Three dancers move incessantly in an ongoing development, alternating between exuberance and serenity. With an invigorating sense for rhythm, WHILE WE STRIVE revolves the relationship of movement with sound and redefines feelings of space, creating an interchangeability of visual and aural perception: seeing mutates into hearing and hearing into seeing.Arno Schuitemaker found inspiration in neuroscience and contemporary philosophy. In close collaboration with composer Massimo Cervini and lighting designer Ellen Knops he created a powerful blend of movement, sound and light. As they intermingle, they conceive a seductive, resilient and funky trip for the senses.
concept & choreography Arno Schuitemaker
dancers: Shay Partush, Audrey Apers, Ivan Ugrin dramaturgy Guy Cools
light: Ellen Knops
Soundcomposition Massimo Cervini
Costumes: Carlijn Petermeijer
Sound engineer: Michiel Brongers
production Stichting SHARP
coproduction: DansBrabant
Performing Arts NL, VSBfonds, Fonds 21, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, bkkc, Provincie Noord-Brabant and the Dutch Embassy in Paris, and supported by CND, un centre d’art pour la danse (Paris), Centre de Développement Chorégraphique Toulouse/Midi-Pyrénées (Toulouse) and The Abrons Arts Center (New York City)
