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Dubbelspoor
returns in a new guise, as a tribute to Louis Andriessen,
who died in 2021. Andriessen wrote the music for Dubbelspoor. He loved the
work. There is a lot of
attention for him in the music world, but he was also a composer for the
theater. Therefor
this tribute.
Everyone knows the feeling of wanting to
disappear, of not being here in this place at this moment, out of fear or
shame or sadness or uncertainty. That feeling was the reason for the dance
performance Dubbelspoor in 1986, a performance about waiting, or more
precisely: the moment before you make an important decision.
What happens if, without knowing your
destination, you wait for a train that never stops? Is that actually you
sitting there on the platform? Where does the other person suddenly come
from? Where are we here and where are we going?
Now, in 2024/25, it is almost 40 years
after the first version of Double Track and the wait continues. The two
original performers (Carolien Dokter and Beppie Blankert) are still
sitting on the bench in a deserted station waiting for the train that
never stops.
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