Dance On Ensemble
A Suite of Dances – Noa Eshkol
A Day in the Studio – Noé Soulier

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)
Sound Design: Mattef Kuhlmey
Costume: Werkstattkollektiv

A Day in the Studio
Choreography: Noé Soulier
Costume: Chiara Valle Vallomini
Music: A Day in the Studio, Hanne Lippard (2020); Portals, Jana Irmert (2025); Phase III, Lucy Railton (2025)

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 20^th 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.

Milla Koistinen & Dance On Ensemble

Concept, choreography and direction: Milla Koistinen
Creation and performance: Ty Boomershine, Gesine Moog, Alba Barral Fernández, Javier Arozena, Tim Persent (Dance On Ensemble) and Jin Lee, Emma Sofie Gautestad, Raul Aranha, Victor Aaron Bolzmann, Milla Koistinen
Sound design: Paul Valikoski and Grégoire Simon
Light design: Martin Beeretz
Dramaturgy: Synne Behrndt
Costumes: Jin Lee and Jihun Choi
Production Director: Anastasia Luck (Dance On Ensemble) and Jana Lüthje (M.i.C.A.)

SWEAT (anthem) moves through the terrains of resilience and endurance where determination and persistence become a quiet form of protest.

Endurance is not only stamina and sustained effort, it is also a radical gesture to stay alive, alert and hopeful amidst fatigue, fracture and exhaustion. Between tension, release and play, the performance celebrates the courage to keep dancing and turn exhaustion into a collective rhythm; an anthem of defiance and joy.

Following GRIT (for what it’s worth), the work continues to explore the languages of sport and dance and how resilience and the demands made on the body and performer intersect with culture and societal events.

SWEAT (anthem) highlights the tension between vulnerability and strength, singular ambition and collectivity, asking how to persevere, remain emphatic and keep moving in times of unrest.

Created with the Dance On Ensemble and four emerging dancers, the performance celebrates the ensemble’s long and compelling careers and the combined strength of a multigenerational collective.

Premiere: December 18, 2025, Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE in Uferstudios 14

Production: DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter
Co-Funded by the Europeans Union’s Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation in the frame of DanceMap.

Co-production: Milla Koistinen, SPRING Performing Arts Festival (The Netherlands), Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE

Supported by Bora Bora Residency Centre, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnland-Institut. With thanks to Dance House Helsinki and the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux. 

DANCE ON is a project by BUREAU RITTER, funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.