The Pleasure and Pain of not Knowing My Name A choreography for the Of Curious Nature Dance Ensemble in a shared evening with Anila Mazharis’ ‘The Future is like whisper yelling’. Here a short video compilation of ‘The Pleasure and Pain of not Knowing My Name’, a piece in three parts. In each part I
INSIDE / OUT a double-bill evening of contemporary dance-theatre by LANDERER&COMPANY featuring company-members and choreographers Jessica van Rüschen und Simone Deriu. OUT by Jessica van Rüschen portraits three men, involuntarily together, locked in a small space. Inspired by Jim Jarmusch’s cultmovie ‘Down by Law’ her piece features three original characters who find themselves dealing with
DIE ÜBERSETZER The world seems more and more alien and confused to many. What does “home” mean in a time of refugee crises and immigration society? How secure or insecure, how open or closed should “home” be? How is “home” constituted for people from different cultures? Jessica Van Rüschen, Menghan Lou, Simone Deriu and Felix
A solo Once born demands to live, the doubt. Lives in my head under my skin. -Why are you here? – I ask and see my truth within. “The more I know, the more I doubt. This Solo is an Ode to the Doubt, a character trait to hold dear and damn.” Choreography: Jessica van
‘Human Needs’ initiate our actions. In this research period in Dansateliers Rotterdam I focussed on ‘the Art of Performance’. In particular the commitment one is making while performing. I created two physical ‘paintings’ to stage on public locations for a long period of time. The paintings include a situation, physically expressed by the performer, that
