The Memory Loss Concert arose from the Memory Loss Collection, a choreographic series by Ann Van den Broek about dementia and loss. In this concert the musicians Gregory Frateur, Nicolas Rombouts and Sjoerd Bruil improvise on music from this impressive choreographic trilogy in which the musicians were closely involved.

The musicians Nicolas Rombouts, Sjoerd Bruil and Gregory Frateur (among others known from Dez Mona), work with Ann Van den Broek for years now. Nicolas Rombouts as composer, Gregory Frateur as vocalist and performer and Sjoerd Bruil as musician and performer. The unique concert, created in collaboration with Ann Van den Broek, takes place in a special stage setting from the Memory Loss Collection, designed by scenographer Niek Kortekaas.

Online and offline premiere
The improvisation concert was screened and played for the first time in December 2020 in Theater Rotterdam via an online streaming. It was then part of a five-day in-depth event around the Memory Loss Collection by Ann Van den Broek and the associated theme of dementia. In May 2022, the Memory Loss Concert made its debut for an audience in the hall of Het Zuiderpershuis in Antwerp.

Memory Loss Collection
The Memory Loss Collection, from which this concert originates, is a collection of productions (2018-2021) by Ann Van den Broek on the theme of dementia. The final piece of this series, Memory Loss, has been nominated for a Zwaan in 2021 (the most important dance prize in the Netherlands) in the category ‘most impressive dance production’. The film Memory Loss Inside won the award for the Best Performance Relay & Camera Rework film at Cinedans in 2022.

concept and styling Ann Van den Broek
musicians Gregory Frateur, Nicolas Rombouts, Sjoerd Bruil
scenography Niek Kortekaas
photography Laura D’Halleweyn
premiere December 18, 2020, TR Schouwburg, Rotterdam (NL)

If you have seen (one of) the productions of the Memory Loss Collection, the sounds will conjure the images in your mind’s eye. If you attend the concert with a clean slate, let yourself be transported by the stirring and visceral energy that these men are able to evoke.