Arno Schuitemaker

Work

The End - part 2

What do togetherness, solidarity, and connection mean at this moment? What brings us closer to each other? How can mutual transparency strengthen interaction?

With a mix of movement, music, light, and video, The End - part 2 explores a world of shifting relationships: between the three performers, between the performers and video, between live and prerecorded. The performance blurs the distinction between seeing and being seen and feels like a collection of short stories where energy, stillness, sensitivity, distortion, and longing confront and meet each other. The performers show different sides of themselves and, eventually, dissolve physical boundaries—even in opposition, our individual spaces can be shared.

For The End - part 2, Arno Schuitemaker continues the collaboration with performers Ivan Ugrin, Mark Christoph Klee, and Angelo Petracca. The music is composed by Aart Strootman, and the light design is created by Jean Kalman, two artists whom Arno also worked with in multiple other productions. He has invited video artist Gilbert Nouno to join the team for this work.

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

Photo: Peteris Viksna

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Credits

Concept and creation: Arno Schuitemaker
Performers: Mark Christoph Klee, Ivan Ugrin, Angelo Petracca
Dramaturgy: Guy Cools
Lighting design: Jean Kalman
Music: Aart Strootman
Video: Gilbert Nouno
Costumes: Victor Klijsen
Set design: Jean Kalman and Arno Schuitemaker
Technical producer: Maarten van Burken
Video technician: Daan hazendonk
Technicians: Sander Schaart and Ruben Lijbers
Outside eye: Miguel A. Melgares
The movement material is created in collaboration with the performers.

Production

The End - part 2 is a production by SHARP/ArnoSchuitemaker in coproduction with Montpellier Danse as part of the residency at Agora, International City of Dance, with the support of the BNP Paribas Foundation, Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie, La Place de la Danse CDCN Toulouse - Occitanie. Supported by The Performing Arts Fund NL, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Ammodo, and Fonds21.

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