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Schweigman&

Authentic, poetic, intimate

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Artistic director: Boukje Schweigman

Agency: Via Rudolphi, www.viarudolphi.nl.

For Slagschaduw: www.jeugdconcerten.nl

T +31 (0)20 – 627 75 55

E info@viarudolphi.nl

I www.boukjeschweigman.nl

I www.theunmosk.nl

Productions by theatre maker Boukje Schweigman cannot easily be compared with other theatre existing today. She speaks a silent theatre language, characterized by incredibly strong imaginative powers and an approach that makes serious demands on the senses. She regularly works with set designer Theun Mosk. In their joined performances movement, design, lighting, sound and manipulation of the space all contribute to create an authentic, poetic and intimate experience. In Schweigman& performances spectators become a physical part of a surrealist world. The audience sometimes dresses in white robes to form a fairy ring around the stage (Wervel), and sometimes they float on a lake in a large red ball (Dreef). Schweigman and her ‘coworkers’ do not only use the stage as a vehicle for conveying their message, they also consistently break down the theatrical fourth wall, transporting the audience into a state of mental confusion that allows them to enter their astonishingly alienating world.

‘Theatre is the perfect platform for sharing an experience that activates the senses and challenges our imagination’. (Boukje Schweigman)

International: 

Experience has already proved that the body language in work by Schweigman makes it universal. In 2007, Wervel/Whirl by Schweigman/Mosk toured successfully in Lebanon, Iran and Jordan. Benen/Legs by Schweigman was performed at the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre 2003, in White Russia at the International Monoplay Festival I in Minsk and in Belgium during the 2004 festival Voix Gras in Leuven. Various productions have won Dutch awards; Benen/Legs received the 2003 Top Naeff prize, the public award at Voix Gras Leuven and the Performance Prize in Minsk, White Russia. Grond/Ground, Dreef and Slagschaduw/Cast shadow are also suitable for international tours. In its review of Dreef, the Volkskrant newspaper even wrote: ‘hopefully, it will not be long before [the float] also docks in foreign waters’.