Noa Eshkol / Noé Soulier & Dance On Ensemble
A Suite of Dances
Dance Compositions / Choreography: Noa Eshkol
Staging: Mor Bashan (The Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group)
Staging Assistant: Dror Shoval (The Noa Eshkol Chamber Dance Group)
Costume: Werkstattkollektiv
A Day in the Studio
Choreography: Noé Soulier
Costume: Chiara Valle Vallomini
With music by Hanne Lippard, Jana Irmert, and Lucy Railton
A Suite of Dances – A Day in the Studio
Performance: Javier Arozena, Alba Barral Fernández, Anna Herrmann, Dominic Santia, Gesine Moog, Lia Witjes Poole, Marco Volta (5 dancers with an alternating cast)
Light & Technical Direction: Martin Beeretz
Sound: Mattef Kuhlmey
Artistic Direction Dance On Ensemble: Ty Boomershine
In this Performance, the Dance On Ensemble turns its attention to the work of choreographer Noa Eshkol (1924–2007). Her precise dance compositions and the movement notation system she developed are reconstructed. In response, dancer and choreographer Noé Soulier develops a new choreographic work of his own. His practice, which interweaves dance, exhibition formats, and theoretical reflection, extends the dialogue with Eshkol’s thinking, offering a contemporary translation and a continuation of movement.
For the first time, an entire evening is dedicated to Noa Eshkol’s dances performed by dancers outside the original Chamber Dance Group. The evening features dances from “Theme and Variations”, the first suite Eshkol created using the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation (EWMN), which premiered in 1965. The Selected pieces are: Jacob Rachel and Lea (2) (early 1960s), Duet (5) (early 1960s), Skilla (6) (early 1960s), Fugue (0) (early 1970s), March (1) (early 1960s), Minuet (0,3) (early 1960s).
The performance is part of a series called Replies in which Dance On Ensemble invites contemporary choreographers to respond to masterpieces of the 20th century from their own artistic perspectives. Previously, Mathilde Monnier and Tim Etchells engaged in dialogue with Merce Cunningham and Martha Graham respectively. This creates a continuous thread in which tradition and innovation continue to question one another.
Premiere: 6 & 7 July 2026, Julidans Amsterdam
Production: DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter
In collaboration with Cndc Angers.
Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).
Part of DanceMap, funded by Horizon Europe, the European Union’s funding programme for research and innovation.
DANCE ON is a project by BUREAU RITTER, funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.