Origin

An absurdist satire and a search for hope in dark times. 'Origin' is made by 3 emerging avant-garde dance makers with a socially critical view in their work. After winning the world's largest dance prize - the RIDCC XL Production award - Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson and Olivia Court Mesa are now making 2 world premieres at Scapino. Both dance pieces can be seen in one program with 2 connecting dance films curated by Cinedans film festival around the same theme.

Origin

Location

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA)

Leidseplein 26

1017 PT Amsterdam

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Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson have been making a name for themselves for several years with their controversial and socially engaged pieces. Their new choreography GOATS is an imaginative satire on contemporary times. With powerful images, humorous dance language and absurdism, they comment on existing social systems and power structures. In a playful way, they challenge the audience to look at the world with new eyes.

In The breakable us , Chilean-Israeli Olivia Court Mesa combines athletic physical strength with conceptual depth. Court Mesa explores the idea that trauma is an inseparable part of our humanity, from which we heal and become a new version of ourselves. Trauma as a source of growth.

Their origin in the Netherlands at Scapino

For Scapino's talent development program Origin, artistic director Nanine Linning invites promising talent. Under her artistic leadership, they create a program for the large halls for the first time, presented throughout the Netherlands.

RIDCC

Both Baltzinger/Wilson and Court Mesa received the XL Production Award, the world's largest dance prize awarded by the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (RIDCC) and produced by Scapino. As a partner from the very beginning of this unique choreography competition, Scapino is a springboard for choreographic talent worldwide.