T.r.a.s.h.
T.r.a.s.h.
A highly charged form of dance theatre
Language:
Multilingual
Contact:
Artistic director: Kristel van Issum
T +31 (0)13 – 581 03 75
Agency:
The Netherlands: Bureau Berbee,
www.bureauberbee.nl
International/France: A Propic
T.r.a.s.h. dance/performance group is renowned for its uncompromising dance performances, constantly seeking the boundaries with amazing dedication. At a crossroads of artistic disciplines – a combination of dance, performance and (live) music - for the past ten years the company has been challenging the traditional norms of theatre and dance.
Artistic director Kristel van Issum, choreographer Guilherme Miotto, composer Arthur van der Kuip and set designer Paul van Weert form the core of the company. Together they present a concept based on contemporary culture, the pulse of our time and the portrayal of people, their bodies, their dilemmas and their fate. The result is explosive, hugely emotional and sometimes even almost violent dance theatre.
In 2006, the company was awarded the Ad Vinken Prijs by the City of Tilburg, and it was presented with the Dansprijs van Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds [Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund Dance Award] in 2009.
International:
T.r.a.s.h. has been performing abroad for several years now, including Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Performances are coproduced and resided at Festival de Marseille (F), Chateau Rouge Annemasse (F), Centre de Développement Chorégraphique du Val-de-Marne (F), Tanzhaus NRW (G), Bassano del Grappa (I), Flora Theatre Festival (CZ), Le Manège, Scene Nationale de Maubeuge (F).
T.r.a.s.h. films are being shown Europe, The Middle-East, Russia, USA and Asia. Auditions, master classes and workshops are being held in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and United Kingdom.
From the press (BalletTanz , Mischa Kroes): ‘...a plurality of meanings. [...] stripped of compassion, doomed to engage in a perpetual conflict with a spiritual vacuum, a dysfunctional mind and an unruly body. One cannot help but gaze in fear and admiration at a performance that does not fail to move you.’
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