Draagkracht

For the women who are not written into history books 

In the intimate dance performance Draagkracht, we are taken into the lives of women from Indonesia, the Moluccas, and the former Dutch East Indies. Women who carried history, but were never recorded in history books. Their stories come uncomfortably close: not spoken, but made tangible through urban contemporary dance infused with influences from Indonesian and Moluccan culture. Gentle, yet powerful. 

A dance of carrying, survival, and resistance
As an audience, we follow three female narratives. We meet a woman who remains silent and carries without recognition, while the world around her changes. We follow a woman who resists, organizes, and takes risks in a world that denies her existence. And we meet a woman who creates space through words, by writing, teaching, and bringing change from within.
Draagkracht lets you experience what often remains invisible: the weight passed down from generation to generation, without language, but never without impact. In doing so, Cheroney Pelupessy writes history in her own way, and you are invited to witness it up close.