"What is it about? Three guys dancing in the middle of the audience. And then that's it. And it's great." Culture Déconfiture
In my next life, I may want to be a writer, or a poet. I would then let my future revisit my past. I would write about myself at a point in time, not too long ago, putting into words what is now in my body.
How I, often on my own, more and more felt that I was not alone. How I recognized myself, not only in the mirror, but just as much in others. How these memories turned into multiple reflections, each step turned into movement, and tracing back turned into traveling forth. How it felt when I was setting one foot in front of the other to find a new direction in life, how it felt to say:
Let me begin again.
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O S C A R is an installation and performance all at once. In this intimate new work, Arno Schuitemaker searches for a renewed sense of identity after life brought you to the epicenter of a break. Bringing three performers and the audience together on stage, a mirroring floor and countless shadows create a liminal, threefold world with full transparency. Daring, tender, and propulsive, and a testament to the determination in rebuilding, O S C A R unites embodied journeys of empowerment, free of rules. No human is limited.
concept, choreography
Arno Schuitemaker
performers (3 pax)
Mark Christophe Klee,
Ivan Ugrin,
Paolo Yao
composition
Aart Strootman
lights
Jean Kalman
scenography
Jean Kalman,
Arno Schuitemaker &
Paul Beumer
costumes
Sarah Nixon
spatial sound design
Cesi Nolten
artistic collaboration, dramaturgy
Guy Cools
technicians
Vincent Beune, Paul Beumer
production
SHARP / Arno Schuitemaker
coproduction
DansBrabant (NL) /
La Place de la danse, Centre de développement chorégraphique national de Toulouse Occitanie (FR) / Théâtre Garonne
support
Performing Arts Fund NL / Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (NL) / Ammodo (NL) / Fonds 21 (NL) / NORMA Fonds (NL) / Dutch Performing Arts (NL) / Sala Hiroshima, Barcelona (ES)
duration
approx. 60 min.
language
no problem
availability
2023, 2024 and after
touring party
tbc
freight tbc
links & downloads
> performance sheet (EN)
> dossier de diffusion (FR)
> press review
> context
> teaser
> full video (password)
> HR photos (password)
> technical rider (password)
DATES
11 June 2023 - Marres, Maastricht (NL)
10 June 2023 - Marres, Maastricht (NL)
12 November 2022 - Art Gallery On The Inside, Amsterdam (NL)
11 November 2022 - Art Gallery On The Inside, Amsterdam (NL)
7 October 2022, 19:00 hrs - La Biennale, Théâtre de la cité, Toulouse (FR)
7 October 2022, 17:00 hrs - La Biennale, Théâtre de la cité, Toulouse (FR)
6 October 2022, 21:00 hrs - La Biennale, Théâtre de la cité, Toulouse (FR)
6 October 2022, 19:00 hrs - La Biennale, Théâtre de la cité, Toulouse (FR)
5 October 2022, 21:00 hrs - La Biennale, Théâtre de la cité, Toulouse (FR)
5 October 2022, 19:00 hrs - La Biennale, Théâtre de la cité, Toulouse (FR)
1 June 2022, 21:00 hrs - Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
1 June 2022, 19:00 hrs - Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
30 April 2022 - Het HEM, Zaandam (NL)
15 April 2022, 21:00 hrs - Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
15 April 2022, 19:00 hrs - Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
9 October 2021 - Front Row Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
16 July 2021, 19:00 hrs - Julidans, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
16 July 2021, 17:00 hrs - Julidans, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
15 July 2021, 19:00 hrs - Julidans, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, PREMIERE, Amsterdam (NL)
15 July 2021, 17:00 hrs - Julidans, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, PREMIERE, Amsterdam (NL)
14 July 2021, 19:00 hrs - Julidans, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
14 July 2021, 17:00 hrs - Julidans, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
4 July 2021 - Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht (NL)
3 July 2021 - Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht (NL)