9 November
WE — THE PEOPLE
Newsletter November ENG 2025
F.A.S.L. / فاصل - foto © Alwin Poiana
Dear {{firstname}} {{lastname}},

With the long dark nights fast approaching, we’ve already had a little practice. Warm light filled our home base, Space for Dance Art, during Museum Night and on the eve of her PhD defence at the University of Amsterdam, Bertha Bermúdez Pascual briefly returned to the nest. As November settles in, we draw our loved ones, friends and fellow travellers closer, balancing between creating new things and letting go.

 

Life, however, races on. This month, our paths stretch from Thessaloniki to Reykjavik, as we focus on digital transitions within the HAMLET project and the challenge of motor impairments in Forme(s) de Vie, while eagerly anticipating the premiere of F.A.S.L. in Tunis.

 

Meanwhile, we’re keeping the lights burning bright at Space for Dance Art. Symptom: cold and dark. Prescription: Join us for a dance class or an open rehearsal!

 

We’d love to see you.

Space for Dance Art
In Memoriam
Company
Company

F.A.S.L. / فاصل

— World Premiere in Tunis

After several residencies in both Tunis and Amsterdam, the world premiere of F.A.S.L. was warmly received in Tunis on 29 November.

An enthusiastic audience attended the performance, born from a creative exchange between Amsterdam and Tunis. Inspired by Mediterranean rhythms, the voices of the desert, and the pulse of the contemporary city, dancers from ICK Dans Amsterdam and the Ballet de l’Opéra de Tunis came together on stage in a choreographic union of friction, resonance, and collective energy.

More about this international co-production
Guest artists
Guest artists

HUNTER

— Courtney May Robertson

The award-winning performance HUNTER by Courtney May Robertson will be presented in May in Stockholm.

Hidden underground, concealed from view inside an enclosed room, HUNTER plays with the redemptive structure of a classical tragedy, in which a character arrives at insight through suffering. But in this tragedy, Robertson performs “life-affirming monstrosities” upon herself — and upon her life-sized double.

Intoxicating desire that grips the throat
Academy
Abcdaire

TRANSITION / [ˈtræn.zɪʃ.ən ]

(noun)

 

Between summer and winter. Between pulse and pause. Between hesitation and movement.

From life to death and back to life, living on as a thought.

 

A state full of potential, if we dare to allow that the old is no more, and the new is not yet known.

space for dance art
© Paul Sixta

Impression Museum Night @ Space for Dance Art

Agenda
Fri 7 Nov — 10:00

Counter-technique class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Fri 7 Nov — 19:00

HUNTER

Courtney May Robertson

Performance
Co-production — 2024
Southbank Centre — London UK Tickets
Fri 7 Nov — 19:00

HUNTER

Courtney May Robertson

Performance
Co-production — 2024
Southbank Centre — London UK Tickets
Mon 10 Nov

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND — the method

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten

Knowledge
ICK Academy
Mindmasters 040 — De Bildung Academie — Eindhoven NL Closed-door
Mon 10 Nov — 10:00

Ballet class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Tue 11 Nov — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Tue 11 Nov — 10:00

Ballet class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Wed 12 Nov — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Wed 12 Nov — 18:30

Forme(s) de vie

Eric Minh Cuong Castaing

Inclusion Project
Co-production
Reykjavik Dance Festival — Reykjavik IS Tickets
Wed 12 Nov — 10:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Thu 13 Nov — 18:00

Forme(s) de vie

Eric Minh Cuong Castaing

Inclusion Project
Co-production
Reykjavik Dance Festival — Reykjavik IS Tickets
Thu 13 Nov — 10:00

Ballet class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Fri 14 Nov — 10:00

Modern Technique class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Sat 15 Nov — 19:30

HUNTER

Courtney May Robertson

Performance
Co-production — 2024
Nona Kunstencentrum — Mechelen BE Tickets
Mon 17 Nov — 19:30

We Dance Together

Thais Di Marco — THE OBSESSORS #1

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Sold out
Tue 18 Nov — 20:00

Forme(s) de vie

Eric Minh Cuong Castaing

Inclusion Project
Co-production
Minard Schouwburg — Ghent BE Tickets
Tue 18 Nov — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Wed 19 Nov

HAMLET project

Digital transition

Research
AI applications
Aristotele University — Thessaloniki GR Closed-doors
Wed 19 Nov — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Wed 19 Nov — 20:00

Forme(s) de vie

Eric Minh Cuong Castaing

Inclusion Project
Co-production
Minard Schouwburg — Ghent BE Tickets
Thu 20 Nov

HAMLET project

Digital transition

Research
AI applications
Aristotele University — Thessaloniki GR Closed-doors
Sun 23 Nov — 19:00

We play so hard it hurts

Fernando Troya

Performance
Co-production — 2025
Theater Kikker — Utrecht NL Tickets
Mon 24 Nov — 19:30

We Dance Together

Thais Di Marco — THE OBSESSORS #1

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Sold out
Tue 25 Nov — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Wed 26 Nov — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Thu 27 Nov — 20:00

That which is indomitable: Criatura

Melisa Diktaş

Performance
Supported — 2025
MIMIK — Deventer NL Cancelled
Fri 28 Nov — 15:00

F.A.S.L. / فاصل

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Ballet de l’Opéra de Tunis

Performance
2025
Centre Culturel — Ben Arous TN Invitation-only
Sat 29 Nov — 15:00

F.A.S.L. / فاصل

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Ballet de l’Opéra de Tunis

Performance
2025
Cité de la Culture — Tunis TN Tickets
Sat 29 Nov — 20:00

That which is indomitable: Criatura

Melisa Diktaş

Performance
Supported — 2025
Theater Kikker — Utrecht NL Tickets
Sun 30 Nov — 16:00

F.A.S.L. / فاصل

Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten and Ballet de l’Opéra de Tunis

Performance
2025
Cité de la Culture — Tunis TN Tickets
Mon 1 Dec — 19:30

We Dance Together

Thais Di Marco — THE OBSESSORS #1

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Sign up
Tue 2 Dec — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Wed 3 Dec — 19:00

DOUBLE SKIN / DOUBLE MIND class

Tue en Wed: 19:00—20:00

Workshop
For everybody
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Wed 3 Dec — 20:30

That which is indomitable: Criatura

Melisa Diktaş

Performance
Supported — 2025
Theater Ins Blau — Leiden NL Tickets
Thu 4 Dec — 16:30

Public Rehearsals

A look inside ICK

Community We Together
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Thu 4 Dec — 10:00

Ballet class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Fri 5 Dec — 10:00

Ballet class

Company classes
For advanced
Space for Dance Art — Amsterdam NL Register
Sat 6 Dec — 20:15

That which is indomitable: Criatura

Melisa Diktaş

Performance
Supported — 2025
Maaspodium — Rotterdam NL Tickets