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Dansen met mijn ex / Bailando con mi ex

Neal Leemput & De Studio

dates

Fri 11.09, 20:30

tickets

Sat 12.09, 16:00

tickets

Basic €22 | Students €11 | Paspartoe | Article 27

location

Beursschouwburg

duration

70 min.

language

English, Dutch, Spanish & French

Surtitles: Dutch & English

Info

From the WijkJury report:

What makes this production exceptional in the jury's view is its social relevance and the mutual respect at the heart of the piece. As one jury member put it: "You don't think about these stories until you find yourself in one." "This needs to be heard! Because so many people go through this every day!"

Grindr, 2020. I tap a handsome man. He’s looking for friends and fun – meaning Netflix and chill. He’s from Latin America, but can be at my place in 10 minutes. More than a year and two rejected asylum applications later, we are in a relationship. Although now it has to be officially proven. That is the only way for us to be together. But how do you prove that something which exists is real? How do you avoid giving a disastrously wrong answer to a crucial question in a Kafkaesque cross-examination?

After “Dancing with My Mother”, Neal Leemput returns to the stage this time with – by now – his ex. Together they delve into their shared past and everything that came before it.

Credits

BY Neal Leemput, Danny de Jong and Gerson Jimenez Rivas | PERFORMERS Neal Leemput and Gerson Jimenez Rivas | PRODUCTION De Studio | LANGUAGES English, Dutch, Spanish & French (the sound bath of their living room) with surtitles

Review

"Dat maakt ‘Dansen Met Mijn Ex’ charmant, dynamisch en zelfs aanstekelijk. Met zijn visuele en tekstuele afwisseling, zijn brede smile ook, kan dit duet vlot een publiekslieveling worden."

—Wouter Hillaert, Pzazz