August 2010
During the 2010/2011 season WArd/waRD will be appearing on various (inter)national stages with five different productions: reprises of Co(te)lette, I SOLO MENT, We Solo Men and Ohm, and as of January 2011 with the new production, Q61. Furthermore, The Co(te)lette Film will have its world première. A film based on the production Co(te)lette, directed by British film director Mike Figgis.
January 29, 2010
Ann Van den Broek is the winner of the Mouson Award 2009/2010. The Mouson Award is initiated by the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt (Germany). The prize is currently worth 15,000 euros that Ann Van den Broek will spend on her production Q61, which will premiere in February 2011.
Every two years an independent jury of experts presents the award of the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm to a group, company, choreographer or director for an exceptional artistic production that has performed in the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm. In this way the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm wants introduce the work of the laureate to a larger international audience.
This is what the jury say about Ann Van den Broek:
Ann van den Broek’s work is dedicated in a captivating way to contemporary behaviour patterns, but without resorting to major show effects or blatant statements. Although her pieces avoid virtually any form of judgement, appear distanced and cool, they manage to irritate viewers, causing muted shudders, but also amusement. In the end however, it always seems to be a vanitas theme that moves Anne van den Broek’s prosaically staged pieces: in light of transitory nature of life all is in vain.
December 8, 2009
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November 12, 2009
WArd/waRD now has its own fan page on Facebook. To find the page, search under 'WArd/waRD - Ann Van den Broek'.
There you will find the latest news, as well as tour dates, official photographs, behind-the-scenes and tour photos, and short video clips. You can also post comments or ask questions, which we will try to answer as soon as possible.
Take a look and become a fan!
March 4, 2009
The NFPK+ (the Dutch Foundation for the Performing Arts) has given the green light to WArd/waRD’s grant proposal to create projects over a period of two years. Only five of the sixteen proposals were selected, including WArd/waRD’s.
The selection committee had high praise for the quality of Ann Van den Broek’s work.
"The committee knows Ann Van den Broek to be a very talented choreographer, who has built an impressive body of work in a relatively short time.” The committee also expressed its confidence in the artistic projects of the two-year plan: "The plan for 2009-2010 is clear; the different projects for this period are described in great detail and with conviction.”
The two-year subsidy will enable WArd/waRD to continue to develop its artistic repertoire and to consolidate its position in the Dutch and Flemish dance world.
March 2, 2009
The VSCD (Dutch Association of Theater and Concert Hall Directors) has announced the first nominations for the Zwanen (Swans) 2009 and once again a WArd/waRD production, namely I SOLO MENT, has been nominated for Most Impressive Dance Production.
This is what the jury had to say about the piece: "I SOLO MENT is a tortured double solo. In a searing performance the two individuals, the excellent dancers Cecilia Moisio and Dario Tortorelli, expose their complex love for each other without ever touching. A startling choreography with a very powerful beginning."
This is the third year in a row that choreographer Ann Van den Broek of WArd/waRD has been nominated for the Zwaan (Swan) for Most Impressive Dance Production. In 2007 E19 (richting San José) was nominated and Co(te)lette in 2008 for which Van den Broek won the Zwaan (Swan).
The Zwanen (Swans) will be awarded at the Gala of Dutch Dance on October 10th, 2009, in the Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht.
17 december 2008
Soon there will be AUDITIONS for male dancers for the new production of WArd/waRD - Ann Van den Broek. The first rounds are on sunday January 11 in The Hague and on monday January 19 in Antwerp. The call back is planned for monday January 26 and wednesday January 28, both times in Antwerp. Subscribe till January 8.
October 4, 2008
Ann Van den Broek won the prestigious Swan for Most Impressive Dance Production of the 2007/2008 season during the Nederlandse Dansdagen (the Dutch Dance Days). The Nederlandse Vereniging van Schouwburg- en Concertgebouwdirecties (Dutch Association of Theater and Concert Hall Directors) gave her the award for her production Co(te)lette. Last season, Ann Van den Broek was also nominated for her production E19 (richting San José).
This is what the jury had to say about the production: "Co(te)lette is a remarkable and fascinating production in which the female body is dissected and analyzed with grueling determination and minimalistic precision. Three women – dancers Cecilia Moisio*, Theodossia Stathi and Judit Ruiz Onandi – create a loop of need and satisfaction, of desire and being desired. In a relentless stream of shaking, gyrating, pumping and panting flesh, Ann Van den Broek takes a critical look at female sexuality; full of personal desire, but also dictated by the desire of others. The repetition and the tight spatial variations result in abstract movements that have an alienating effect.
With a style that she herself describes as 'emotional minimalism',
Ann Van den Broek has shown over the years that she is a unique and innovative choreographer. Co(te)lette is a high point in her oeuvre. It is a daring and vulnerable choreography: raw, confrontational and moving. So it is without reservation that the jury has labeled the work as ‘impressive’."
* also nominated for Best Dance Performance of the season for her work in Co(te)lette
May 2008
The Nederlands Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten (Dutch Performing Arts Fund) has recommended that the grant proposal for the new production I SOLO MENT be approved. The Belgian première is on September 18, 2008, in ccBe (Berchem, Antwerp). The Dutch première is in the Cadance Festival in The Hague (November 2008). The full tour dates will soon be posted on the Web site.
March 14, 2008
Co(te)lette will be performed on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April at the festival feSt in Sevilla (Spain).
February 18, 2008
The first nominations for the Swans 2008 have been announced. And like the year before WArd/waRD was once again received two important nominations. Co(te)lette is nominated for ‘most impressive dance production’ and Cecilia Moisio is nominated for ‘most impressive achievement in dance’.
This is what the jury has to say about Co(te)lette: "A remarkable and fascinating production in which the female body is dissected and analyzed with excruciating determination and minimalist precision. Like no other contemporary choreographer, Ann Van den Broek proves that conceptuality does not necessarily exclude a unique and varied dance idiom."
Cecilia Moisio is nominated for her role in Co(te)lette. "Cecilia Moisio is a powerful dancer. Her intensely physical achievement in Co(te)lette is sensational and courageous. In her performance she displays a broad and rich command of the physical material, which walks the line between pure daring and subtle eroticism", according to the jury.
The winners of the Swans will be announced during the Gala of Dutch Dance, which will take place in early October at the Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht.
December 10, 2007
Co(te)lette is selected for the DansClick 2008/2009. Beside Co(te)lette, some thirty theater programmers have also selected the production Odd by Pia Meuthen, Couple-like by Keren Levi and Ugo Dehaes, and Small Hour by Václav Kune. Through DansClick, Co(te)lette will go on an extensive tour of 29 theaters in the Netherlands in the spring of 2008.
November 1, 2007
There are extra performances planned of Co(te)lette. On Saturday, November 10 the company will be performing Co(te)lette at the 11th International Dance Theaters Festival in Lublin, Poland. And on Sunday, January 27, 2008, Co(te)lette will return to Antwerp for the Amperdans Festival. The performance can be seen in the ccBe at 3:00 p.m. For more information about the festivals please go to the websites of the International Dance Theaters Festival in Lublin and Amperdans.
July 16, 2007
The chairperson of the Dance Jury of the VSCD (the Association of Theater and Concert Hall Directors) has announced the last nominations for the Zwanen (the Swan Prizes): dancer Cecilia Moisio was nominated in the category 'most impressive achievement in dance’ for her performance in E19 (richting San José), and E19 (richting San José) by Ann Van den Broek was nominated for 'most impressive dance production'.
The jury wrote about Cecilia Moisio: “She is the natural leader of the group: she initiates the movements, she decides the focal points by which she gives direction to the search that characterizes E19 (richting San José). She does this in an almost nonchalant, yet very convincing, manner.”
About the nomination of E19 (richting San José), the jury wrote: "E19 is the work of a highly original choreographer. Ann Van den Broek alternates casually and naturally between minimal dance episodes and very theatrical ones, and knows how to captivate the audience emotionally and esthetically. The dance idiom is powerful and original. The images of man at the crossroads, breathing in air and sounds as if everything the world has to offer is contained in them, are etched in the brain".
The Zwanen (the Swan Prizes) will be award on Friday, October 5, 2007, during the Nederlandse Dansdagen (Dutch Dance Days) in Maastricht.
June 15, 2007
WArd/waRD is pleased to announce it now has a motivated and enthusiastic business manager: Monique van Beek. We also want to announce that Cecilia Moisio, Judit Ruiz Onandi and Theodossia Stathi will make up the cast of the Ann Van den Broek’s latest project Co(te)lette. Ann has worked with Cecilia many times now, and Judit was also in the cast of FF+Rew 60:00. However, this is the first time Ann will be working with Theodossia.
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