Diverse Netherlands

SAT 13th May + SUN 14th May Konvikt │ K3
Jija Sohn
GEISHA’S MIRACLE

SUN 14th May S-klub
Ola Maciejewska
BOMBYX MORI

TUE 16th May + WED 17th May Konvikt │ K3
Fernando Belfiore
D3US/X\M4CHIN4

SAT 20th May + SUN 21st MayKonvikt │ K3
Guilherme Miotto – Menno van Gorp
RISE UP

SAT 20th May + SUN 21st May Theatre of Music
Rodrigo Sobarzo
PRINS OF NE†WORKS

SUN 21st May S-klub
Keren Levi
THE DRY PIECE (XL Edition)

Besides drama, dance and various forms of experimental theatre have established themselves significantly in the past editions of the Flora Theatre Festival. Audiences' belief in the artists who create “on the edge of genres” grows stronger every year. A significant role in this process is played by Dutch artists whose work is regularly presented at the festival, because they ensure great quality and have an uncompromising artistic approach. Productions of ensembles such as T.R.A.S.H., United-C and Random Collision have definitely branded themselves on the festival audiences' memory.

In 2017 the festival will feature the biggest ever presentation of contemporary Dutch Performing Arts in our country. There will be particular focus on the younger generation of artists who represent a distinctive and clearly conceived approach to art. Their work is diverse not only in its artistic style but also the national composition of individual art groups – The Netherlands remains a country which is fundamentally open. Thanks to this, it is not only a port superpower benefiting from busy trade, but also a cultural Mecca where the best artists of contemporary performing arts meet.

Who are the actual artists presented at this year's Flora Theatre Festival? A Japanese dance trio led by Jija Sohn has created a wild reflection of today's world and opens the theme of the clash of cultures which will be echoed during the festival many more times. The Polish choreographer Ola Maciewska is inspired by the work of one of the female pioneers of Modern Dance – Loïe Fuller – and on stage develops a movement study where the human body gets confronted with a costume. The Brazilian choreographer Fernando Belfiore intentionally leaves the performers on stage next to mechanical objects and challenges our perception. Israeli choreographer Keren Levi studies the question of a woman in the world formed by men even more openly, and works with the naked female body. Guilherme Miotto from Brazil explores the possibilities of human physicality, and in his production Rise Up there is a performance by Menno van Gorp – a world champion in break dance. The Chilean artist Rodrigo Sobarzo shifts his focus away from humans to natural cycles and ecology.

The human body, objects, today's society and the world around us – a diverse array of themes presented by artists from three continents who are partially based in the present-day Netherlands.