Vertical Blue
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Fri 25 Sep ’2620:00Frascati, AmsterdamFrascati 2
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Sat 26 Sep ’2620:00Frascati, AmsterdamFrascati 2
In a world where the overactive, modern human urge to constrain imposes the illusion of control, life can sometimes take dangerous turns. Grief, happiness, the aftermath of a broken heart, a missed opportunity, a new born child. Life is overwhelming. The tendency to control both the world around us and our inner world, in an attempt to cope with overwhelming feelings and experiences, makes us unruly. The big clash seems inevitable.
In Vertical Blue, the wave shifts, we are engulfed, and we allow ourselves to be carried away by the undercurrent. We fall deep into the ocean, our breath held, but our bodies soft. Sounds vibrate palpably, performers sweat their way into the depths, the environment transforms into an elusive perspective. The world speaks, the senses listen.
In a world where what has always sustained us no longer serves us or our surroundings, but rather damages them, Vertical Blue offers a radically proposal: What if our response to crisis is not to fight, to arm, to
overpower, but to listen, to surrender, to create reciprocity, and to realign?
Vertical Blue invites you to surrender. We will dive deep and let go of everything. Not out of indifference, but
to open our hands, eyes, and minds to that which cannot be held or controlled. We are heading for a hard
reset.
The act of surrender.
We better get ready.
Credits
artistic direction, choreography, concept Annemijn Rijk performers Noemi Calzavara, Teresa Avino, Sana Sanaki, Matilde Çobanli scenography Theun Mosk lighting design Wout Panis composition and music Aura Bouw costume design Annemarije van Harten technical producer Cedric van Daalen – Stage-Mate marketing, PR, and Communications Marieke Josselet business director Milou Vogels co-production Schweigman& Vertical Blue is made possible in part by the Performing Arts Fund NL, the Municipality of Tilburg, the
Municipality of Breda, the Province of North Brabant, and the Icke-Lemmens Foundation.
About Body of Art / Annemijn Rijk
Annemijn Rijk (1993) is a choreographer and philosopher. With her platform Body of Art she makes sensory, experimental productions that question our status quo and bring the audience back to the core of our humanity. She investigates and questions how we relate ourselves to the world around us by the means of our body and perception.
Annemijn graduated from the Bachelor of Choreography at Fontys Dance Academy and the Master Philosophy of Humanity and Culture at Tilburg University. As a philosopher, she specializes in phenomenology: the philosophy that states that we experience the world through embodied perception. This sensory-physical aspect is reflected in her work(method).
Annemijn about her work:
“Observing the world around me, I, as an artist, am looking for ‘the space in between’, space for change, for the realisation that things can be done differently. Addressing the sensory experience, adjusting the way we perceive the world, and bringing the audience back to their core, their own body, are methods I use for this.”
