OUT OF THE BOX
Physical, visual performance about creativity within limitations
You know them, people who say you just need to think ‘out of the box’. But a box has quite a few different meanings: from 'baby parking', to a world domination conspiracy, from being in your 'comfy-zone' to a cage fight. So what do we actually mean by that?
A group of people meet in a confined space, a life-size box you can see into from all sides. Where one person works hard to get into the box, another wants all the inside space for himself, while another tries to get rid of all boundaries. The audience is spontaneously involved in the performance, which takes place both inside, and ‘out of the’ box.
With a succession of athletic dance, visual stillness and acrobatic inventions, Out of the Box reflects in a light-hearted and moving way on the tension between moving along and going your own way.
The box turns up in parks, on (school) squares, in gym halls, libraries, in theatres and at surprising locations.
The dancers also scan each other, with their eyes, with their bodies, slowly gracefully, for a moment there is an unexpected movement, and then it slowly falls silent again. Like predators, they wait for the right moment to strike, to outpace the other. - Tuur Devens / review Theaterkrant (critic's choice)
With breathtaking acrobatics and smooth dance moves, the piece requires no words - and thus develops its very own dynamics and tension. - Katja Schuricht / review Taunus Zeitung
A theatrical experience full of variety and with great power of expression, which they will not easily forget. - Hendrik Jung / review Wiesbadener Kurier
CREDITS
Concept: Jasper Džuki Jelen & Mojra Vogelnik Škerlj
Choreography: Jasper Džuki Jelen
Dancers: Bryan Atmopawiro, Alison Duarte, Myrthe Marchal, Nathalie Schmidt
Music: ArthurMusic
Costumes: Esther Sloots
Box design: Menno Boerdam
Box construction: Jitze Wils
Photography: William van der Voort
SHOWS
See AGENDA for future shows.
2024
3/11/2024 Theater De Krakeling Amsterdam (NL)
2/11/2024 Theater De Krakeling Amsterdam (NL)
28/10/2024 Festival De Betovering Den Haag (NL)
07/09/2024 Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, London (UK)
20/07/2024 Buiten op het plein CC Amstel, Amsterdam (NL)
13/07/2024 Think Big! festival, München (DE)
12/07/2024 Think Big! festival, München (DE)
11/07/2024 Think Big! festival, München (DE)
30/06/2024 Tanzfusionen festival, Stralsund (DE)
28/06/2024 Tanzfusionen festival, Greifswald (DE)
06/05/2024 SWOP festival Roskilde, DK
05/05/2024 SWOP festival Roskilde, DK
28/01/2014 Meervaart theater Amsterdam, NL
25/01/2014 Purple festival Berlijn, DE
24/01/2014 Purple festival Berlijn, DE
23/01/2014 Purple festival Berlijn, DE
2023
25/11/2023 P8 Karlsruhe, DE
17/11/2023 Friedrich-Spee-Schule Paderborn, DE
10/09/2023 Open Monumentendag Breda, NL
09/09/2023 Open Monumentendag Breda, NL
14/07/2023 Julidans at the park Amsterdam, NL
03/06/2023 Spring festival Kopenhagen, DK
02/06/2023 Spring festival Kopenhagen, DK
01/06/2023 Spring festival Kopenhagen, DK
31/05/2023 Spring festival Kopenhagen, DK
30/05/2023 Spring festival Kopenhagen, DK
01/05/2023 Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, DE
10/03/2023 Starke Stücke festival Frankfurt, DE
09/03/2023 Starke Stücke festival Frankfurt, DE
08/03/2023 Starke Stücke festival Friedrichsdorf, DE
03/03/2023 Starke Stücke festival Wiesbaden, DE
02/03/2023 Starke Stücke festival Hattersheim, DE
19/02/2023 Krokus festival Hasselt, BE
18/02/2023 Krokus festival Hasselt, BE
16/02/2023 Podium Bloos Breda, NL
2022
08/10/2022 CCHA: A little Chaos Hasselt, BE
07/10/2022 CCHA: A little Chaos Hasselt, BE
11/09/2022 DNA-festival Breda, NL
10/09/2022 DNA-festival Breda, NL
14/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
13/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
12/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
11/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
10/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
09/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
07/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
06/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
05/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
04/08/2022 Festival Boulevard ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
10/06/2022 BRIK festival Breda, NL
09/06/2022 BRIK festival Breda, NL
