A small anatomy (4+)
My arms are longer than yours, so I can touch you from further away.
You have very small fingers to quickly untie my laces.
Your mouth is the biggest, it can fit a whole sandwich.
Your head is so small, it can disappear all the way into my armpit.
My shoulders are the widest and your nose the funniest.
And what about inside?
Is my hunger bigger than yours?
Who needs to pee the most?
And if cheerfulness had a color, would it be different for everyone?
In A small anatomy, four performers map out the body and get to know it better. A voice-over talks them through the "choreography" loud and clear: first the arm, then the knee, the tongue and the lump behind your neck. At first, everyone follows along obediently.
But then the playful fantasy strikes. Then the feet fly off the floor, the thumbs dance in all directions and sometimes a big toe just gets in the way. Playful, musical, catchy, as we are sed to from De Dansers!
about the company
De Dansers are a collective of dancers and musicians led by choreographer/dancer Josephine van Rheenen and composer/musician Guy Corneille. They are known for their dance concerts: organic convergences of energetic modern dance and live music. Their performances tell accessible, intuitively compelling stories of liberation and surrender, in which playful anarchism is never far away.
In this way, the company aims to inspire physicality and personal connection, especially in a society where we live more and more on screens. They make work that appeals to the zest for life of children and reawakens in adults forgotten desires for surrender and corporeality.
credits
choreography Josephine van Rheenen (with performers) / performance Anna Bentivegna, Arturo Vargas, Hans Vermunt & Maxime Smeets / dramaturgy Moniek Merkx / live music & composition Hans Vermunt / light Tim van t’ Hof / © Bart Grietens
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