Dance belongs to everyone. That’s why, in this anniversary edition, Holland Dance once again presents Good [old] Times– the biennial production featuring amateur dancers aged 55 and over. This sixth edition takes on a special form: not one, but two choreographers have been invited to create new work. In this sparkling double bill, Kiran Bonnema and Laisvie Ochoa each let their own group of dancers shine, with personal stories and expression as their shared core.

We, Alive

In We, Alive by Laisvie Ochoa, everything centres on inner strength and collective energy. What lives within you? From that question unfolds a poetic journey in which individual and shared experiences merge into a choreography of encounter and connection. Inspired by the chorus of classical Greek theatre, Ochoa imagines the collective as a living body – one that supports, amplifies and contrasts the voices of its members, and celebrates the vitality that arises when we move together.

Feels Good to be Gold

Feels Good to be Gold by Kiran Bonnema is an ode to life, and to the richness of experience the dancers carry with them. With humour, lightness and tenderness they celebrate the beauty of growing older – the memories, the relationships, the dreams. But above all, this work is about the present: about who they are today, and how the body, in all its forms, never stops expressing itself. Feels Good to be Gold reminds us that the spirit never stops dancing.

Be moved by the strength, vitality and authenticity of these dancers.
Good [old] Times: Double Bill is a touching and jubilant tribute to life itself – a performance in which time briefly loses meaning. Here, generations meet in movement, and ageing becomes a celebration of strength, humour and humanity.