ROOM IN OUR HOUSE

Name: ROOM IN OUR HOUSE - Nicole Beutler Project & Rematriation
Start: 2026-11-14T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Frascati, Amsterdam

Nicole Beutler Project & Rematriation

Thu 12 Nov ’26 - Sat 14 Nov ’26

A danced manifesto for peace in cocreation with Indigenous artists from North America

Thu 12 Nov ’26

Sat 14 Nov ’26

Thu 12 Nov ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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Fri 13 Nov ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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Sat 14 Nov ’26

20:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 1

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Two men meet. In their bodies lies their strength. Both dancers live in the here and now. Yet, they are connected by a complex colonial history. One is the child of survivors, the other the heir of oppressors. Two worlds that clash. Is peace possible?

Four hundred years ago, Dutch ships sailed up the Hudson River and encountered the Haudenosaunee, the original inhabitants of North America. A special pact was agreed between the two groups, enshrined in the Two Row Wampum: two lines travelling side by side across the river of life, one for the Haudenosaunee in their canoe, the other one for the Dutch in their ship. Living together in peace, without dominating one another.

The narrator guides the audience through stories, history and Indigenous wisdom. Dance, music and text intertwine to form a ritual in which memory and hope coexist.

ROOM IN OUR HOUSE is the first chapter of CLOSE ENCOUNTER / Future Stories, a new series by Nicole Beutler Projects, centred on encounters with different perspectives on the world. A performance about peace – not as a given, but as something that must be continually reinvented.

Language: English
Duration: 90 min.

Credits

concept & direction Michelle Schenandoah Nicole Beutler choreography Nicole Beutler in collaboration with the cast dancers Montana Summers, Rob Polmann storyteller Montana Adams text Ty Defoe, Michelle Schenandoah music Gary Shepherd (composition), Ty Defoe (drums + flute), Adah Schenandoah (singer + drums) costumes Tisha Thompson en Jessica Helbach decor Jessica Helbach with Tim Vermeulen dramaturgy Justa ter Haar, Igor Dobričić cultural consultants Neal Powless, Diane Schenandoah lighting design Tim Vermeulen sound design Maurits Thiel produced by Nicole Beutler Projects in collaboration with Rematriation (USA) Support USA Syracuse Stage, The Treman Center Support NL Performing Arts Fund NL, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Fonds 21, Ammodo Art, Netherland-America Foundation

About the maker

Nicole Beutler is an internationally acclaimed choreographer and artistic director known for her interdisciplinary works at the intersection of performance, dance, visual arts and music theatre. For ROOM IN OUR HOUSE, Beutler sought collaboration with Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida/Haudenosaunee), Indigenous inspirational speaker and founder of Rematriation. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to uplifting Indigenous women’s voices and raising consciousness towards living in balance with Mother Earth.

Nicole Beutler’s projects are driven by the desire for a potentially better society. All of Beutler’s activities are an invitation to connect and to reflect critically on the human existence. For years, her work has highlighted the connection to the climate crisis. Indigenous knowledge and climate justice form the next step in search of a shared future, that is always rooted in the body.