An evening of short performances and surprise guests from the interdisciplinary collective OFFprojects.
Just Once is a series of one-off events that invite audiences to delve deeper into the process and inspiration behind the collective's work. Each edition takes a different form and is full of performances and surprise guests. In this edition, the audience will get a first taste of the new creation Songs and Silences, among other things (premiere at CaDance, May 2023).
The makers are currently halfway through the creation of Songs and Silences. During this performance, they want to share the work-in-progress with the audience and share the questions and conversations that guide their progress. Up close and personal. Just Once.
Robert Neugarten is a translator with a specialty in music books and biographies. He has translated books by and about the likes of Bono and Elton John, and most recently translated Bob Dylan's new book 'The Philosophy of Modern Song'.
The performers and audience will be speaking with Robert about the role of songs in our society as well as about the similarities between translating and dancing.
OFFprojects is a collective that creates interdisciplinary performances and installations with dance, music, images and words. It consists of former dancers from Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Ensemble who gather around the work of The Hague choreographer and musician Amos Ben-Tal.
Korzo Zaal