Danstheater AYA & MAAT Saxophone Quartet
Soundscape / electronics composition / design for a dance theatre performance by Ryan Djojokarso, made for a young audience (ages 8 and up). In collaboration with MAAT Saxophone Quartet for whom Daniel Ferreira wrote compositions and arrangements, with the electronics and MAAT’s live music coming together in many places.
About
LOEV is a dance performance with live music, about love and connection. About liking someone so much that you can’t stand still. About friendship and wanting to belong. This playful performance with four dancers and four musicians shows that love is stronger than hate in every sort of way.
Love is a verb. Because you can learn to love.
Love contributes to solidarity, empathy and growth. And love can bridge differences.
In LOEV the performers first do everything they can to impress the other. They move about like strange species. They parade around playing, whistling, honking and showing off. One shyly and cautiously presents a feather as a gift. Another plays it too rough and is corrected. Who impresses whom? Who mirrors whom? Emotions run high. Higher and higher… Will it all work out?
Credits
Choreography & direction: Ryan Djojokarso
Performers: Simon Mual, Thersa Bergmann, Sam Corver, Thu Hằng Phạm, Daniel Ferreira (soprano saxophone) Catarina Gomes (alto saxophone and vocals) Pedro Silva (tenor saxophone) and Mafalda Oliveira (baritone saxophone)
Composition and arrangements: Daniel Ferreira
Soundscapes (& electronic composition): Jorg Schellekens
Light design & scenography: Ate Jan van Kampen
Dramaturgy: Jappe Groenendijk
Production management: Kristy Ilyas, Philippe Vansweevelt
LOEV is a co-production of Danstheater AYA and MAAT Saxophone Quartet
Première
14 March 2025, Jeugdtheater De Krakeling (Amsterdam, NL)