Moving On!

Double Bill: Liza Sulaiman & Rosanna Ter Steege

Moving On!

Double Bill:
Iraqi Bodies - Liza Sulaiman
UIT|EEN|VAL II - Rosanna ter Steege

Plein Theater devotedly offers a platform for dance, performance and experiment. In our vision, we give talented makers the opportunity to develop and present themselves. Therefore we are very excited to collaborate with ICK Dans Amsterdam. ICK supports the development of young choreographic talent. They propose adventurous programming by a new generation of makers for a monthly dance evening at Plein Theater: Moving On!
With Moving On! we sustain as a stage for contemporary dance and pursue to act as a stepping stone for new, promising makers.

photo © Daniël Nicoletti

Iraqi Bodies - Liza Sulaiman

Liza Sulaiman (Netherlands, 1994) grew up in Amsterdam within an Iraqi and Belarussian family. At the age of twelve, she started taking hip-hop classes at Solid Ground Movement and danced in several productions from Alida Dors and Bryan Druiventak. After obtaining a Bachelor in Law (2015), Liza started at the Urban-Contemporary Dance department at Fontys University for Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg, where she graduated in Choreography (2021). The year following her graduation, Liza was supported by Theater DeSingel Antwerp and worked on projects within the Netherlands and Belgium.

Through her work, Liza wants to build a bridge towards the tragedy within ourselves and the world. The images we prefer to look away from, the untold stories and repressed feelings. Liza explores how we relate to our own body and other bodies within an unjust world. Despite the confrontational themes, Liza is interested in the nuance of things. Balancing on the border of turmoil and stillness, tragedy and comedy, chaos and control, distance and proximity, connection and disconnection. She attempts to illuminate and embody both the fragility and resilience of the human condition. With a poetic hope to (re)find the harmony within ourselves and with each other.

Liza got inspired by the concept of the 'fragmented body' from philosopher Jacques Lacan. A body that can be constructed by an imaginary anatomy. In Iraqi Bodies, Liza explores how the body moves when it exceeds its own anatomical borders. How it can adapt or defend itself from all circumstances that makes it vulnerable. The inviolable body as an utopia within a dystopian landscape.

UIT|EEN|VAL II - Rosanna ter Steege

Rosanna ter Steege (born 1986) is half Moluccan, half Dutch. Growing up within two cultures has given her her roots. She studied Danstheater Uitvoerend at Fontys University for Fine and Performing Arts where she left the premises in 2011 with her diploma in her pocket. Since then, she has worked as a freelance dancer and creator in the world of the arts. Writing has translated into a first autobiographical book.

UIT|EEN|VAL II sheds light on our mental state and what lies behind it. That which we often do not dare to share with each other, that which we downplay, because yes; ‘I'm not crazy, am I?! ' Recognition is key! The performance is inspired by Rosanna's autobiography. UIT|EEN|VAL II makes dissociative behavior visual. It takes you to events where the body reflects something different than the feeling and vice versa. Where body parts sometimes lead a different life and dissociate separately. Dancer and musician play on and against each other, with space for a touch of humor ;)

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