Mirjam van der Linden, De Volkskrant, 25.05.2013 ****
VOICE NOISE parts 17 & 18
DIALOGUE: BIS + LA BETE 2012-2013
BIS © Anna van Kooij
DIALOGUE is a double bill in which two solos, BIS with Truus Bronkhorst and LA BETE with Joke Emmers, are shown together. Arranged as two solos that mirror each other, Jan Martens’ DIALOGUE lets the bodies and voices of Truus and Joke resonate in one another, revealing the beauty of unconventional bodies and personalities.
BIS is a solo for and with Truus Bronkhorst, a dancer and choreographer who reigned supreme in the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s. It is a performance about starting over, about keeping going and not giving up. It is a raw performance, a mesmerizing portrait in which Truus gets to grips with her demons. It is a work about a strong, expressive and lonely woman. BIS is by far the darkest piece in Jan Martens’ oeuvre: intensive minimalism peels off more and more layers, arriving at nothing more (or less) than the essence.
In LA BETE, the young talented actress Joke Emmers surrenders to a sung ritual. Immersed in an inner monologue, she wrestles her way through a song: she deconstructs it, tastes it, spits it back out. LA BETE is a rhythmic performance in which voice, text and movement are connected with one another: a ritual that gradually leads to an (anti-)climax.
More info and dates for BIS > click here
More info and dates for LA BETE > click here
credits
BIS (2012)
PREMIERE: 17 October 2012, Frascati Amsterdam (NL)
BY: Jan Martens
WITH: Truus Bronkhorst
LIGHTING DESIGN: Steffie De Haan
ADVICE: Marc Vanrunxt
TECHNICAL SUPERVISION: Michel Spang
DURATION: 30 minutes
PRODUCTION: Frascati Producties
INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION: A Propic / Line Rousseau and Marion Gauvent
THANKS TO: ICKamsterdam
LA BETE (2013)
PREMIERE: 10 April 2013, CDC du Val-de-Marne Vitry-sur-Seine (FR)
DURATION: 30 minutes
BY: Jan Martens
WITH: Joke Emmers
PRODUCTION: ICKamsterdam and DansBrabant
INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION: A Propic / Line Rousseau and Marion Gauvent
CO-PRODUCTION: La Briquetterie - CDC du val-de-marne
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: workspacebrussels / Les Brigittines
BIS © Anna van Kooij
dates
23.05.2013
theater kikker
UTRECHT (NL)
(spring)
24.05.2013
theater kikker
UTRECHT (NL)
(spring)
21.09.2013
frascati
AMSTERDAM (NL)
07.12.2013
stadsschouwburg brugge
BRUGES (BE)
(december dance)
22.01.2014
cc de werft
GEEL (BE)
23.01.2014
c-mine cultuurcentrum
GENK (BE)
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BIS © Anna van Kooij
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LA BETE © Gerco De Vroeg
DIALOGUE: BIS + LA BETE (2012-2013)
DIALOGUE is a double bill in which two solos, BIS with Truus Bronkhorst and LA BETE with Joke Emmers, are shown together. Arranged as two solos that mirror each other, Jan Martens’ DIALOGUE lets the bodies and voices of Truus and Joke resonate in one another, revealing the beauty of unconventional bodies and personalities.
BIS is a solo for and with Truus Bronkhorst, a dancer and choreographer who reigned supreme in the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s. It is a performance about starting over, about keeping going and not giving up. It is a raw performance, a mesmerizing portrait in which Truus gets to grips with her demons. It is a work about a strong, expressive and lonely woman. BIS is by far the darkest piece in Jan Martens’ oeuvre: intensive minimalism peels off more and more layers, arriving at nothing more (or less) than the essence.
In LA BETE, the young talented actress Joke Emmers surrenders to a sung ritual. Immersed in an inner monologue, she wrestles her way through a song: she deconstructs it, tastes it, spits it back out. LA BETE is a rhythmic performance in which voice, text and movement are connected with one another: a ritual that gradually leads to an (anti-)climax.
More info and dates for BIS > click here
More info and dates for LA BETE > click here
“The solos that he created for the 62-year-old dancer Truus Bronkhorst and the young actress Joke Emmers in SPRING were uncompromising theatre rituals about topical themes that cut through the soul. Jan Martens is the revelation in an otherwise rather resigned dance season.”
Sander Hiskemuller, Trouw, 04 July 2013
“BIS is intense heartache, sadness at separating, fighting against old age, inexhaustible power: it is Truus Bronkhorst.”
Mirjam van der Linden, De Volkskrant, 25 May 2013****
credits
BIS (2012)
PREMIERE: 17 October 2012, Frascati Amsterdam (NL)
BY: Jan Martens
WITH: Truus Bronkhorst
LIGHTING DESIGN: Steffie De Haan
ADVICE: Marc Vanrunxt
TECHNICAL SUPERVISION: Michel Spang
DURATION: 30 minutes
PRODUCTION: Frascati Producties
INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION: A Propic / Line Rousseau and Marion Gauvent
THANKS TO: ICKamsterdam
LA BETE (2013)
PREMIERE: 10 April 2013, CDC du Val-de-Marne Vitry-sur-Seine (FR)
DURATION: 30 minutes
BY: Jan Martens
WITH: Joke Emmers
PRODUCTION: ICKamsterdam and DansBrabant
INTERNATIONAL DIFFUSION: A Propic / Line Rousseau and Marion Gauvent
CO-PRODUCTION: La Briquetterie - CDC du val-de-marne
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: workspacebrussels / Les Brigittines
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