ZERO by Nanine Linning with costumes by Iris van Herpen

In the multidisciplinary ZERO by Nanine Linning dance, fashion and music come together. The fashion part is a contribution by Iris van Herpen, Dutch designer who just won the ANDAM Award in Paris. This was not the first time that Nanine and Iris are working together but the first time on a catwalk. Iris van Herpen designed costumes for 'Synthetic Twin' and 'The Endless Songs of Silence', still one of my all time favorite dance performances.
It is no secret that I am a fan of contemporary dance, ZERO made the opening the opening of the 21st edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam an inspiring experience. It is great to see that next to FASHIONCLASH Festival other fashion events are embracing 'dance' in their schedule.

The show is a multidisciplinary performance where dance, fashion and music come together.
The performance is realized in cooperation with Nanine Linning and her dance company, Jurlights, sound designer Salvador Broad and 4DSOUND. Through this unique collaboration the opportunity arose to use for the first time the worlds first and only 4D sound system during a fashion presentation.

15th edition of the Dutch Dance Festival

It is almost time for the15th edition of the Dutch Dance Festival.
On 5, 6 and 7 October, the festival is presenting the most important developments in Dutch dance, in some amazing, unforgettable and striking dance performances created in the Netherlands. In a single weekend, there will be performances by the well-known dance companies and by new names, with big hits alongside works in the making, and a whole range of events for audiences to enjoy – from urban dance to classical ballet.

For the past seven years I have always attended the festival. This weekend I will try again to see a much as possible.

Info & program: http://www.nederlandsedansdagen.nl

NANINE PASSION - Docu about Nanine Linning

NANINE PASSION, the documentary about the successful choreographer Nanine Linning, premieres  on Saturday 6 October at Lumière filmtheater in Maastricht  during NDD (Nederlandse Dans Dagen 2012).  The film follows her for 2.5 year long on the foot during the work and success in Osnabrück, where she settled with her company in 2009 and her first performance of the piece Requiem in Heidelberg City Theatre.
The film shows her unbridled passion for music, theatre, opera and dance. Filmmakers Manon Lichtveld and Bas Westerhof followed Nanine for two and half years on the foot.
The makers will be present at the premiere. If you want to understand and feel the art of dance than you should see this in Lumière.
http://www.naninelinning.nl

Watch the promotional trailer

 

De Bijenkorf in collaboration with Nanine Linning

Amazing Bijenkorf commercial by choreographer Nanine Linning and director Clara van Gool


Commercial Bijenkorf by choreographer Nanine Linning and director Clara van Gool from Nanine Linning on Vimeo.
Choreographer Nanine Linning and dance film director Clara van Gool created this commercial for most luxurious department store of the Netherlands, De Bijenkorf and their Drie Dwaze Dagen campaign.

Performed by Dance Company Nanine Linning: Mallika Baumann, Chris Bauer, Natasja Bode, Léa Dubois, Francesca Imoda, Nanine Linning, Tommaso Balbo, Gustavo Gomes, Jesse Hanse, Konstantinos Kranidiotis, Kyle Patrick, Erik Spruijt.

This commercial will be broadcasted 23rd of September until 6th of October 2012 on SBS6, Net 5, Veronica, RTL 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, National Geographic and Discovery.

Cinema première will take place on the 6th of October 2012.

Commissioned and created by Dutch advertising agency Selmore and produced by Xsaga 2012

Requiem, a visual spectacle by Nanine Linning

It's During Tefaf festival and each year there is a dance evening. This year it is a very special one, an very impressive interdisciplinary work of art.  After hugh success in Germany  'Requiem' celebrated it's Dutch premiere tonight at Theater a/h Vrijthof.
First part is an exhibition on stage where the audience can walk through and the second part is a dance performance.
In REQUIEM Nanine Linning imagines the tension between life and death, the profane and the sacred, the carnal and the spiritual. Themes, which are inextricably linked together and are at the same time absolute opposites. Inspired by Fauré's “Requiem”, Dante's “La Divina Commedia” and the absurd and surreal images of the artist duo “Les Deux Garçons”, Linning is searching for her own paradise on earth.

You can see a picture report of the exhibition part here, and if you want to experience it take a look a the tour: http://www.naninelinning.nl/

Nanine Linning "Synthetic Twin"

Last Thursday, December 9, I paid a visit to Theater aan het Vrijthof, to see the performance "Synthetic Twin". After seeing "The Endless Songs of Silence" during the Nederlandse Dansdagen in October 2010 (Dutch Dance Days), I became a fan of Nanine Linning.


Photographer: Kalle Kuikkaniemi

This talented Dutch choreographer made with "Synthetic Twin" her debut as Artistic Director of Tanztheater Osnabrück.

Synthetic Twin reflects our daily life in the form of a Siamese twin. The extreme desire to tear apart from someone while the desire to merge is a recurring dilemma in our lives. These people who are actually two in one fascinate Linning. But are you one if you have two heads, and your body gives home to two worlds of thought?

For Synthetic Twin, Nanine Linning worked with fashion designer Iris van Herpen, with whom she also worked for “The Endless Song of Silence” and the opera “Madama Butterfly”. This young upcoming fashion talent in the international fashion scene won the Dutch Fashion Award 2010 last November.




Photographer: Kalle Kuikkaniemi

The stage set and the giant video projections are by stage designer Jan Boiten, with whom she previously created successful productions like “Bacon” and "Endless Song of Silence”.

Synthetic Twin is a conceptual performance where the era of Baroque is crossed by the hard and fast world of today. The whole thing is a visual and musical spectacle with some striking images. With her multidisciplinary signature Nanine Linning blends necessarily different art disciplines into a unique and new theatrical language in collaboration with prominent artists from visual art, video, design and fashion.


picture by Branko Popovic

See also this link: "The Endless Songs of Silence"

The show continues to play in several cities in the Netherlands.
TIP: April 7, the performance is scheduled in Theater Heerlen.

For more information: www.naninelinning.nl

Trailer:


The Dancers

picture by Branko Popovic
Meri Ahmaniemi, Emilie Assayag, Christina Bauer, Mallika Baumann, Francesca Imoda, Viviane Frehner, Tommaso Balbo, Gustavo Gomes, Jesse Hanse, Kyle Patrick, Erik Spruit, Niels Weijer

The endless song of silence

Endless Song of Silence 2010 by Nanine Linning

Last weekend the city of Maastricht hosted once again the Dutch Dance Festival (Nederlandse Dansdagen). For me personally one of the highlights of the cultural offerings of Maastricht. On the Sunday program featured the stunning performance of 'The Endless Song of Silence' by Nanine Linning. Two people being together, but also increasingly going their separate ways. Nanine Lining and Danilo Colona dancing in a beautiful setting and impressive music (Third Symphony by Gorecki) and not to forget the costumes are designed by Iris van Herpen. 'The endless song of silence' is one of the most beautiful dance performances I've ever seen.





Trailer:

Endless song of silence- Nanine Linning from Josanne Buiting on Vimeo.

Concept: Nanine Linning / Choreografie en dans: Nanine Linning en Danilo Colonna /

for more information: http://www.naninelinning.nl

* pictures bij Kalle Kuikkaniemi