Wildflowers

I am struck by the abundance that comes by being informed by the same principles of gravity, space, time, structure — held by the same field of language — and then inhabited with singularity, with self nuance.  What we worked with together was born out of this seed, an ever-brief, ever-true, live exchange where my compass remained in spirit of playful composition and in the delight of directing a creation process where we could dive in and respond together.  It all reminds me of wildflowers, grown, held together, and each also, singular and vibrant — like each of these dancers that share this space.  

Nederlands Dans Theater Summer Intensive

August 2025

DANCERS Emmy Cheung, Jocelyn Wynn, Isabel Medalla, Ryan Pecorella, Mathias Mr. Tannæs, Lexie Elliot, WangZhe You, Cecilia Napoli, Samuel Fine, Adam Takahashi, Giovanni Russo, Yujie Jiang, Yiru Mao, Isabella Chandler, Mariko Angela Ackermann, John Chappell, Martin Balaban, Nicolò Zannotti, Louis Pineau, Chen Hsuan Lin, Elijah Davis

MUSIC Lieder ohne Worte I, Op. 19b: VI. Andante sosteno by Felix Mendelssohn
Tracks by Tim Hecker, album ‘Haunt Me’
It Ain’t Me Babe by Bob Dylan

ASSISTANT Annika Verplancke

LIGHTS Loes Schakenbos

ON SOUND Daan de Boer

DURATION 12 minutes

photos © Sacha Grootjans