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Wed 08 Apr 2026

Conny Janssen Danst

INSTINCT

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How do you stay in touch with what you truly feel deep inside in a world full of busyness, speed, and expectations? In the performance INSTINCT, twelve dancers from Conny Janssen Danst take on a physical and emotional challenge: for five quarters of an hour, they remain continuously on the floor, reacting to each other, to the environment, and to impulses that are clamoring to be heard.

INSTINCT is an energetic and raw performance in which humans balance between the compelling structures that have been taught to us and the natural, animalistic behavior that we carry within us. What happens to you when that tension puts you under pressure? Do you cling on, engage in the fight, or try to escape?

For the first time, a large theater production of Conny Janssen Danst is created in co-creation. Artistic director Conny Janssen invites choreographer Patricia van Deutekom for INSTINCT, known for her powerful, unpolished yet sensitive dance language. The encounter between her physical directness and Janssen's eye for the personality of each dancer results in a captivating mix. Both are eager to show the real human on stage: powerful, vulnerable, and full of longing.

Choose this impressive performance on a weekday Wednesday evening and take a break from the hectic pace of daily life.

  • choreography Conny Janssen & Patricia van Deutekom dancers Adi Amit, Pedro Ricardo Henry, Maud Huizing, Sara Mistrorigo, Kenji van Nieuwenhuizen, Gaspar Ribeiro, Mariko Shimoda, Yashasvi Shrotriya, Remy Tilburg & Mattia Trematerra, Lola Piret

Whether this performance has an interval is not yet known.

Fringe programme
Inleiding om 19:15 uur.

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Wednesday 8 April

met inleiding
20:15 Schouwburg €29.50
Prices
1e tier
regular €29.50
About the introduction
Before the performance INSTINCT, Liesbeth Osse talks about the unique collaboration between choreographers Conny Janssen and Patricia van Deutekom. She discusses their working method, the role of music and set design, and how to recognise their style. There is room for questions, so that you enter the performance well prepared.

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