CaDance Festival: Unwritten

Two male dancers explore a landscape full of unwritten rules. What happens when their bodies meet? And what hidden expectations and tensions come into play? In Unwritten, a dance performance by Korzo maker Faizah Grootens, major themes such as power, oppression and desire are explored and challenged from a non-Western perspective.

With the premiere of this new duet at Cadance, choreographer Faizah Grootens invites you to connect with dancers Justin Brown and Matheus Moreira on an emotional level – even when things become uncomfortable or unclear.

Born and raised in Curaçao, Faizah studied at, among other institutions, the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. She has previously worked with companies such as Conny Janssen Danst in Rotterdam and Battery Dance in New York City. Since 2025, she has been an associate maker at Korzo. In 2023, she received the Leo Spreksel Award, an incentive award for emerging choreographers. Her work weaves together her Caribbean roots, combining intuition and temperament with a clear artistic form that makes an immediate impact.

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Credits
Choreography: Faizah Grootens, in collaboration with the dancers | Performers: Justin Brown, Matheus Moreira | Composition: Michael Lampe | Dramaturgy: Marc Maris | Outside Eye: Leo Spreksel | Costume Design: Eddy van der Laan, Atelier Clement | Lighting Design: Michiel Schnelle | Marketing: Mitchell-Lee van Rooij | Production: Delta Lowe | Produced by: Korzo in collaboration with SHIFFT (as part of iCoDaCo, co-funded by the European Union)