Studenten Agnė Auželytė, Ciro Goudsmit, Barros, Sasu Korom, YuJing Liu, La Uyi Ihasee en Saman Mahdavi (SNDO Choreografie, Academie voor Theater en Dans), studeerden af met hun voorstelling LAST PARADISE.

De makers: “We are seven makers, each from different cultural and geographic backgrounds coming together in a temporary community to play, grieve, and celebrate the honour of being alive. Bringing our artistic bodies into conversation is our ever-emerging methodology. Acknowledging our lineages and history is our inevitability. Showing up for a future yet unimagined is our inspiration. The world around us is burning, and this is our manifesto of hope. We seek to summon magic from our collective mountain of knowledge and choreographies from dancing in an entanglement. Here you have it, our Paradise.“

Bojana Mladenović, artistiek leider SNDO, Academie voor Theater en Dans: ”In today’s burning world, artists proposing affirmative and different ways to create and support each other, is nothing short of transformative, and if we dare, call it revolutionary.” 

Annick Kleizen, onafhankelijke curator: “These young makers show a deep understanding that multiplicity and entanglement is our strength, and is where we might find a future.” 

Makers & Performers: Agnė Auželytė, Luan Barros, Ciro M. Goudsmit, La Uyi Ihasee, Sasu Korom, YuJing Liu & Saman Mahdavi

Collaborators:  Ion Kazantzidis (set design & visuals), Mangruv (music), Castle (music), Christian Johannes (music), Fu Te (music), Sammy Does (make up), Gergely Ofner (videography), Zaphkiël Jezestrio Christianos Zaydistic (guest performer), Uma (guest performer), Negar Ghaffari (music), Kawan Karimi (music), Ghasem Najjari (text advise), Yolande Ella (digital visuals), BABY BEAST (guest performer) 

Artistic advisors: Joy Mariama Smith, Tianzhuo Chen, Ion Kazantzidis

Production Manager: Charlot van der Meer; Light & Sound: Martin Kaffarnik, Rik van der Veen & Vincent Romijn; SNDO production: Chantal Mooij; PR coordinators: Evelien van de Sanden and Antonella Fittipaldi; Social media coordinator: Karina Villafan; Graphic design: Isa Dahan (Gerrit Rietveld Academy); Mentor SNDO 4: Ana Vujanović; Artistic Director: Bojana Mladenović; Video trailer: Gergely Ofner; Full video documentation: Saskia Habermann; Photography: Nellie de Boer

Made possible with a financial contribution from Aart Janszen Fonds.