Decypher
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26 okt20:00 - 21:30TR25 Schouwburg, RotterdamGrote Zaal
In Decypher, 4 dancers from Breaking collective The Ruggeds, all break down the meaning behind a number in an individual chapter. Watch how 4 makers from 1 crew that have been together since 2005, each let their creativity run wild, and choose their own direction to find a deeper meaning behind something that appears meaningless at first glance.
The result: 4 individual stories, bundled together by a video decor, that takes the audience along for a ride through the deciphered chapters which bring different forms in dance, acrobatics, music and physical theatre.
Only 1 thing remains: Reset your mind to 0, and let this progressive group of Breakdancers from The Netherlands blow you out of your chair.
C H A P T E R 8 : R O Y
“Beautiful and flowing, round and endless”
Like the number 8 , this chapter is infinite. With a constant eagerness to improve, we often find ourselves unlucky when feeling stuck, stuck in an endless loop filled with daily patterns and a certain safety. Being safe, often can be a goal you work towards to create room for starting something new.
Something that gives you that new energy and pleasure you miss in your life.
But what if that just puts you in a different loop, a loop that looks better in the beginning than the previous one but feels the same after. What are you doing? Where are you going?
Follow Roy in his journey to break the loop and to find his destination.
C H A P T E R 2 1 : N I E K
Everyone is on the hunt for fortune where possibilities are endless. Sky's the limit, nothing is impossible. It seems like everyone around you knows how to turn a hard 16 into 21. Blackjack. Like everybody can stare straight through the cards with X-Ray vision, while you’re stuck looking at the back of the deck of the success of others. You climb the ladder in an attempt to reach the stars that are out there for whoever has the guts to climb up and grab them. Fixated by new heights, you forget to look at your surroundings. No matter how high you ascend, 21 is all that counts. Blackjack or bust.
In Chapter 21 we watch as a gambler loses grip, and has to risk it all to fight his way out of a bad spot.
C H A P T E R 0 : J E S S Y
‘Everything has already been said and done’, that’s how everything feels at first. Zero represents the creation process and it’s limitless. The curiosity for something that has no existence. You can also see it as growth, a new start. Being present and exposing ourselves to new opportunities is what gains us. We shouldn’t worry about how things are gonna turn out, that’s out of our hands. We are antennas and we pick up. In chapter Zero Jessy ‘boibeige’ Kemper transcends his music into the dancers Niek, Roy and Virgil. A live music performance that interacts with light and movement..
C H A P T E R 9 9 : V I R G I L
99 is a reference to the end of life in our human form.
Before we reach the point of total acceptance we must first walk a tensed and emotional path. We start our life with a million physical possibilities and countless dreams to become whoever we think we need to be. There is room for error and a lot of time to research what it means to be enough and to accept the flow of life. When time gets rare we often find ourselves searching for peace in the little we have left. Our circle of people is decreasing, our physical capacity gets limited and the stage of our personal world is getting smaller. By looking at the past we learn to accept and with acceptance as our guide we find the way to be grateful for what we had and for what is yet to come.
T H E R U G G E D S: B I O G R A P H Y
We are The Ruggeds. Dancers and Makers, a breakdance collective that has been developing for 15 years. Always innovating and above all a family. "A chosen family " coming from different backgrounds. As young kids we connected through dance in a small gym in our homebase Eindhoven. From that moment on we never have been separated and have been bringing each other to greater heights. Together we grew into a completely unique and extremely active crew travelling all over the world. Unique, because we put very high craftsmanship in urban dance and use innovative and artistically unique ways in theatrical settings. Active, because we may be the most active crew in the world. Annually we perform at least 30 to 40 times abroad, in the form of shows, battles and theatre performances.
In the composition of Decypher we are with the main 4. These 4 have decided to focus more on creating and theatre work. Each person is not only a dancer but also a maker, the output is 4 unique chapters where everyone can fully envision his way of creating.
Team
Artistiek regisseur Niek Traa Choreograaf Jessy 'Jazzy Gypz' Kemper, Niek Traa, Roy Overdijk, Virgil 'Skychief' Dey Stage Vincent Wijlhuizen Dansers Jessy 'Jazzy Gypz' Kemper, Niek Traa, Roy Overdijk / Virgil 'Skychief' Dey Muziek Boibeige, Y’skid Grafisch Design Klim van de Laarschot Decor & licht design Ido Koppenaal
Partners Fonds Podiumkunsten, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Fonds 21, PLAN