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Nicole Beutler
Over the past twenty years, Nicole Beutler (München, 1969) has made her mark on the Dutch performing arts field with her unique approach, which combines dance, performance, music theatre, and fine art. She creates theatre as a Gesamtkunstwerk for both small and large stages.
Beutler’s work focuses on the relationship between humankind and our planet in times of the climate crisis, in search of alternative perspectives, hope and learning. In 2009 she founded the interdisciplinary theatre company Nicole Beutler Projects, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Beutler has received numerous nominations and awards, including twice the prestigious VSCD Mime/Performance Prize (2009 & 2021), the Dioraphte Prize (2014) and the award for groundbreaking music theatre from MusicTheatreNow (2021). Additionally, she was awarded the honorable Gieskes-Strijbis Podiumprijs (2018) for her diverse body of work. Her latest work, the eco-futuristic dance opera NOW WE ARE EARTH / An Orchestra, premieres in The Netherlands on May 27th at the festival O. in Rotterdam and will be on tour until November 30th.
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Topic Talk: The (de)colonised Body on Stage
Marcelo Evelin, Venuri Perera, Eylül Fidan Akıncı, Nicole Beutler
It is not unusual anymore to speak up about colonial pasts and present examples of occupation. But what shifts when we speak of bodies rather than nations? When bodies with histories of colonization—past or present, or living with the ongoing reality or fear of it—take the stage? How does this dynamic unfold when the audience is primarily from a white Western background?