Charles Pas
PASIPHAË RODEO
Requiem for a Young Soul is a gripping, cinematic dance performance by Charles Pas about how coping with untimely loss can lead to intimacy and resilience.
Guided by a raw, atmospheric post rock/shoegaze soundtrack, two bodies lose themselves in the tug of war between love and grief. How can one help the other when both are frozen in pain? How can we gallop like young foals again? Who am I without the other? What am I living for?
An emotional, disorienting chase through memories. Enigmatic visions, shattering and refracting light, shadows in darkness. Both the performers and the audience are entranced by a space where past and present collide.
Requiem for a Young Soul is a plea for the strength of heart in the midst of suffering, for a haven where you simultaneously can be lost and found .
‘Young Spirits Never Die’ - Yann Bronder
Direction: Charles Pas • Performance: Melyn Chow en Pleuni Veen • Light design: Thomas Glorieux • Composition: Rint Mennes • Costume: Pleuni Veen • Image: Lonneke van der Palen • Title: Marta Lietti • Technical Production: Thomas Glorieux • Business director: Ada de Mol van Otterloo • Production: Stichting A Fully Coherent Plan • Coproduction: Feikes Huis, Theater aan de Rijn, Kunstencentrum Nona, Over Het IJ • Many thanks to: Misha Demoustier, Erik Kaiel, Eylül Fidan Akıncı, Peter Hendrikx, Bart Vanvoorden, Lisbeth Gruwez • With support from Fonds Podiumkunsten, Gemeente Amsterdam, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, NORMA Fonds