Saturday
FEB 25
7:30 pm
Pavilion
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Erik Kaiel/Arch 8
In addition to performing at the Lied Center, the group traveled to Sabetha, Salina, Russell and Hays where they worked with students, educators and performed for the public.
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FEB 25 | Erik Kaiel/Arch 8
There will be no intermission during this performance.
Erik Kaiel Erik Kaiel has been creating dances in subway stations, sculpture gardens, empty swimming pools, city streets, and occasionally on stage, for many years. In 2003, after a decade in New York City he moved to the Netherlands. He performs, choreographs and teaches throughout Netherlands, Europe, and the world. In the last few years, he taught and built public space performances with local dancers in Benin, Senegal, Utrecht and The Hague. He is the artistic director of Crosstown Den Haag, a choreographic fellow at Danslab, and a faculty member at the Artez Dance Academy in Arnhem. In 2010, he won the Dutch national prize for choreographic talent, and the No Ballet competition in Germany. Tetris, a piece he made for young audiences, is currently touring internationally. His projects include a co-production with Tanzhuis NRW/Het Lab (premiered fall 2012), a new cross-border collaborative work with Dutch and Belgian youth, and a series of public space performances in Cairo, Denmark and Sweden. “Erik Kaiel is the most promising choreographer in the field of Youth Dance, not only in the Netherlands, where he lives, but also one of the most interesting in Europe,” Kees Blijleven, artistiek directeur De Krakeling. “I would like to stipulate the importance of Erik Kaiel and his artistic work for a young audience. I strongly believe in Erik as a choreographer for a young audience,” Yvonne Birghan-van Kruyssen, Szene Bunte Wahne (Wenen). “We have been interested in Erik’s work for a number of years now as previous performances have been of great inspiration of Scottish artists making work for and with children and young people. We do not underestimate the importance of this type of work for our sector and for the opportunities this creates for us in our art form development program,” Fiona Ferguson, Imaginate Festival Edingburgh.
Joseph Simon Joseph Simon (Frankrijk, 1989) started dancing via the breakdance scene. He gathered experience through gymnastics, tricking, and various forms of contemporary and classical dance. In 2014, he graduated from the Artez Dance Academy in Arnhem. During his studies, he focused on the relationship between urban dance forms and contemporary movement. His continuing interest in this “middle space” has led to collaborative work with Alida Dors, Jochen Heckmann, Erik Kaiel, and Jean-Guillaume Weis. When not dancing in other projects, Joseph focuses on his own choreography, including the solo, Third Culture Kid, which premiered in 2015.