Jefta van Dinther / The Quiet

„One is as if transported through the dust of time, in a tranquil dream and of a great richness, on the verge of reaching a truth which always escapes, finally opening up to an infinitely poetic prophecy.“ — Thomas Adam-Garnung, Ballroom Revue

The Quiet brings together five women in an unsettling choreography of the ordinary. They are quiet in action, set in motion by expressions of oral traditions. Reciting, chanting and praying, they forcefully move into and out of defined and defining patterns, propelling the quotidian into transcendence. By calling attention to that which is transmitted across generations, The Quiet engages with time in some of its overlooked forms: the taking of time, the passing of time, the falling out of time.

Together with the dancers Lisa Drake, Kristine Slettevold, Alexandra Campbell, Agnieszka Długoszewska, and Cecilia Roos as well as his longstanding collaborators Minna Tiikkainen, David Kiers, and Cristina Nyffeler, Jefta van Dinther continues the intertwining of space, sound, light and body that characterizes his choreographies.

Interviews with Jefta van Dinther and the artists involved in The Quiet

Credits

Choreography

Jefta van Dinther

Created and performed by

Linda Adami, Alexandra Campbell, Lisa Drake, Cecilia Roos, Agnieszka Długoszewska, Kristine Slettevold

Lighting design

Minna Tiikkainen

Set design, costume

Cristina Nyffeler

Sound

David Kier, Slowdive (for the track Falling Ashes)

Voice

Lisa Drake

Text

Jefta van Dinther, Alexandra Campbell, Lisa Drake, Cecilia Roos, Mandoline Whittlesey

Assistant choreographer

Thiago Granato

Artistic advice

Gabriel Smeets

Technical coordination

Bennert Vancottem

Sound technician

Stephan Woehrmann

Management

Emelie Bergbohm / Bohm Bohm Room

Production management

Annie Schachtel

Distribution

Key Performance

Administration

Interim kultur AB (svb) and HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin)

Thanks to

Ana Grip, Pia Krämer

A coproduction by Jefta van Dinther and Tanzquartier Wien, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Norrlandsoperan (Umeå), Riksteatern Sweden, Dansehallerne (Copenhagen), Centre choréographique national de Montpellier/Occitanie – direction Christian Rizzo, Sadler’s Wells (London), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Centre chorégraphique national d’Orléans, Theater Freiburg, Festival Montpellier Danse 2019 and Julidans Amsterdam. Funded by Swedish Arts Council, City of Stockholm and HKF Hauptstadtkulturfonds (Berlin). Supported by O Espaço do Tempo Montemor-o-Novo, BUDA Arts Centre Kortrijk, Swedish Embassy in Portugal, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.