Boom!

Boom! (2023)

The only way is up! In collaboration with arborist Willem de Feijter (Stadsboswachter), choreographer Paula Walta (Telder Producties) and composer Tessa Zoutendijk, Danscollectief Arnhemse Meisjes presents a performance in which nature in general and the tree in particular is central: Boom! (Tree!).

In Boom!, we enter into a multidisciplinary collaboration to (re)discover our connection with nature through dance, music and a tree. In this performance, nature in the city is highlighted. Three dancers hang from a tree and take you along on their journey of discovery of nature, which feels so far away, but in reality is very near. We step out of our everyday environment and leave for an adventurous world. Together with us, look up, leave the city behind and discover the secrets of a tree in the city.

Maybe you are searching among the branches,
For what only appears in the roots.
– Rumi

Boom! was created thanks to Telder Producties, Stadsboswachter, BuurtGroenBedrijf, Gemeente Arnhem, Provincie Gelderland, Triodos Foundation, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Gelderland and NORMA fonds.

Credits
Choreography: Paula Walta
Dance: Aïda Guirro Salinas, Kim Tuerlings, Anna Fransen and/or Candela Murillo
Componist and live musician: Tessa Zoutendijk
Rigging: Willem de Feijter / Stadsboswachter
Photo: Anna Fransen