New Adventures #2: David Feenstra and Niek Wagenaar

New makers, new ideas, new adventures!

On the 12th, 13th and 14th of December, David Feenstra and Niek Wagenaar will show the results of their research in our ICK's Artist Studio as a result of their four-weeks New Adventures residency at ICK Dans Amsterdam.

New Adventures is a programme by ICK Dans Amsterdam for new dance makers who want to deepen their creative practice. Every year, a number of makers are selected who can work on their artistic development for four weeks in complete freedom and safety. They receive artistic, production and financial support from ICK Dans Amsterdam. During the residencies, the makers get to know each other better by sharing their vision and working methods. This results in a fruitful artistic cross-pollination between the makers. At the end of the residency, the results are shown in a double bill and the audience gets the chance to enter into dialogue with the makers.

Address:

ICK Artist Studio
Eerste Helmersstraat 102½ ( opposite nr. 147 )
1054 DR Amsterdam

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ABOUT THE RESEARCH

. David Feenstra
During New Adventures #2 David’s main research questions are:what do people do with randomness, and how does the random, irregular and illogical reality of everyday life influence your path to reach a specific goal? David questions what it means to watch the vast landscape of possibilities around us and realizing that the edges of that landscape are dictated by utter randomness, meaninglessness. Or are they?

During the residency in November 2024 at ICK Dans Amsterdam, David will continue his research into how he can use randomness in dance. He wishes to further use and develophis random movement generation methods in order to let human intuition speak inside improvisation-based scores.

. Niek Wagenaar
Within the context of New Adventures, Niek explores the physical language for his new performance "Sabbath," in which three dancers come together for a witches' Sabbath. His research draws a parallel between witchcraft and the queer community, and seeks to redefine the conventional image of queers and witches from a more inclusive lens.

In the November 2024 residency at ICK, he focuses on developing and specifying the dance vocabulary for the performance, and explores how choices in that language can influence the viewer's experience to transform initial negative perceptions of queers and outsiders into positive feelings of inclusivity and belonging.