Binnenbeest (6+)

In English

Binnenbeest is a dance performance about order and chaos, and the fun that can be found in both. A performance about your impulses. Do you follow them blindly, or do they eventually overwhelm you?

Sometimes it feels like there's a wolf inside me. Then I want to growl, run, or cry out loud. Sometimes, when I'm fidgeting in my chair or swinging around lamp posts, I feel more like a monkey. And sometimes, I see that in others around me too. Do you recognize that? Your neighbor has a bit of a grumpy bear in him. And your aunt secretly resembles a prancing pony. But for most people, their inner beast is hidden away, tamed, and locked up. Isn’t that sad?

In the wildly joyful dance performance Binnenbeest, five scientists welcome you into their laboratory. They follow a fixed routine, busy with glasses, counting, and noting things down. But then, their inner beasts begin to surface, and they increasingly fall out of step. Mechanical movements transform into acrobatic leaps, dignified music bursts into swinging flamenco, and the carefully stacked glasses fly through the air.

This infectious family performance first premiered in 2017 and is now back on stage with a brand new cast for a new generation of children, "serious" adults, and all inner beasts!

Over de makers

Wij zijn De Dansers. Een bewegelijke band van dansers en muzikanten vanuit Utrecht onder
leiding van choreograaf/danser Josephine van Rheenen en componist/muzikant Guy
Corneille. We staan bekend om onze ‘dansconcerten’: organische samenkomsten van
energieke moderne dans en livemuziek. Voorstellingen van De Dansers vertellen
toegankelijke, intuïtief meeslepende verhalen over bevrijding en overgave, waarin speels
anarchisme nooit ver te zoeken is. We schudden los wat vast is of verstillen daar waar
aandacht nodig is.

De Dansers wil inspireren tot lijfelijkheid en persoonlijke verbinding, juist in een samenleving
waarin we steeds meer op schermpjes leven. We maken werk dat de levensdrift van
kinderen aanspreekt en bij volwassenen vergeten verlangens naar overgave en lijfelijkheid
opnieuw aanwakkert.