| Maker | Faizah Grootens |
| Duration | 30 min |
How do you keep the softness in your body in an increasingly hardening world? How do you continue to open yourself up to others, even when you disagree?
Choreographer and Leo Spreksel Award-winner Faizah Grootens explores the power of tenderness in Tender Resistance. Her dancers engage physically with each other in which their approaches sometimes seem very different. How does one offer tender resistance? Inspired by speeches and interviews by actress Viola Davis and the sensitivity of Papiamentu, Faizah explores how complicated it is to remain vulnerable in a world full of conflict and harshness.
Tender Resistance is the first work Faizah makes for Korzo as an artist-in-residence. Vulnerability, as well as temperament and fluid movements, run as common threads through her work. She previously made While you're here - Tanten bo t'aki for Here We Live and Now 2022, and last year she presented the full-length performance Corpus Criolla at CaDance Festival.
Performance and Lunch
Would you like to have lunch after the performance? You can with our lunch deal! Click on the 'tickets' button and scroll down to book the lunch deal.
Our €25 lunch deal consists of a delicious, fully vegetarian meal offered after the performance Tender Resistance. Do you have other dietary requirements? Then email info@korzo.nl to discuss alternative options.
About Faizah Grootens
Faizah proceeds like a sculptor: by eliminating and leaving out, a pure line remains. That sculptural clarity never becomes predictable, however, because her intuition and her Caribbean roots are the source of the distinctive flow in her work. That combination gives Faizah a layered signature and makes her a promise for the future.
Want to know more about Faizah?
Open Studio Faizah
Fri 20 Dec (Free)
During an open studio you will get a look behind the scenes in the studio. Several times a year we open the Korzo Studio for you to get a taste of a performance or research that is still in the making. The audience not only gets an exclusive preview, but also serves as the first critic.
| Choreography | Faizah Grootens in samenwerking met dansers |
| Dancers | Evelien Jansen en Amber Veltman |
| Dramaturgy | Marc Maris |
| Composer | Michael Lampe (Fellow) |
| Outside eye | Leo Spreksel |
| Text | Nathania Engelhardt |
| Spoken word | Elia Isenia |
| Light design | Lisette van der Linden |
| Production | Mirjam Dales |
| Marketing | Jevina Zhou |
| Costume design | Eddy van der Laan |
"Faizah is a choreographer pur sang."
— Leo Spreksel
Korzo Zaal