Isabel Cordeiro & Ropes Aligned - And then, it becomes that
Produced by WhyNot x ECD

Sixteen students from Expanded Contemporary Dance at the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam defy gravity with vertical dance, together with and building on the research of Ropes Aligned (Suzanne de Bekker and Natasja Bode) and Isabel Cordeiro. Inspired by the first attempts to understand gravity dating back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC, the universe is conveniently beneath his feet), the students, floating, defying gravity, establish new relationships between their bodies and the elements. Moving away from Aristotle's geocentric view of the universe, the students venture into an unknown space and rebuild/redefine this space by giving it their own interpretation: "And then it will be."

Dates
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Wednesday, April 26, 5:00 PM
Wednesday, April 26, 7:00 PM

Location
NDSM wharf, meeting point: entrance of NDSM Café (Scheepsbouwkade 6).

About WhyNot
WhyNot, an initiative of the foundation “De Vreemde Beweging”, and is a producing and presenting dance and performance platform with a biennial festival that has been taking place in Amsterdam at various locations outside the theater since 2009. Based on current themes and with a multidisciplinary design, WhyNot creates an attractive environment for the public to come into contact with dance and performance. WhyNot aims to make dance and performance accessible to a broad target group, by setting up multidisciplinary programs at suitable and/or unexpected locations and by producing and presenting works of high artistic quality.

On Revolving Bodies
The different parts of Revolving Bodies focus on the changing relationship of man with our planet and forms of life. Building on previous research into choreography and architecture and the moving landscape, WhyNot explores the natural and cyclical movements of our living environment through the body and dance: from the cosmic movement of planets and the position of the earth, to the microscopic scale of cells, molecules and atoms, and the forces - such as gravity - to which all these 'bodies' are subject.

Credits
Photo: Ropes Aligned
Choreography: Isabel Cordeiro, Ropes Aligned | Suzanne de Bekker & Natasja Bode i.c.w. the students
Performers: Dicko-Andrea Din, Jimi Dormans, Marilou Fortune, Nara Goncalves, Maira Darja Horvath, Peer Jonkers, Wiktoria Kolcon, Amisha Kumra, Ugnė Irene Laurinavičiūtė, Ryan Le-Nguyen, Dengling Levine, Pedro Afonso da Silva Sampaio Soares Machado, Bryan Nurhakim, Tara Pula, Rowan van Sen, Gretė Vosyliūtė, Ina Wojdyła
Advisor: Keren Levi
Production: WhyNot and ECD
Rigging: Roan Lo-a Njoe
Special thanks to: Marc Koolen from PickUp Club, NDSM Loods and Roos Oudt