Merel Severs returns to her self-constructed arena where dance and martial arts meet once again. This time around, she explores the playing field between discipline and pleasure with more boxing partners and the hard-working body.
After her much-acclaimed performance Try not to know what you know, Merel delves deeper into the relationship between care, violence, exhaustion and resilience in Coerced & Freely Given. Joined by performers Milou van Duijnhoven and Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura, she brings another blistering performance with her signature energy. The trio questions the existing capitalist, patriarchal system and explores a world of intense physical effort versus gentle connection. How can nurture and interconnectedness form an active rebellion against the dominant norms in our society? As raunchy hits turn into tender embraces, the performers transform the stage into an evocative landscape of potentiality.
This performance is in English.
"We need to learn how to practice love such that care – for ourselves and others – is understood as political resistance and cultivating resilience."
Concept - Merel Severs Creatie - Merel Severs, Milou van Duijnhoven, Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura Performance: Merel Severs, Princess Isatu Hassan Bangura & Matilde Tommasini Eindregie - Jules Petru Fricker Decor & kostuums - Publik Universal FrXnd Decor & Kostuums Assistent - Áróra Bergsdóttir Lichtontwerp: Rob Daanen Sound Design - Mauro Casarini Dramaturgie - Eylül Fidan Akıncı Regie assistentie - Sam Zanardo Grafische vormgeving - Studio Marleen Vos Productie - Theater a/d Rijn, aangesloten bij De Nieuwe Oost In coproductie met - De Coproducers & Stichting Severs Met dank aan - Dance Space Destiny & Mondriaan Fonds Mede mogelijk gemaakt door - Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur & Wetenschap, provincie Gelderland, provincie Overijssel, Gemeente Arnhem, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, BNG Cultuurfonds, Mondriaanfonds, NORMA fonds & Fonds21
The Coproducers are twelve Dutch theaters that joint forces as co-producers to help an new generation of theatermakers take the next step in their careers.
The Coproducers are Theater Bellevue (Amsterdam), Frascati (Amsterdam), Schuur (Haarlem), Corrosia (Almere), Theater Kikker & Podium Hoge Woerd (Utrecht), De Lieve Vrouw (Amersfoort), De Verkadefabriek (Den Bosch), Theater Ins Blau (Leiden), De Nieuwe Vorst (Tilburg), and the flat floor venues of Het Nationale Theater (The Hague), Theater Rotterdam (Rotterdam), and the Zwolse Theaters (Zwolle).
