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.


 
   
Beppie Blankert Archive now on line

The Special Collections Department of the University of Amsterdam and Stichting TIN (Theater in the Netherlands) put together the Theater Encyclopedia. Beppie's complete archive is now included in this public archive. Find it at http://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Beppie_Blankert

   
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