Dance and celebration of queerness and the power of witchcraft.
Under the dense foliage, in the mystical glow of the full moon, three figures come together for an enchanting ritual. Far from the norms of society, a play of light and darkness unfolds, a macabre dance against the direction of the clock, fueled by demonic energy. This is where the Sabbath takes place – a night of magic, mystery and transformation. Behold the Sabbath, where boundaries blur and magic is in the air. To be entered at your own risk, for when night falls, the witch awakens.
Sabbath is an ode to the outsider, a celebration of the queerness and power of witchcraft. In this dance performance, choreographer Niek Wagenaar and his dance company Nymphs revise the traditional image of the witch. The witch is no longer a figure of fear and exclusion, but a symbol of empowerment, resistance and self-discovery. The witches’ Sabbath is a safe space where everyone can be themselves, where identity and community are celebrated.
Behold the Sabbath, where boundaries blur and magic is in the air. To be entered at your own risk, for when night falls, the witch awakens.
“The potentially transgressive, antinomian and outsider qualities of ‘witch’ are reflected in ‘queer,’ in that both words are reclaimed, recovered and reinvented, not as derogatory epithets but instead as identities of celebration, empowerment, transformation and resistance.”
— Julian Vayne, modern witch
The movements of the talented dancers are alternately graceful and animalistic.— Theaterkrant
The rite in the Amsterdam Forest Theatre is not so much terrifying, but above all enchanting and inviting.— De Volkskrant
