About

Arno Schuitemaker (Amsterdam) creates hyperphysical performances where dance, performance, visual art, and club culture converge. His meticulously crafted work receives praise for its inventive forms and explores themes at the intersection of the intimate and the universal, creating dialogues between personal introspection and collective connectedness. Through his sensorial approach to embodiment and by providing space for the performers to maintain their individual identity, he dissolves the boundaries between the performers and the audience, culminating in performances that evolve into immersive experiences.

His work has been presented at renowned venues and festivals in over 25 countries. After After premiered during Julidans at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam in July 2024 and has been selected as Critic's Choice in Theaterkrant. 30 appearances out of darkness was presented for the first time at the Holland Festival in 2022 and was ranked in the top 5 best performances of the season by de Volkskrant. In October 2019, The Way You Sound Tonight was awarded the 'Zwaan', the most prestigious dance prize in Dutch performing arts in 2019: “The Way You Sound Tonight is one of those theater experiences you wish could last forever. Schuitemaker succeeds in getting everything perfectly right.”

Other creations include EXIT (2009), TIDE (2011), The Fifteen Project | DUET (2012), I is an Other (2014), Together_till the end (2015), WHILE WE STRIVE (2015), I will wait for you (2016), If You Could See Me Now (2017), and O S C A R (2021).

In the Dutch performing arts magazine Theatermaker, 30 appearances out of darkness, The Way You Sound Tonight, and I will wait for you were selected in the lists of critics as the season’s best performances. tanz magazine selected Arno as one of the most promising artists in their yearbook 2017 and Dance Europe mentioned him as “one of the leading makers in The Netherlands.” He won the Dioraphte Encouragement Award and the 2nd jury prize at [re]connaissance with WHILE WE STRIVE.

Organizations that support(ed) his work are the Holland Festival, Chaillot - Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris), CN D Centre national de la danse (Pantin), La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie (Toulouse), Théâtre Garonne (Toulouse), Sala Hiroshima (Barcelona), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste (Dresden), DansBrabant (Tilburg), ICK Amsterdam, Dansehallerne (Copenhagen), The Duncan Dance Research Center (Athens), Tanzquartier (Vienna), Ballet National de Marseille, KLAP Maison pour la danse (Marseille), Le Pacifique CDCN Grenoble ARA and CCN2 Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble.

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SHARP/ArnoSchuitemaker receives multi-year funding from 2021 to 2024 by Performing Arts Fund NL and AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts). Members of the board are Benien van Berkel (chair), Roeland Dekkers (secretary), Elsbeth Habets (treasurer), Stephanie ter Brake (general member). The board does not receive any fees.

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