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  • REVOLT – The Manifest

  • Juffenballet

  • VICTORY

  • I CAN SEE MYSELF THROUGH YOUR EYES

  • Error Humanum

  • Mommy Issues

  • OMGYES

  • WE HAVE TO TALK

  • SHE/HER

  • Mum’s The Word

  • Partymonster

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REVOLT – The Manifest

REVOLT – The Manifest is an ongoing research that will result in the theatre performance REVOLT (14+) in 2021. Through workshops with young people, Cecilia will research activism, collective lies, social conformity and the psychological repercussions of these themes. How can they make they voice heard? What are the topics close to these young people’s hearts? How to stay critical in times of ongoing insecurity and political distress? The research takes place in different cities in the Netherlands: Maastricht, Groningen, Rotterdam, Tilburg and Amsterdam.

REVOLT – The Manifest is a coproduction between Stichting Cecilia Moisio, Maas theater en dans and the Dutch Dance Days.
Made possible by BankGiro Loterij Fonds, Fonds 21, Cultuurmakersfonds

Concept, direction, choreography: Cecilia Moisio

Texts: Elfie Tromp

Music: Marlon PennD.O.P.: Paul Sixta

Producer:  Hedi Legerstee

The first edition in Maastricht was made in lockdown style and resulted in a manifest-dance-movie that premiered on 5th of October 2020 at the Dutch Dance Festival Digital. In 2019 Cecilia won the Dutch Dance Days Young Audience Award for her concept of REVOLT.

Performers movie: Katarzyna Sitarz, Kiyan Khoshoie, Yulia Kalinchenko, Serano Pinas, Marlon Penn, Irene de Kok, Rowan Kievits, Yun-Yu Chang, Zora Westbroek, Malinda Wolfs, Daria Titova
Editor: Joey van Noortwijk
Audio post production: Nezar Tarik

The second edition in Groningen consisted of workshops and interviews with local young people. In collaboration with Jonge Harten Festival and VRIJDAG.

Participants Groningen: Carmen Mireille Tonkens, Chanel Jugwels, Evy Kleen, Isa Janse, Lis Wolfkamp, Niels van Rijswijk, Noor van Tuijl, Ronja Krüger, Silke Stelwagen

Assistants Cecilia: Katarzyna Sitarz, Yulia Kalinchenko

Teaser & mini-docu: Paul Sixta

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Juffenballet

JUFFENBALLET (6+)

OVER DE GEHEIME WERELD ACHTER HET SCHOOLBORD

De schooljuf. Een vertrouwd figuur die dagelijks voor de klas staat, dingen op het bord schrijft en geduldig schriften controleert. Maar wat doet ze als je het klaslokaal verlaat? Is de juffrouw dan nog wel een juf? En waar gaat ze dan naar toe? Wat is het geheime leven achter het schoolbord?

In Juffenballet blijkt de koffiekamer een portal naar een andere wereld. In de maneschijn ontmoet een stel juffen elkaar op een open plek in het bos. Ze gebruiken het huiswerk om een fikkie te stoken, dansen wild en uit de maat en brouwen mengsels en geniepige plannetjes. Plannetjes om de schooldirectrice, een oude hippie met flowerpoweridealen, van de troon te stoten. Ze willen de school vernieuwen met strakke regels en prestatiedruk. Een strijd tussen vrijheid en orde barst los. Maar dan komt er een nieuwe juf. Kan zij de boel redden?

Gooi Harry Potter, de heksen van Roald Dahl, Superjuffie en De Luizenmoeder op een hoop en je hebt Juffenballet. Een bokkig avonturenverhaal voor 6+ waarin het klaslokaal net zo makkelijk een wild bos kan zijn. Waarin juffen overdag het goede voorbeeld geven, maar na het luiden van de schoolbel hun haren losgooien. Een voorstelling voor de hele familie met veel dans, vette decorwisselingen, humor en af en toe een spannend liedje.

TOUR
25 Jan 2018 –  29 April 2020

info and tickets
www.maastd.nl/juffenballet

IDEA&DIRECTION: René Geerlings TEXT&ADVICE: Moniek Merkx CHOREOGRAPHY: Cecilia Moisio COMPOSITION: Reinier van Harten PERFORMERS: Manon Nieuweboer, Serano Pinas, Isabelle Houdtzagers, Roosmarijn Luyten, Sabrina NaberMacnack, Luuk Weers, Katarzyna Sitarz, Yulia Kalinchenko DECOR: Sanne Danz COSTUMES: Judith de Zwart HAIR&MAKE-UP: Tessa Hornstra LIGHT DESIGN: Remko van Wely DRAMATURGY: Judith Faas ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR: Millie Lijbers TECHNIQUE: Peter Raaijmakers, Frans Baudoin, Klim Nelissen, Tinus Christiaans HAIR&MAKEUP: Tessa Hoornstra PRODUCTION: Judith Oostrom PHOTO’S: Kamerich&Budwilowiwtz/EYES

Juffenballet is a co-production of Maas theater and dans en Bonte Hond.

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VICTORY

VICTORY

by Cecilia Moisio

Produced by Maas theater en dans i.c.w. Hit Me Productions

An ode to failure. 

You miss a deadline. You’re abandoned. You forget something important. Your life is full of small and bigger defeats. The world around us praises winners and doesn’t look lightly upon losers. We learn to shine and score, yet it’s utterly hard for us to fail. We lie about it, we try to hide it in our shame. When things go wrong our perfect exterior crumbles, we can not share it with others, Facebook or the world. 

Victory is a physical theatre performance on failure and our fear of it. Can we be honest about what we feel? Can something seemingly negative be turned into something which promotes change and growth within us? We love to laugh at other peoples failures, but can we also laugh at ourselves? 

With a mix of dance, theatre and slapstick the four performers and one musician fall in high tempo from one failure to the next. Typical characteristics of failure are transformed into movement: comical or even desperately painful. Mistakes are celebrated as the failures become bigger, better or even virtuosic. 

TOUR
2 Nov 2018 – 16 Feb 2019

info and tickets
www.maastd.nl/victory

Concept, choreography, direction: Cecilia Moisio

With: Yulia Kalinchenko, Kiyan Khoshoie, Serano Pinas, Katarzyna Sitarz & Marlon Penn (live music) 
Understudies: Catarina Ribeiro, Tijmen Teunissen, Shannon Andrea Belotti

Compositions: Marlon Penn

Video, light design: Mark Thewessen

Soundscapes: Joni Vanhanen

Scenography: Cecilia Moisio

Execution scenography: Diana Roos, Dorine van IJsseldijk

Production: Hedi Legerstee

Artistic assistant / rehearsal director: Erin Harty

Photography: Phile Deprez

Teaser: Thomas Bos

Registration & trailer: Paul Sixta

Victory is made possible by Fonds 21, Gemeente Rotterdam, Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds / Aurora Fonds, Janivo Stichting,  Stichting Elise Mathilde.

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I CAN SEE MYSELF THROUGH YOUR EYES

I Can See Myself Through Your Eyes

A critical duet

Director and choreographer Cecilia Moisio and vocal improviser Ineke Vandoorn explore systems of power and gaze in their duet I Can See Myself Through Your Eyes. In today’s society, uncensored speech has become a norm and easy digital access has given each individual a voice. These parallels create a challenge, especially as an artist: how do we deal with constant critique? And do we change our behaviour when we know we are being watched?

Typical for Moisio’s work, the performance zooms in on the human psyche from a sociological standpoint, and transfers this to a theatrical form and choreographic space. Vandoorn translates this to music that gives voice to the inner world of both performers. As they exchange practices, they create a new language that incorporates both voice and movement. The result is an original, multidisciplinary experience, dance performance and concert in one, posing the existential question: Are we autonomous people or just a mirrored image of the opinions others have of us?

concept & performance Cecilia Moisio and Ineke Vandoorn dramaturgy Vincent Wijlhuizen music Ineke Vandoorn choreography Cecilia Moisio soundscapes Joni Vanhanen video Mark Thewessen light design Reynoud van der Molen technique Reynoud van der Molen, Bauke Moerman & Jaap Schledorn marketing Marjo van Lijssel & Bora Sirin production & acquisition Hedi Legerstee business management Diana Roos photography Sofie Knijff & Bart Grietens campaign design Esther Noyons registration & trailers Paul Sixta with support of Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, BNG cultuurfonds and Dansmakers Amsterdam special thanks Hofplein Rotterdam

I Can See Myself Through Your Eyes is a production by Stichting Cecilia Moisio.

 

DATES & VENUES

Premiere: 26 January 2018, Theater Kikker, Utrecht, The Netherlands                         TICKETS

                   27 January 2018, Theater Kikker, Utrecht, The Netherlands                           TICKETS

            6 February 2018, Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam, The Netherlands                      TICKETS

       8 February 2018, Schouwburg de Lawei, Drachten, The Netherlands                     TICKETS

15 February 2018, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands               TICKETS

                15 June 2018, Theater Korzo, The Hague, The Netherlands                                TICKETS

           21-23 June 2018, Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands                       TICKETS

       6 July 2018, Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam, The Netherlands                                        TICKETS

 

 

 

“You can feel how deeply critique touches a human being in I Can See Myself Through Your Eyes.” **** (Volkskrant)

” Wonderful performance, meaningful work”  ****  (Theaterkrant)

 

 

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Error Humanum

ERROR HUMANUM by Cecilia Moisio
Premiere 14 June 2017, Kuopio, Finland

Error Humanum speaks of how failure doesn’t want to be admitted or displayed. Society teaches us to be survivors and winners, that only succeeding is a positive thing. We learn to hide our feelings, become individualists who never needs others. The survival techniques to cope with failure are unfamiliar to us. Can a seeming failure become a success by approaching it in a different way?
Three strong performers manoeuvre at a speeding pace from one failure to the next: they are frustrated, desperate but also amusing. Error Humanum is an ode to our fear of failure and endless incompetence. Error Humanum is a contradiction between our actions and speech, hilarious determination and a fall into disgrace.

Concept, direction and choreography: Cecilia Moisio
Performers: Sannamaria Kuula, Antti Lahti and Lasse Forsgren
Texts: Cecilia Moisio, Sannamaria Kuula, Antti Lahti and Lasse Forsgren
Music: Joni Vanhanen
Light and video: Ainu Palmu
Costumes and props: Ella Suuronen
Decor: Jari Hautamäki
Photography: Petra Tiihonen
Trailer: Kim Saarinen
Production: team and Itä-Suomen Tanssin Aluekeskus
Funded by: Taiteen Edistämiskeskus, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto and Pohjois-Savon Rahasto

 

 

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Mommy Issues

Mommy Issues by Cecilia Moisio 

Mommy Issues, a theatre and dance piece choreographed for the Bytom-based company ROZBARK by Cecilia Moisio. The piece was produced in collaboration with the Institute of Music and Dance as part of the Choreographic Commissions 2016 programme.

Cecilia Moisio’s piece touches upon such issues as love, lies, dependence on parents and letting go of the past. The personal experience of performers starring in Mommy Issuesact as a starting point for Moisio’s story. The stage is filled with rooms in which male dancers interpret various behaviours, emotions and psychological patterns rooted in their family houses.

Mommy Issues is based on the concept of the Oedipus complex, introduced by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. This psychoanalytical notion implies a child desires a sexual relationship with a parent of the opposite sex, thus sparking a rivalry with the parent of the same sex as the child. According to the theory, the rivalry stage is vital for the proper development of boys and lays an important foundation for their interactions and relationships in adult life. The Oedipus complex is perceived as the apex of the individual’s drive for success and love.

With Mommy Issues Cecilia Moisio continues her inquiry into psychological patterns within the family structure. She began to work on this issue in 2015 with Mum’s The Wordand the dance film SHE/HER, in which she explored the mother-daughter relationship. In Mommy Issues, Moisio will delve into the masculine perspective, examining how each performer deals with the eponymous question in their own life. What are the repercussions of being stuck in a dysfunctional mother-son relationship? How do men express (or repress) their problems? Can they address their fears and their past, or will they hold it all up within? Text, movement, acting and voice production will be interconnected within a powerful and emotionally charged performance, intended to encourage the audience to contemplate their own familial relationships and the patterns that inform them.

Choreography and direction: Cecilia Moisio 
Performers: Angelika Tomasiak, Artur Bieńkowski, Kamil Bończyk, Szymon Dobosik, Kamil Pilarski, Alexey Torgunakov, Piotr Mateusz Wach
Artistic director: Anna Piotrowska
Music: Joni Vanhanen 
Costumes and scenography: Cecilia Moisio
Light design: Pawel Murlik
Technique: Dastin Greczyło, Marcin Aleksiej, Bartosz Napieracz
Video edit: Mark Thewessen and Aleksander Joachimiak
Trailers: Aleksander Joachimiak
Photos: Krzysztof Kadis

Premiere: 26 November 2016

Length: 65minutes

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OMGYES

OMGYES by Cecilia Moisio

Created for the FAM programme of Tanzmainz, Germany.

In OMGYES two women delve into the sexual psychology of women and the feminine meanings behind the word ‘yes’. What does the word ‘yes’ mean as a concept and for women in a societal context? Admitting to pleasure and your urges is not often allowed for women: How do we deal with this constant conflict between protecting ourselves versus totally letting go?

With OMGYES Cecilia Moisio wants to confront the public with the contradiction of over-sexualising the female body on one hand while totally denying the vulva and it’s biological functions on the other. In our society, women are portrayed as highly sexualised beings that evoke feelings of fantasy and desire that are shown in all aspects of media. But contemporary women don’t want to be seen as victims of  their own gender but want to acknowledge their sexuality as something valuable and individual. OMGYES speaks about these taboo’s and looks at the female sexual urges in an informative, funny, raw and emotional way.

Choreography, direction and text: Cecilia Moisio

Performers: Alessandra Corti and Ada Daniele

Music: Joni Vanhanen

Costumes and props: Lucia Vonrhein

Photos: Andreas J. Etter

Premiere: 19 September 2016

Length: 27minutes

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WE HAVE TO TALK

WE HAVE TO TALK

WE HAVE TO TALK is a movement-monologue for five women at the brink of a decision: the ending of a relationship and all the reasons for it. They explain themselves, accuse, pull back, lie and release. Text and movement come together to give a comment on our behaviour in love and how we can lie to ourselves just to find a way out. An ode to the confrontation of our fear of commitment. WE HAVE TO TALK is based on the solo IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S ME Cecilia made for herself in 2013.
Choreography, direction and text: Cecilia Moisio
Performers: Elaine Gadet, Merle Schiebergen, Tess Brekelmans, Hannah Rogerson, Naomi Rivana
Music: Joni Vanhanen
Length: 15 minutes

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SHE/HER

SHE/HER is a film about the balance of power and the deep underlying emotions of a mother-daughter relationship: the uncertainties, manipulation, dependence and ultimately love.

10 minute cross disciplinary dansfilm SHE/HER made by choreographer Cecilia Moisio and director Sonja Wyss and the support of Mediafonds, Fonds voor Podimkunst, NTR, Cinedans.

The leading roles: Lineke Rijxman and Jorijn Vriesendorp. 

Premiere 19 March 2016 during Cinedans Festival in Amsterdam. 


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Mum’s The Word

Mum’s The Word, meaning to keep a secret and not to tell anybody, is a performance about mothers and daughters. The complex bond that already starts in the womb, the secrets and the behavior between mother and daughter. In a house full of memories these personal stories are brought to light. Moisio challenges the audience to reflect on the most basic form of love.
Mum’s The Word speaks about taboos like manipulation, jealousy and hidden rivalry. But it also speaks about the intimacy and the emotional inheritance that is passed on from generation to generation and forms a fundamental element of our behavior and our look upon life.

After the successful performances Juxtapose and L.O.V.E. Cecilia Moisio now comes with Mum’s The Word, a full-length dance and theater performance for four generations of female performers.

Cecilia Moisio is artist in residence at the production house Dansmakers Amsterdam. In 2014 she received the Award of the Dutch Dance Festival in Maastricht for upcoming choreographic talent. Mum’s The Word, as part of this prize, will premiere at the Dutch Dance Festival 2015 in Maastricht.

 

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Premiere 3 October 2015 Nederlandse Dansdagen

Concept, choreography and direction: Cecilia Moisio
Performers: Arnica Elsendoorn, Sylvia Poorta, Soosan Gilson, Katarzyna Sitarz and Yulia Kalinchenko
Video and light design: Mark Thewessen
Set Design: Malin Moisio
Music: Joni Vanhanen
Advice acting: Vincent Wijlhuizen
Artistic advice: Suzy Blok
Technique: Marcel Slagter
Production/tour management: Hit Me Productions​
Publicity: Lisa Reinheimer, Lisette Brouwer
Coach Singing: Ineke van Doorn
Costumes: Margot Koudstaal a.o.
Photography: Jamain Brigitha – Associatives & Jochem Jurgens

 

Supported by De Nederlandse Dansdagen, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, BNG Bank

 

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Partymonster

Sleazy, hard and dirty. This summer Marcus Azzini and Toneelgroep Oostpool will make a big performance for the Parade festival and it’s 25th jubilee. Partymonster combines theatre, dance, music and performance to give an ode to the night and the perfect high. The piece is based on the infamous Club Kid, Michael Alig who was a provocative figure in the New York party scene of the 90’s. He crated extravagant parties with endless freedom for self-expression that broke all the rules. In the night nothing is impossible until he pushes himself to the limits and murders one of his co- Club Kids. Patymonster will tour four cities during the Parade festival: Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht and Amsterdam

Premiere: 18 June 2015 at Parade Rotterdam

Director: Marcus Azzini

Choreography: Cecilia Moisio

Music: Joost van Bellen

Text: Hannah van Wieringen

Actor: Nik van den Berg

Performance: Dennis Vanderbroeck/Bas Kosters Studio, Anton van der Sluis, Joep Hendrikx

Dance: Luca Cacitti, Johannes Lindh, Lorenzo Capiodeci and Pedro Alves

Photo’s: Sanne Peper

 

 

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Y.E.S.

Y.E.S.

Y.E.S. is a movement and voice performance that dives into one of our most basic psychological needs: to feel happiness. An emotional rollercoaster through boundless euphoria and our quest to make the positive feelings in our lives last. What do we find when these emotions are magnified and held on to for too long? Does real joy exist without its counterpart, sadness? Y.E.S. is based on a part of Cecilia’s latest evening length piece L.O.V.E. and adapted to the 2nd year students of Modern Theatre Dance of the Theater school of Amsterdam.

Premiere: 10 June 2015

Choreography and Direction: Cecilia Moisio

Music: Joni Vanhanen & Geert Oddens

Assistants: Karin Frankel & Erin Harty

Rehearsal director: John Taylor

Photo’s: Nellie de Boer

 

 

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