The Quiet
March 7–10, 2019
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
HAU1, Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin
HAU2, Hallesches Ufer 32, 10963 Berlin
HAU3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin
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Jefta van Dinther’s work has been a constant presence at HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Tanz im August. The Quiet brings together five women in an unsettling choreography of the ordinary, calling attention to that which is transmitted across generations. They are quiet in action, set in motion by expressions of oral traditions. Reciting, chanting and praying, they forcefully move into and out of defined and defining patterns, propelling the quotidian into transcendence. Van Dinther’s new HAU co-production engages with time in some of its overlooked forms: the taking of time, the passing of time, the falling out of time.” Together with the dancers Lisa Drake, Kristine Slettevold, Alexandra Campbell, Agnieszka Dlugoszewska and Cecilia Roos as well as with his long-standing collaborators Minna Tiikkainen, David Kiers, and Cristina Nyffeler, Jefta van Dinther continues the intertwining of space, sound, light and body that characterises his choreographies.” His works deal with notions of illusion, the visible and the invisible, synesthesia, darkness, labour, the uncanny, affect, voice, and image.
Jefta van Dinther is a dancer and choreographer. Educated at the Amsterdam School of Arts in Amsterdam, he works between Stockholm and Berlin. Among other works, he has produced IT’S IN THE AIR (2009) together with Mette Ingvartsen, Kneeding (2010), GRIND (2011), a collaboration with the lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen and sound designer David Kiers, The Blanket Dance (2011) with Frederic Gies and DD Dorvillier, THIS IS CONCRETE (2012) together with Thiago Granato, and As It Empties Out (2014). He has also made two large-scale productions for Cullbergbaletten: Plateau Effect (2013) and Protagonist (2016). Protagonist was presented at HAU Hebbel am Ufer in January 2018. As a performer he has worked with artists such as Xavier Le Roy and Ivana Müller.
Choreography and direction: Jefta van Dinther. Created and performed by: Linda Adami, Alexandra Campbell, Lisa Drake, Cecilia Roos, Agnieszka Dlugoszewska and Kristine Slettevold. Lighting design: Minna Tiikkainen. Set design and costume: Cristina Nyffeler. Sound: David Kiers and Slowdive (for the track Falling Ashes). Voice: Lisa Drake. Text: Jefta van Dinther, Alexandra Campbell, Lisa Drake, Cecilia Roos and Mandoline Whittlesey. Assistant choreographer: Thiago Granato. Artistic advice: Gabriel Smeets. Technical coordination: Bennert Vancotttem. Sound technician: Stephan Woehrmann. Thanks to: Anna Grip and Pia Krämer
The Quiet is a production by Jefta van Dinther. Manager: Emelie Bergbohm / Bohm Bohm Room. Production management: Annie Schachtel. Distribution: Key Performance. Administration: Interim kultur AB (svb) and HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin). Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Norrlandsoperan Umeå, Riksteatern Sweden, Dansehallerne Copenhagen, Centre choréographique national de Montpellier Occitanie direction Christian Rizzo, Tanzquartier Vienna, Sadler’s Wells London, PACT Zollverein Essen, CCN Orléans, Theater Freiburg, Festival Montpellier Danse 2019 and Julidans Amsterdam. Funded by: Swedish Arts Council, City of Stockholm and HKF Hauptstadtkulturfonds (Berlin). Supported by: O Espaço do Tempo Montemor-o-Novo, BUDA Arts Centre Kortrijk, Swedish Embassy in Portugal, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
