Arno Schuitemaker

Work

After After

A performance about the exhilarating power of (re)creation. Seven dancers carry the fractures of a world coming undone, held together by its last horizon — a single strip of light in a space without edges. Then they claim a white canvas: a blank page on which to craft something new.

After After sets a double meaning in motion: re-creation as making anew, recreation as pleasure and play. In the dancers’ bodies, the two merge. As the old story of progress and endless growth reaches its limit, the work asks what it means to move as if another world were possible. What if the after is not a future to wait for, but something to rehearse?

But first: unmaking. The work places an ending before the beginning. There, the horizon tilts.

The rules of the game change. Polyphony takes the stage. With their individual voices and ways of moving, the dancers create a sensual, euphoric playground. Frame by frame, care takes form as a way of being together. Touch becomes a public, radical act; movement becomes repair. Each subtle shift of weight, attention or gaze releases force. Styles flow into one another, and the performance gathers heat until it erupts in a blaze of energy.

A cathartic dance at the turn of an age.

Press
Arno Schuitemaker demonstrates his mastery of transformation in After After, with a new composition by Aart Strootman and an exquisite lighting design by Jean Kalman. — Critic's Choice (Theaterkrant)

They should measure the effect of After After: as a spectator, you feel your body open up, charged with energy (...) It is a delight to experience. — De Groene Amsterdammer

After After hypnotizes. — Het Parool

Find the performance dates and credits by scrolling down.

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Nina Durdević

Photo: Nina Durdević

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Nina Durdević

Photo: Nina Durdević

Photo: Nina Durdević

Photo: Nina Durdević

Photo: Nina Durdević

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Calendar

Credits

Creation: Arno Schuitemaker
Performers: Jim Buskens, Camilla Bundel, Ashley Ho, Frederik Kaijser, Orla McCarthy, Angelo Petracca and Paolo Yao
Dramaturgy: Miguel A. Melgares
Music: Aart Strootman
Light design: Jean Kalman
Scenography: Jean Kalman, Arno Schuitemaker
Costumes: SADAK
Technical production: Vincent Beune, Ruben Lijbers, Sander Schaart
Rehearsal assistant: Mark Christoph Klee
Vocal coach: Maria Magdalena Kozłowska
Production: Björn van Raaij, Lynn Gommes
Publicity: Jannes Heidinga
Photos: Peteris Viksna, Nina Durdević

The movement vocabulary is created in collaboration with the performers.

After After is a production of SHARP/ArnoSchuitemaker and is supported by Fonds Podiumkunsten, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Ammodo, Fonds 21, and BNG Cultuurfonds. With many thanks to Julidans/ITA.