Reviews
Here you will find night critiques and reviews, which we usually accompany and supplement with dance photography and dance films of the performances to offer an additional, independent and hopefully artistic view of the choreographic events.
schrit_tmacher opening in Kerkrade with Scapino Ballet
Departure into freedom
On the trail of truth: in „Pinocchio Effect“, Cecilia Moisio shows us the value of authenticity. With the Maas Theater en Dans and the Scapino Ballet, she encourages kids to be who they are, against all outside influence.
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…and there was no more light
Walking and falling, rising and resurrection
Imre and Marne van Opstal’s „VODOO WALTZ“ at the completely sold-out Parkstad Limburg Theatre in Heerlen is heavy fare at the start of the 29th edition of the Schrit_tmacher Festival – but brilliantly performed!
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Who saves whom? From what? And how? With dance?
The 2023 Schrittmacher Festival concluded a guest performance by NDT2 with the program „Climb the sky!“ at Theater Heerlen
by Melanie Suchy
translated by Karoline Strys
Putting Crystal Pite’s well-known piece into NDT2’s triple bill, „Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue,“ which premiered in […]
schrit_tmacher justDANCE! 2023
Pite’s „Revisor“ is a stroke of genius
Crystal Pite | Kidd Pivot performs at Theater Heerlen
by Thomas Linden
translated by Karoline Strys
When it comes to Russia on stage, the connection to the current war inevitably presents itself. Such is the case regarding the guest performance that the Vancouver-based company Kidd […]
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Zombies of fear and rage
„All I Need“ by the Beaver Dam Company at Fabrik Stahlbau Strang.
By Nicole Strecker
translated by Karoline Strys
Actually, we were all glad to have gotten rid of this voice: the barking and blustering of former U.S. President Donald Trump. But now he is back – at […]