PINK PORTAL is the new evening length performance by Cecilia Moisio
premiered at Julidans in Amsterdam on the 11th July.

Call me by my name. Why don’t you call me by my name? 
Cherry
Cookie
Candy
Lady flower
Cupcake power
Cute little thingy
Love button
Wingy

PINK PORTAL is a tribute to where we all came from. An informative, funny but evenly emotional performance about the female body. From her first menstruation to her menopause. An all-female cast of women of different ages reflects on the control, criticism, worship and censorship that she has had to endure for centuries. 

PINK PORTAL is the next step in the line of activistic performances by choreographer and theatre maker Cecilia Moisio. The performance is designed to break taboos surrounding the female body and  sexuality and is a statement about where women find themselves in society anno 2022. 

“A powerful ode to the vulva (…) The multidisciplinary style is ingenious and varied, ranging from informative to humorous. (…) The dance (…) is strong and expressive. At the end, the soft extended cry of a newborn baby, is beautiful and moving”
– Theaterkrant

PINK PORTAL ON TOUR
2022/2023

Even if you missed Julidans this year, you still have a chance to see PINK PORTAL on tour through the Netherlands during the upcoming season! Find us in your city:

  • November 25 – Parktheater, Pand P  |  Eindhoven 
  • December 1 – De Nieuwe Vorst  |  Tilburg
  • December 8 – Theater aan de Rijn  |  Arnhem
  • January 11 – Theater Kikker  |  Utrecht
  • January 17 – Chassé Theater  |  Breda
  • January 18 – Maas Podium  |  Rotterdam
  • January 20 – Schouwburg de Lawei  |  Drachten
  • January 21 – Korzo  |  Den Haag
  • January 26 – Schouwburg Hengelo  |  Hengelo
  • January 28 –  INS BLAU  |  Leiden
  • March 3 – Machinefabriek Theater, SPOT |  Groningen
  • March 25 – LUX  |  Nijmegen / TICKETS
  • March 29 – Meervaart Theater |  Amsterdam / TICKETS

More dates to follow!

CREDITS:

Concept + direction + choreography: Cecilia Moisio
Performance: Katarzyna Sitarz, Yulia Kalinchenko, Gwen Langenberg, Kadri Tegelmann, Daria Titova, Bianca Casaburi & Renee Hijl
Text: Eva Maria de Wit
Decor: Marlies Schot
Light design: Mark Thewessen
Music: Joni Vanhanen
Costume design: Dorine van IJsseldijk, Jookje Zweedijk, Siris Koch
Video content: Paul Sixta
Marketing + communication: Marjo van Lijssel & Daria Titova
Management: Hedi Legerstee
Production management: Lynn Meijer, Gioya van Rees

Technique: Barry van Rooijen, Joey Egging
Photography: Bart Grietens
Campaign image: Sofie Knijff
Graphic design: Esther Noyons

Producer: Stichting Cecilia Moisio 
In collaboration with: Julidans, ccAmstel, ICK Amsterdam

Made possible by: The Performing Arts Fund NL, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Fonds 21, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, VriendenLoterij Fonds, Stichting Imperium

Special thanks to: Arnica Elsendoorn

The scenes and texts of PINK PORTAL are informed by the research process that happened not only through the laboratories with women of different ages and backgrounds and conversations about their experiences, but also through a wide and thorough theoretical and historical research. Even though some things you see on stage are ironic or exaggerated for the sake of theatricality, they are based on the true facts. We have collected all the things we learned from PINK PORTAL and now we would like to pass them on to you!

You can find them via the following link:

What PINK PORTAL taught us