Ann Van den Broek is exploring the possibilities of text and movement. She is doing this together with theatre director Marcus Azzini from Toneelgroep Oostpool, 4 actors and 5 dancers. The common ground between the two theatre makers is the physical theatre idiom of Azzini and Van den Broek’s theatrical movement idiom. The feel and content of their work is usually dramatically charged.

LIstEn & See (LIES) is about the search for balance, the perfect symbiosis; not only between language and movement, but also between body and soul. What people say and their physical expression of it (the body language) will be taken apart and re-assembled to create a new truth. Is this a lie? Look and listen.

concept, direction and choreography Ann Van den Broek, Marcus Azzini
original cast Jan Deboom, Nhung Dam, Joep van der Geest, Bram van der Heijden, Andreas Kuck, Cecilia Moisio, Bas van Rijnsoever, Judit Ruiz Onandi, Dario Tortorelli
textual contribution Hannah van Wieringen
music composition Arne Van Dongen
set design Theun Mosk
lighting design Bernie van Velzen
styling and costumes Ann Van den Broek, Marcus Azzini
photography Sanne Peper
premiere December 1, 2011, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)

LIstEn & See is a co-production of WArd/waRD (NL/BE) and Toneelgroep Oostpool (NL).

WArd/waRD

Date	City	Venue
31 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Tilburg (NL), Theaters Tilburg
28 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Zwolle (NL), Odeon De Spiegel
25 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Breda (NL), Chassé Theater
24 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Antwerpen (BE), ccBerchem
21 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Eindhoven (NL), Parktheater
20 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Leiden (NL), LAKtheater
17 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Heerlen (NL), Parkstad Limburg Theaters
14 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Hengelo (NL), Rabotheater Hengelo
13 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Rotterdam (NL), Rotterdamse Schouwburg
11 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Houten (NL), Theater aan de Slinger
10 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Groningen (NL), Stadsschouwburg Groningen
08 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
07 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
06 Jan 2012	LIstEn & See	Deventer (NL), Deventer Schouwburg
23 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
22 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
21 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
20 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
17 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Nijmegen (NL), LUX
16 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Nijmegen (NL), LUX
14 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
13 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool
07 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Den Haag (NL), Theater aan het Spui
06 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Den Haag (NL), Theater aan het Spui
01 Dec 2011	LIstEn & See	Amsterdam (NL), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam – première
30 Nov 2011	LIstEn & See	Amsterdam (NL), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam – try-out
29 Nov 2011	LIstEn & See	Roosendaal (NL), Schouwburg De Kring – try-out
26 Nov 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool – try-out
25 Nov 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool – try-out
23 Nov 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool – try-out
22 Nov 2011	LIstEn & See	Arnhem (NL), Huis Oostpool – try-out
09 Oct 2011	LIstEn & See	Maastricht (NL), Nederlandse Dansdagen – work in progress

“Overwhelming choreography. The audience is drawn into a sum of exhaustive muscular and confessions which seems to come straight from the heart.”

– Vrij Nederland (NL)

“And example of uncompromising dance theater, well-drilled execution of a war of attrition.”

– de Volkskrant (NL)

“The makers do not shun large, intense emotions. Daring physical theater and bloodcurdlingly terrifying”

– De Gelderlander (NL)

“Successful fusion of theater and dance. The form builds on previous visual theater productions by Azzini and gaining in power by Van den Broek’s clean form language.”

– Het Parool (NL)