| Maker | Amparo González Sola |
| Duration | 60 min |
Capturing our gaze
This is one of those dance performances that literally captures your gaze. As a spectator, the movements you make while watching are picked up by the performers, transformed and brought back to life. This creates an interplay of perception, feeling, distance & closeness. A counter-reaction by creator Amparo González Sola to the continuous stream of images that we consume daily without context, but which certainly have an effect on us. Experience the effect our body has on others and learn to notice the small movements that can have a big impact.
"“While Taking Shape is not only a touching meditation, it also confronts. González Sola has found a way to let in our feelings even at the sight of acts of violence, without moralizing it, by the way” "
— Fransien van der Putt– Critic’s choice of Theaterkrant
Amparo González Sola is an Argentinian choreographer and dancer based in The Netherlands. Her work goes from dance performances to participative projects and is influenced by her participation in feminist activism and her experience of migration. She did the master DAS Choreography (AHK, 2022). She premiered “The conspiracy of forms” (2023), and “If every rock is a hole” (2022) within the Spring Performing Arts Festival where While Taking Shape will also be performed. She developed the participative project “Exploring Reciprocity”(2019-2023, Residenties in Utrecht), bringing together people from different backgrounds, generations, and disciplines. She is an associate artist with Dansateliers (2025-28).
| Performance and research | Rita Bifulco, Amador Alina Folini, Leandro de Souza, Amparo González Sola. |
| Sound design | Nahuel Cano |
| Light design | Vinny Jones |
| Dramaturgy | Bek Berger |
| Production | Sanne Jacobs – Dansateliers |
| Concept and direction | Amparo González Sola |
| Coproduction | Dansateliers, Spring Performing Arts Festival, Frascati Producties |
| Support | BAU AIR (NL), Greenhouse (NL), ROOMS Festival (NL), workspacebrussels (BE), Tanzhaus Zürich (CH), CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva (PT). |
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