- Dance
- Installation
- SPRING coproduction
- World premiere
last portrait
Disclaimer
The performance contains topics of grief and loss.
A performance within an installation, somewhere between a garden, a hospital, and a graveyard. Two young people intertwine the lives of their families. Amidst an archive of personal documents collected over the years, they navigate the landscape of loss.
Ashley Ho (Singapore) and Domenik Naue (Germany) weave together text, sound, dance, and visual poetry in a new performance-installation exploring loss, grief, and detachment.
In a world of rapid change, collapse often feels like a collective spectacle. As part of a generation hyper-aware of loss, we obsessively track change, knowing that documenting the present also highlights what could disappear. How do we move forward without getting stuck in nostalgia or paralyzed by the fear of losing?
This work is an ongoing conversation, shaped by the places it travels to: from Over het IJ and Dansateliers in the Netherlands, to Studio Plesungan in Indonesia, Oriente Occidente in Italy, and Dance Nucleus in Singapore. Now, it finds its latest form at SPRING Festival in Utrecht. With intermediate public showings, the performance remains an open question—and an invite to the audience.
From 2024 to 2026, they will embark on a two-year development trajectory with the Nieuwe Makers Regeling, in partnership with Dansateliers and SPRING Performing Arts Festival. Last Portrait is the first project made within this trajectory.
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In addition to their performance at the festival, you can see another performance by ashleyho+domeniknaue on april 6th at Culturele Zondag. You can find more information about the event and the performance here.
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Ashley Ho & Domenik Naue
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Credits
Concept, performance, sound & visual design: ashleyho+domeniknaue
Scenography in dialogue with: Lena Michel van Drie
Styling: Cara Cain Insa Wittenhaus
Dramaturgy: Elowise Vandenbroecke
Production: Dansateliers
PR: Dansateliers
Artistic coach: Pietro Marullo
Artistic guidance: Simone Hogendijk, special thanks to Pam Sikkink
Co-production: Dansateliers, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Over het IJ Festival
In collaboration with: Oriente Occidente, Dance Nucleus, Studio Plesungan
Financed by: Asia-Europe Foundation, Fund Performing Arts NL, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Janivo Stichting
The project was part of the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2024, organized by ASEF with the financial support of the European Union.
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