Before Her Joke Lands is een experimentele danssolo voor danseres Thalia Crymble (Nederlands Dans Theater) met nieuwe muziek van componist Annelinde Bruijs (Orkater, Nineties Productions).

 

Before Her Joke Lands is gechoreografeerd als een ensemblewerk voor één lichaam, een symfonie voor het orkest dat in een mens bestaat. Het is een solo over de ongrijpbaarheid van een persoon, en over de spanning tussen gezien willen worden, maar liever niet al te scherp. Zoals op het moment vlak voordat je grap landt. Vastgehouden in deze onontkoombare tussenruimte ontvouwt zich een reeks strategieën om zich, midden in het zicht, toch te kunnen verbergen.

Doke Pauwels is huismaker bij Theater Ins Blau en ontwikkelde People I Know in het Makershuis, waar makers de ruimte krijgen om zich te ontwikkelen en eigen producties te realiseren.

29 oktober 2026: Podium Bloos, Breda
5 november 2026: Theater Kikker, Utrecht

English
Part 1: Original Sin

Two human birds of paradise, one meet cute.

Look at them, firing shots at gravity. They are the apple and the snake, but most of all they are the people (neither the first nor the last) to fight the laws of the universe: that everything that comes up must come down.

In Original Sin we see two dancers on a swing. Our contemporary Adam and Eve, gardeners of Eden: charismatic, romantic, and completely themselves. But also hungry for meaning and attention. In 21 physical scenes, interwoven with 21 piano pieces by Reinout Scholten van Aschat, we see the pair not only play with each other, but also playing each other. A duet about vanity, guilt, and gravity.

Inspired by Simone Weil’s On Gravity and Grace and Milan Kundera’s Laughable Loves, the makers of Original Sin let themselves be guided by the tragedy of gravity.
 
Part 2 - Before Her Joke Lands

Before Her Joke Lands is an experimental dance solo for dancer Thalia Crymble (Netherlands Dance Theatre), with new music by composer Annelinde Bruijs (Orkater, Nineties Productions).
 
To be recognized can be a relief. But it can also be a trap. And the line between the two is razor-thin.
 
Before Her Joke Lands is choreographed as an ensemble piece for one body—a symphony for the orchestra that exists within one person. It is a solo about the elusiveness of identity, and about the tension between wanting to be seen, but not too clearly. As in the moment right before your joke lands. Held in that inescapable in-between, a series of strategies unfolds, a string of ways to hide in plain sight.

Doke Pauwels is a resident artist at Theater Ins Blau and developed People I Know at the Makershuis, where artists are given the space to develop themselves and realize their own productions.

Following the try-out and premiere of People I Know, Doke continues on tour:

October 29, 2026: Podium Bloos, Breda
November 5, 2026: Theater Kikker, Utrecht