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An ode to brave spaces, radical friendship, spectacular failure, transformation, and bodily fluids.
Performance
We all know her.
The party girl.
When she enters a room, you are not the only one who notices. She is impossible to miss, yet somehow remains elusive. You catch glimpses of her throughout the night. Maybe she asks you for a light. Maybe you overhear her laugh from across the room. Maybe you brush past her on the dance floor or catch a trace of her perfume as she disappears into the crowd. Perhaps you encounter her in a compromising situation near the bathroom stalls. For a brief moment, your worlds overlap.
But you never see how the night ends for her. You never see her finding her way home. You never learn where she goes when the music stops. And yet, the next time you go out, she is there again.
P4rTy GWoRLz N3v4h Di3 brings together five performers from the nightlife scene in a performance spectacle that moves between catwalk, punk concert, dance and performance art. Departing from the figure of the party girl, they inhabit a universe of transformation, excess, friendship, desire and glorious imperfection.
An ode to brave spaces, radical friendship, spectacular failure, transformation and bodily fluids.
'An exhilarating and thrilling celebration of queer joy.' – Theaterkrant (NL) '
About the artist
Vincent Riebeek (NL) is an Amsterdam-based choreographer, performer and theatre maker with over fifteen years of experience. A graduate of SNDO and DAS Theatre, he creates provocative work exploring the boundaries between dance, performance and theatre, and how bodies are shaped by social, moral and aesthetic norms. He gained recognition through his collaborations with Florentina Holzinger and has performed in works by artists including Tino Sehgal. Balancing art and entertainment, his practice challenges conventions and embraces performers working beyond institutional dance contexts. He recently debuted as final director and Dutch-language actor with theatre collective De Warme Winkel.
For P4rTy GWoRLz N3v4h Di3, Riebeek brings together four nightlife performers with whom he has collaborated in recent years: Nica Roses (AR/NL), performance artist and Young Boy Dancing Group member; Mavi Veloso (BR/NL), transdisciplinary artist, performer and singer, currently resident at the Rijksakademie; Slim Soledad (BR/DE), São Paulo-born DJ, producer, singer and performer rooted in baile funk, techno and international club culture; and Kéwè K. Bonono (FR/CM), dancer, choreographer and writer combining ritual intensity with the presence of a club icon.
Credits
CREDITS
Concept and creation: Vincent Riebeek
Interpreters and co-creation: Kéwè K. Bonono, Nica Roses, Slim Soledad, Mavi Veloso
Costume: Ginta Tinte
Technician: Mirko Lazowic
Production: DANSCO / Isobel Dryburgh
Co-production: De Warme Winkel, Theater Rotterdam, Arsenic Lausanne
Thanks to: AFK Amsterdam, NORMA Fonds, Fonds21, Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Frascati Amsterdam