Hitting True North

première 7 december 2019

‘Feet roll rhythmically, but just a little tougher and wider-legged than the classical Indian dance tradition dictates. Their fingers and wrists curl, threatening and graceful. Their torsos, too, are not sculpted in straight postures, as is usual in the Kathak and Bharatanatyam, but vibrate, wave, shake and even make a pike dive and handstand.’

4 dancers from all over the globe are in search of finding their true north. To be able to connect with their personal compass, the beaten track and delusions of the day need to be defied during their inner journey to the core. In the rituals and the powerful live-music of Oene van Geel and Oleg Fateev they find a navigator but also a saboteur. In this latest piece by choreographer and anthropologist Kalpana Raghuraman, she examines how people relate to constant changes. In her performances, Indian dance language is combined with contemporary dance and live music is a fixed part of the whole.

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‘Feet roll rhythmically, but just a little tougher and wider-legged than the classical Indian
dance tradition dictates. Their fingers and wrists curl, threatening and graceful. Their torsos, too,
are not sculpted in straight postures, as is usual in the Kathak and Bharatanatyam, but vibrate, wave,
shake and even make a pike dive and handstand.’
— Trouw

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Credits

choreography
Kalpana Raghuraman

concept 
Kalpana Raghuraman & Gysèle ter Berg

dancers
Indu Panday / Gino Taytelbaum / Lars de Vos / Goda Zukauskaité

live music and composition
Oleg Fateev (Bayan)
Oene van Geel (Altviolist)

light & set
Jeffrey Steenbergen

costumes
Aziz Bekkaoui

artistic advice
Beppie Blankert / Serge Aimé Coulibaly

many thanks to
Stef Avezaat / Andrew van Esch / Roy de Hair / Marjet van Os / Erik Pals / Daniël van Veen / Rob van den Broek

Funds & Sponsors

Hitting True North is a Kalpanarts production in collaboration with Korzo Theater and CC Amstel and is financially supported by the Municipality of The Hague, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, The Performing Arts Fund NL and Fund 21