For more than 50 years, Introdans has been inspiring as many people as possible for the art of dance: with heart, soul and a lot of craftsmanship. With an internationally leading dance repertoire by inspiring dance artists that serves both an adult and young audience. Treasured dance heritage alongside innovative creations. Contemporary styles for a broad taste and a wide audience. We use our art and expertise to connect people with their own imagination and dance power. Inclusive, because everyone can dance. Emotions become tangible, creating a rich experience. Introdans moves you!
Everyone seems to be a hero on social media these days. But who are our real heroes? In the HEROES programme, Introdans focuses on this theme in a number of high-energy and enthralling choreographies by three choreographers and a choreographer duo, each with their own very individual, unique voice. In short, a very diverse programme with ballets that vary in style, ranging from highly virtuoso and acrobatic to lyrical and poetic – says artistic director Roel Voorintholt.
SH-BOOM!
SH-Boom! (1994) is one of the earliest works by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, former members of the
Nederlands Dans Theater. They drew their inspiration here from the satirical black-and-white drawings of the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. And just like the wonderful and striking achievements in their later oeuvre, in this jewel too they masterfully combine the dark aspects (irony) and the light aspects (humour) of life. SH-BOOM!, set to popular songs of the 1930s and 40s, transports you into a theatrical hall of mirrors where the ladies dance in flamboyant dresses and the gentlemen stand – literally – in their underwear.
The performance includes nudity.
choreography: Paul Lightfoot and Sol León
dancers: Ruben Ameling, Giuseppe Calabrese, Yuma Funai, Hayden Idrus, Alberto Tardanico, Federico Tosello, Elisa Rudolf, Demi Verheezen, Angelica Villalon
music: The Ink Spots If I didn’t care en Do I Worry?, Stan Freberg John and Marsha, Turner Layton & Clarence Johnstone S’posin’, Olavi Virta Sininen huvimaja (Blue Pavilion), Arturo Cuartero Nana a luisito, The Mills Brothers Sixty Seconds Got Together, Vera Lynn Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart, Stan Freberg Sh-Boom
set and costume design: Paul Lightfoot and Sol León
lighting design: Tom Bevoort
costumes made by: Hermien Hollander
rehearsed: by Valentina Scaglia and Jorge Nozal
repetiteur: Jorge Pérez Martínez and Diane Matla
world premiere: 24 June 1994, Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague
introdans premiere: 22 June 2023, Arnhem
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Introdans premiere)
Israeli choreographer Inbal Pinto has made a new version of her widely praised choreography Fugue (2018) specially for HEROES. This new version is entitled Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Reflecting on past lives, bygone worlds, lost loved ones and memories that resonate like a distant inner voice, Pinto paints a spectrum of colours and feelings in this melancholy and simultaneously warm choreography. Humour, in a subtle form, is always part of Pinto’s work, but her unique and quirky creations are above all poetic and often mysterious. Or as Introdans director Roel Voorintholt puts it: “They resemble little poems in which every word, every movement has significance.”
choreography: Inbal Pinto
dancers: Ruben Ameling, Carlota Batalla Carbonell, Mark van Drunick, Alberto Tardanico, Federico Tosello, Demi Verheezen, Angelica Villalon, Léa Visser
music: Maya Belsiztman, Sunday Mix (adaptation of Nocturne Op. 9, No.1 by Chopin), Friday mix, Saturday Mix Vibe (adaptation of Veinte Años by Maria Teresa Vera), Birds mix
arrangement: Maya Belsiztman
set, lighting and costume design: Inbal Pinto
rehearsed by: Moran Muller
repetiteur: Jorge Pérez Martínez
world premiere: 20 december 2021, Luzerner Theater, Luzern (CH)
Introdans première: 20 September 2024, Doetinchem
Three
Introdans dances Three by Robert Battle, former artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Three is a hilarious and athletic power piece in which three men throw themselves into a ‘muscular jam session’ – this leads to uninhibited, sometimes almost spastic movements, but still performed with a precision bordering on the impossible. Three premiered already at Introdans in 2016 and it immediately received the Swan Award for the Most Impressive Dance Production. This award is the most important choreography prize in the Netherlands. The jury report in 2016: “Never before has the jury of the Swans seen such a successful and absolute fusion of hip-hop, breakdance and modern dance. Every moment has clarity, there is superb physical ability, it’s bursting with enjoyment and the concentration is unparalleled.”
choreography: Robert Battle
dancers: Ruben Ameling, Federico Tosello, Vincenzo Turiano
music: Eleventh Hour Beat Box Battle, Art of Noise Fairlight-In-The-Being, Taiko Drums: Music of Japan Great Taiko Drum Solo, Les Tambours du Bronx Aquapella
costume design: Robert Battle in collaboration with Marlena Wolfe
lighting design: Joshua Paul Weckesser
costumes made by: Merlijn Koopman
ballet master: Jorge Pérez Martínez, Marlena Wolfe
world premiere: 12 February 2010, River North Dance, Chicago (US)
Introdans premiere: 12 February 2016, Arnhem
Daily Hero (Introdans premiere)
In Daily Hero (2013) a troupe of heroes parades before a towering golden archway as if walking along a high fashion catwalk. Mozart, Marilyn Monroe, popstars, or tomorrow’s superstars waiting to be discovered? You can let your own imagination run wild. Van Berkel examines the phenomenon of the hero in a dynamic, contemporary en pointe choreography. What makes someone a hero? Is heroism something you can acquire, is it an ideal, a guiding principle, or are you simply born a hero? Japan, Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa), four Introdans dancers meet several guest dancers, each of whom excels in their own way. What is special is that Iungo has an inclusive cast, including guest dancer / BNNVARA presenter Eva Eikhout.
choreography: Regina van Berkel
main dancers: Nina Dijkman, Yuma Funai, Nienke Wind, Giuseppe Calabrese, Fabio Falsetti, Jillis Roshanali, Elisa Rudolf, Hayden Idrus
Finale: Ruben Ameling, Giuseppe Calabrese, Nina Dijkman, Mark van Drunick, Fabio Falsetti, Yuma Funai, Hayden Idrus, Juliette Jean, Gabriel Parra Guisado, Jillis Roshanali, Elisa Rudolf, Federico Tosello, Vincenzo Turiano, Demi Verheezen, Angelica Villalon, Léa Visser, Mao Ueda, Nienke Wind
music: Vladislav Delay, fragment from Notke, Vladislav Delay en Graig Armstrong, Kuula (Kiitos), Samuel Dushkin, Sicilienne in E flat major, in the execution of Khatia Buniatishvilli and Ivry Gitlis Pole, Strand, Rupert Parkes, Voodoo Mary
set and lighting design: Dietmar Janeck
costume design: Regina van Berkel
assistant costume design: Ryan Drobner
set made by: Mascha van Vugt
costumes made by: Merlijn Koopman
repetiteur: Marlena Wolfe
world premiere: 11 January 2013, Ballett Augsburg (DE)
Introdans premiere: 20 September 2024, Doetinchem