T.r.a.s.h.

A portrait of t.r.a.s.h.

Created for the presentation of the Dansprijs 2009, awarded by the Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds Noord-Brabant.

T.r.a.s.h. is known for its dynamic and uncompromising performances and an often violent motional language. Elegance and subtle movement go side by side with explosive dance. Kristel van Issum (choreographer): “T.r.a.s.h. creates performances about the quest of a soul for a body. Individuals engaging into a body and disappearing, determining the sculpture and sound of a body”.

Along with composer Arthur van der Kuip, assistant choreography Guilherme Miotto and set designer Paul van Weert, Van Issum carries out an artistic concept that is based on the pulse of time, exposing human beings, their struggle and their fate with the use of images of decay, violence, isolation and alienation.

In the film the international cast reflects on the collective devellopment of their raw and vigorous motional language. Along with classically oriented music and a specific style of set design T.r.a.s.h. creates an alienating forceful form of dance theatre.