Performance
2022
Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten

WE, the SHAMELESS

Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment would you capture it, or just let it slip? Yo…

— Eminem

WE, the SHAMELESS, is the successor to the successful solo Shameless, looking ahead: with the insights and experiences from the past.

In this heated “solo for two,” WE, the SHAMELESS shines a spotlight on our inner struggles, our contradictions, and our shameless curiosity. With an unfiltered response to the raw tracks of Eminem, we see two dancers, two connected bodies that sometimes coincide but also have their own identity. Between them, an inner voice emerges, comforting or challenging, appearing on a screen as a projection, a flash of thought, or an ironic commentator.

The dialogue between coincidence and resistance revolves around a rhythm of its own, desire, and rebellion. Without any shame, every dichotomy is shared with the audience. Shameless here means: unrestrained curiosity about what is radically different.

WE, the SHAMELESS is about embracing the divergent sides of your personality, about choosing what to grasp and what to let slip away. Intense, raw, and at times unexpectedly moving, this performance dares to show that we do not always align with the image we present.

Dizzying dance solo for two.
— Theaterkrant
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Credits
Choreography & concept Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten
Co-creation Victor Callens
Performers — The Artists Are Present, 2026 Payton St.John and Hiroki Nunogaki / Anonymi: ICK-Next, Emma Shelly, Emma Tshitenge, Gabriella Larosa, Fiona Yau, William Philbert and Dante Gonzalez
Performers — National tour 2026 Payton St.John and Sixtine Biron
Performers original cast Jordaine Lincoln and Sixtine Biron
Rehearsal director Nicola Monaco
Sound design Avishai Darash and Pieter C. Scholten
Light design Henk Danner, Maarten Heijdra and Hugo van der Veldt
Costumes Clifford Portier
Video excerpt from “Motivation”, Bram Vreeswijk
Video-edit Bas de Brouwer and Hugo van der Veldt
Technical producer — National tour 2026 Marco Broere
With special thanks Bas Van Der Gun and Israel del Barco
Production ICK Dans Amsterdam
Premiere 28 December 2022 (Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam – NL)
Partner Physiotherapy WIJS Gym & Fysio, Amsterdam
Photography Alex Avgud
Trailer Jasmijn Schrofer