T H E D U T C H O N T O U R - Theater Instituut Nederland
T H E D U T C H O N T O U R - Theater Instituut Nederland
T H E D U T C H O N T O U R - Theater Instituut Nederland
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Language<br />
English/German/French/Spanish<br />
Contact<br />
Artistic director: Arthur Rosenfeld<br />
Agency: Frontaal <strong>Theater</strong>bureau, www.frontaal.com<br />
T +31 (0)20 692 96 03<br />
E info@frontaal.com<br />
I www.frontaal.com, www.meekers.nl<br />
MEEKERS<br />
Serious fun dance-<br />
Uitgesproken Dans<br />
theatre for young and old<br />
Meekers Uitgesproken Dans (Meekers Outspoken Dance) makes dance accessible to a wide range<br />
of audiences, especially the young, with a movement and theatre language that is familiar,<br />
natural, and surprising. The Meekers repertoire is extensive and varied, but distinctive and<br />
unmistakable.<br />
Performances flirt with the boundaries between drama, cabaret and mime, and yet are always<br />
distinctly dance. They address existential questions and challenging themes with a disarmingly<br />
rebellious and touching (but biting) humour. They touch universal chords by being very personal,<br />
very human and very imaginative. The pieces are layered, and can be understood at different<br />
levels by different viewers. The narrative is clear, the manner of storytelling non-traditional.<br />
Arthur Rosenfeld’s most recent award is the Merit Prize 2006 from the Dancers Fund for his<br />
entire oeuvre and artistic direction of Meekers. According to the jury: ‘Perverse, cabaretesque and<br />
spiritual performances… a refined style, permeated by bitter earnest.’<br />
International<br />
Meekers Uitgesproken Dans receives regular invitations to perform abroad. For example, the<br />
production Timboektoe Trio’s/Timbuktu Trios (8+), a co-production with Tanzhaus NRW, opened<br />
the Take-off Junger Tanz Festival in Düsseldorf in 2006. The Düsseldorf Stadt Leben newspaper<br />
wrote ‘Mut zu skurriler Originalität…’ The performance of this production at a festival in Barcelona<br />
was accompanied by an educative project, for which Meekers translated the workbook into<br />
Catalonian.<br />
The two most recent shows created by Meekers, Poedelprijs/Poodle Prize (8+) and Murph! (4+)<br />
are equally suitable for international stages. Poedelprijs/Poodle Prize is set in a bright red arena<br />
where six characters challenge and put each other to the test. In Murph!, three little Murphs do<br />
everything they can to create havoc.<br />
Murph!<br />
Photo: Konrad Szymánski<br />
The Dutch on tour Youth dance<br />
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