The Artists Are Present. And Have No Shame: Triple Bill
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Tue 19 May ’2621:30Frascati, AmsterdamFrascati 2
Ongeplaceerd/Free seating Standard ticket € 16,00 < 27 jaar € 12,00 Stadspas € 12,00 CJP € 12,00 -
Wed 20 May ’2621:30Frascati, AmsterdamFrascati 2
Ongeplaceerd/Free seating Standard ticket € 16,00 < 27 jaar € 12,00 Stadspas € 12,00 CJP € 12,00
Thais di Marco – Birds of Paradise
Two dancers at the pole keep one foot grounded, the other lifted behind the body, spines curved like a sunrise. Suspended in a moment of grace, they engage in a shameless struggle against gravity.
Lucinda Wessels – FLUID FIGURES
In this physical and layered duet, dance, sound, and performance merge into a hybrid whole. From a queer perspective, the body dissolves the shame of shifting and colliding forms and identities.
Liza Sulaiman – Body:(Not)Found
In plain sight, warmongers shamelessly dispose of bodies. The spectators are empowered to make them visible again. Will they reclaim their presence? How long can they endure these unsettling images?
About Thais Di Marco
Thais Di Marco (they/them) is a Queer Roma descendant and multidisciplinary artist originally from São Paulo, Brazil. They are rooted in the Candomblé community of Redandá and serve as a priestess at the House of Nagô in São Luís. Since 2017, Thais has been based in Amsterdam, where they continue their artistic practice. In 2018, they graduated from DAS Choreography and conducted research in Benin on post-colonial aesthetics. Their work bridges decolonial movements and the arts, with collaborations spanning Mexico, Iran, Bolivia, and Roma communities in Europe. In 2024, they received the 3 Package Deal grant from the city of Amsterdam in partnership with Framer Framed. Thais has taught internationally and presented at venues such as De Singel in Antwerp. They direct several initiatives that merge experimental art, activism, ritual, and comedy.
About Lucinda Wessels
Lucinda Wessels (1990, The Netherlands) is a multidisciplinary artist working as a dancer, choreographer, and DJ. As co-founder of the online platform Hows of Norms, she explores the intersection of dance, science, and philosophy. Her artistic foundation lies in hip-hop culture, a passion she combines with formal dance training at the MBO Dance Artist program at PACT Amsterdam. As a performer, she has brought her stylized, emotion-driven movement language to companies such as ISH, DOX, Theater Utrecht, Dutch National Ballet, and Nicole Beutler Projects. In her work, she integrates concepts from hip-hop and contemporary dance to create a distinct and authentic physical language. Alongside her stage work, she develops multidisciplinary films and choreographies that reflect her interdisciplinary research. She combines her performance practice with an ongoing reflection on human interaction, emotion, and energy.
About Liza Sulaiman
Liza Sulaiman (1994) grew up in Amsterdam in a family with Iraqi and Belarusian roots. She began dancing hip-hop at a young age with Solid Ground Movement and performed in productions by Alida Dors and Bryan Druiventak. After completing a Bachelor’s degree in Law, she pursued Contemporary Urban Dance at Fontys University of the Arts, where she graduated in Choreography. In the years that followed, she received support from DeSingel in Antwerp, ICK Amsterdam, and Productiehuis Rotterdam.
In her work, Liza focuses on what is often avoided: underexposed stories, suppressed emotions, and repressed imagery. She investigates how we relate to our own bodies and those of others in an unequal world. At the same time, she is drawn to the nuances of human existence, where memory and forgetting, stillness and intensity, and the digital and physical subtly converge. Balancing these polarities, she weaves movement, video, and sound into poetically layered, transformative multidisciplinary performances.
