a trap. And the line between the two is razor-thin.

Before Her Joke Lands is an experimental dance solo by dancer Thalia Crymble, with new music by composer Annelinde Bruijs. 

The performance is choreographed as an ensemble piece for one body—a symphony for the orchestra that exists within one person. It is a solo about the elusiveness of identity, and about the tension between wanting to be seen, but not too clearly. As in the moment right before your joke lands. Held in that inescapable in-between, a series of strategies unfolds, a string of ways to hide in plain sight.