"ON POINT" by Piet Van Dycke (Netherlands)

  • PS21 "Open Air " Pavilion Theater

    2980 New York 66
    Chatham, New York 12037
Ticket Price $0.00-$40.00 This event is now over
Description

ON POINT (2021) is a wordless, site-specific circus and dance performance full of humor. Two men on the edge. They try to keep their balance between, above, below, on, against each other. Falling is not an option. What starts as a game develops into a common challenge. Every step, touch, shift must be precise.

 

ON POINT has been performed at more than 60 venues in Flanders and the Netherlands, including Cirkl, Plein de Cirque, Festival Circolo, and Krokusfestival. ON POINT was also performed at some international festivals, such as the New Circus Festival in Lithuania. ON POINT won the BNG Bank Dance Award 2021.

 

About the Artists

Piet Van Dycke (Choreographer)

 Piet Van Dycke graduated as a choreographer from the Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Tilburg, Netherlands in 2018. Despite the intense focus on dance during his education, his circus past remains closely linked to his craft. Not only his dedication and discipline, but also his choreographic style have their origins in his former training as an acrobat at the youth circus Salto in Tienen. Since 2018, Piet has been working as a dance and circus maker, director, performer, coach and teacher. In March 2021, Piet was chosen as PLAN-maker (2021-2024). PLAN is a development platform in North Brabant, the Netherlands. Promising talents receive support in developing their cultural entrepreneurship, building audiences and working on the visibility of their work. With this PLAN trajectory, Piet builds a bridge between his Dutch and Flemish network. Piet founded his own company Circumstances vzw in December 2021.

 

William Blenkin (Performer)

Lives in Rotterdam and is primarily a circus artist. He is also a photographer, videographer, and writer. He works with the Utrecht based dancer/musician collective De Dansers, and studied Circus Arts at Codarts University for the Arts. 

 

Samuel Rhyner (Performer)

Samuel Rhyner is co-founder of Les Payenkes Utopistes and a graduate of the Academy for Circus and Performance Art in Tilburg, Netherlands. Interested in movement in general, but thirsty for knowledge, Samuel has also studied piano, electronic music composition and cyr wheel besides his main discipline: acrodance.

 

Venue Details

PS21 "Open Air " Pavilion Theater

2980 New York 66
Chatham, New York 12037 PS21 "Open Air " Pavilion Theater
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A vibrant center for contemporary performance in the Hudson Valley, PS21 “presents work that challenges and invites” (The New York Times): adventurous productions by leading and emerging American and international artists in music, dance, and theater, and visionaries creating entirely new genres. On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, across our expansive, unspoiled grounds, and in the diverse surrounding communities, PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend aesthetic boundaries and revitalize existing artistic languages and grammars. Throughout the year, we host developmental residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators of original, even unclassifiable new work. Rooted in community collaboration, PS21’s programming engages creatively with critical global and social issues. It is a mecca for innovative and original artistic voices, a destination for performance that can be experienced nowhere else in the region. PS21’s Pavilion Theater is a green-energy marvel surrounded by 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, trails, and woodlands that are a haven to wildlife and visitors across the region.  Integrated into our unspoiled campus, the theater embodies our commitments to the public: open, inviting, and optimized for their enjoyment and encouraging citizen expression and participation.

 

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