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Bodies of Influence: a history of change in twenty-five dances is initiated by the Dutch Dance Festival dansMuseum and made possible in collaboration with the Allard Pierson Theater Collection of the University of Amsterdam.
Curator
Stephen Shropshire in collaboration with Fransien van der Putt and Marcelle Schots
Assistant curator
Morgana Braga
Exhibition texts
Stephen Shropshire
Draft texts
Fransien van der Putt (Dynamon, Föld, Zwarte Bloesem, Kathleen, Einzelgänger, Hyde: or the Strange Clauses of Will, ISH, Bronstsluier, and Apollon Musagéte)
Marcelle Schots (Monument voor een gestorven jongen, Zeezand Standlopertjes, Visibility… by Chance, Mutations, Sinfonietta, Vermiljoen, Eyes of the Heart, Co(te)lette, Ghost Track and Black Memories)
Text translator
Karin Theunissen
Text second editor
Terry Ezra
Marketing Assistant
Sohini Ghosh
Audio technician
Xavier van Wersch
Voice-over artist
Machteld
Photo Credits
1945-1960
Gemeente Rotterdam (Stadsarchief;
De Duivel in het Gemeentehuis
Photo Credit;
Verzet: De tirannie verdrijven, die mij het hart doorwondt
Unknown, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Het Papiernoodballet
Jac de Nijs, © Nationaal Archief, CC0;
Drie eeuwen danskunst
Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Giovinezza / Grand pas de Deux / Feestgericht / De Maan in de Trapeze / Four Times Six
Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
1960-1975
Gemeente Rotterdam (Stadsarchief);
Monument voor een gestorven jongen
Toer van Schayk (drawing), Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Zeezand – Strandlopertjes
Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Visibility… by chance
© Maria Austria/MAI, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Mutations
© Maria Austria/MAI, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Twilight
© Particam Pictures/MAI, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
1975-1990
Gemeente Rotterdam (Stadsarchief);
Sinfonietta
© Hans Gerritsen, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Vermiljoen
Unknown, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Dynamon
Theatercollectie Allard Pierson; Eyes of the Heart Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Föld
© Jaap Pieper/MAI, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
1990-2005
Photo Credit;
Zwarte Bloesem
© Leo van Velzen, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Kathleen
© Hans Gerritsen, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Einzelgänger
© Serge Ligtenberg, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Hyde, or the strange clauses of will
© Thomas Schreuder (Design), Koos Breukel (Photography), Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
ISH
© Serge Ligtenberg, ISH;
2005-2020
Photo Credit;
Bronstsluier
© Peter Janssen, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Co(te)lette
© Maarten Vinden Abeele, Theatercollectie Allard Pierson;
Ghost Track
© Deen van Meer, LeineRoebana;
Apollon Musagėte
© Radovan Dranga, CAMPO;
Black Memories
© Sjoerd Derine, Danstheater Aya.
Resources
delpher.nl
theaterencyclopedie.nl
theatercollectie.uva.nl
Boswinkel, W.; Koning, D. en Schultink, J. (1958) Het Nederlands Ballet. J.H. Gottmer: Haarlem
Dekker, K. (1981) Hans van Manen + modern ballet in Nederland. Bakker: Amsterdam
Haskell, A. L. (1953) Ballet. De Bezig Bij: Amsterdam
Rebling, Dr. E. (1950) Een eeuw danskunst in Nederland. Querido: Amsterdam
Snoek, H; Reitstap, I en Sinclair, J.. (1959) Dans en ballet. Querido: Amsterdam
Flier, J. et al. (1960) Dans Theater. Bruna en zoon: Utrecht
Utrecht, L. (1988) Van hofballet tot postmoderne dans: de geschiedenis van het academische ballet en de moderne-dans. De Walburg Pers: Zutphen
Utrecht, L. (1987) Het Nationale Ballet. Het Nationale Ballet: Amsterdam
Van Schaik, E. (1981) Op gespannen voet: Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse theaterdans. Unieboek: Bussum
Versteeg, C. (1987) Nederlands Dans Theater: Een revolutionaire geschiedenis. Balans: Amsterdam
Versteeg, C. (2000) Dancing Dutch: Contemporary dance in the Netherlands. Theater Instituut Nederland: Amsterdam
Hyde, or the strange clauses of will
Michael Matthews
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By the nineteen eighties, the effects of globalization had encouraged the migration of countless international artists to the Netherlands drawn by its reputation as an open, inclusive country. Cuban-American theater artist Michael Matthews was among them, arriving in Amsterdam in 1984 to a thriving experimental theatre scene. In the decade that followed, the young gay, black artist wrote, directed, and performed in works that, indicative of the time, blended text, movement and song. Matthews provocative blend of performance drew on deeply personal issues of race, gender and sexuality. In Hyde, or the Strange Clauses of Will, the third part of his so-called 'monster trilogy’, Matthews addressed the ravages of AIDS, which had taken a toll on his body and on the city he now called home. By the mid-eighties, Amsterdam had been hit hard by the AIDS epidemic and its impact within the arts community was profound. Matthews’ work literally laid bare the consequences of a devastating disease that would take his own life in less than a year. He was just thirty-seven.