Open House - ICK Space for Dance Art

Sunday 12 September 2021 - open to all

Everyone is welcome in the new Space for Dance Art. On Sunday 12 September, from 2 pm onwards, we will be holding an open house. Everyone is welcome to this afternoon of workshops, exhibitions and video installations.

You can register for the following activities:

Sensorium Toolkit - dance workshop for children/youth 8+
Double Skin/Double Mind - dance workshop for adults
We, the BREATH - premiere by ICK-Ensemble

The various spaces will be inaugurated with a contineous exhibition The Intuitive Body. The exhibition consists of a combination of objects on display, a film by Bogomir Doringer, a video installation by Ruben van Leer and Harmonic Dissonance, an interactive research project at the intersection of art and technology. WE, the BREATH will also be on view, a new performance created with both the dancers of the ICK-Company and the young dancers of ICK-Next who have only been with the company for four weeks.

ICK follows the government measures against corona. Therefore registration is mandatory.

SENSORIUM TOOLKIT - DANCE WORKSHOP FOR KIDS/YOUTH 8+
14.00 - 14.45
Learn to dance with your senses. Look, Listen, Feel and Smell with the Sensorium Toolkit and discover a new way of making movements. This workshop is for children aged 8 and up. Dance experience is not required.

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND - DANCE WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS
15.00 - 16.00
Get to know Double Skin/ Double Mind, ICK's dance method. You discover the sensitivity of your body through the four basic principles: breathing, jumping, expanding and reducing. The exercises flow organically into each other, often stimulated by sound and music. For everyone. Dance experience is not required.

WE, THE BREATH - DANCE PERFORMANCE ICK ENSEMBLE
16.30 - 17.30
WE, the BREATH - ICK's latest performance - chooses the physical measure to find a new dimension. Breathing blurs the boundary between inside and outside. During breathing, we can stay together and recognise our differences.

Workshops & performances

Rolling program

From 2 p.m., there will be a rolling program of video installations, exhibitions and performances:

Harmonic Dissonance - performance -10 minutes - Rhino space.
The Body in Revolt - video installation by Ruben van Leer - 7 minutes - Media space.
Dance of Urgency - film by Bogomir Doringer - 18 minutes - Black space.
Double Points: Remains - video installation by Clifford Portier/Erik Lint - 7 minutes - Black space.
Intuïtieve Props - exposition of objects from ICK performances - continuous - Shared space.

Space for Dance Art

From September 2021, ICK Dans Amsterdam will be located in the iconic Westbeat building in Amsterdam. The company for contemporary dance will establish an international Space for Dance Art, where performances, workshops and symposiums will be organised in cooperation with artists from all over the world, driven by artistic urge.

The various spaces of the Space for Dance Art will be inaugurated with the world premiere of WE, the BREATH and a series of activities by the Company, the Artist Space and the Academy of ICK.

The building

All activities take place in Westbeat, ICK's new home. The building recently won the the Golden AAP, Amsterdam's architecture prize. It is a unique combination of art, living art, living and working. The complex, with its imposing central space and striking The complex, with its imposing central space and striking arched windows, is located near Lelylaan station in Nieuw-West. The address is Rijnlandlaan 3.

Covid measures

ICK follows the government measures against corona. Therefore registration is mandatory and we ask for a corona pass at the entrance of the dance performance. During the flow activities there is 5 m2 per person and a space of 1,5 meter in between.