Live! Not To Be Missed. Touring Regionally
- Dance & performance
- Part of Aerowaves Twenty25
- Performance in English
- There will be a Q&A at the end of the performance.
60 min.
Info
Dolly Parton is everything. But out of everything, two things stand out.
She is loved by everyone. No matter your beliefs, age, gender, race, or star sign, she probably represents something to you. By being for everyone, she is a blank slate. In a way, she is no one.
Dolly also represents an idea of nostalgia that feels universal. She tells us that, in a world where things seem to become worse with each passing day, she can show us simplicity—a clean, warm, gentle world of memory—a world that possibly never existed.
Dolly is nobody and represents nothing, yet she is everything. This piece is not about Dolly.
Thanks to Keren for her unimaginable artistry. She, too, is everything.
Choreography / Composer: Paxton Ricketts
Dance /Collaborator: Keren Leiman
Text: Paxton Ricketts, Keren Leiman and Boston Gallacher
Dramaturgy: Marina Mascarell and Boston Gallacher
Music: Dolly Parton – Jolene /Wildflowers /Love Is Like a Butterfly
Light design: Lisette van der Linden
Marketing: Mitchell – lee Van Rooij
Production: Mirjam Zwanenburg
World premiere, December 16th, 2022 (Part of Here We Live and Now)Korzo Theater, The Hague.
Biography
Paxton Ricketts was born in Denmark and grew up in Canada. He trained at Arts Umbrella Dance from the age of 9 until 19. From 2014 to 2024, Paxton performed with Nederlands Dans Theater.
As a choreographer, he has participated in the Switch programme by NDT Dancers for every iteration since 2015. In 2022, he studied choreography under Crystal Pite at The Royal Ballet. In 2023 he participated in the Pioneer Project hosted by Korzo. Recently, Paxton has choreographed new works for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (Sweden) Kammerballetten (Denmark), NDT Summer Intensive (Netherlands), Fabula Collective (UK), Korzo Theater (Netherlands), Sonder Ensemble (Germany), Arts Umbrella Dance (Canada), HD Theatre (USA) Club Guy & Roni Spring Seminar (Netherlands), and Thorvaldsens Museum (Denmark). His work reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition.
Performance presented within the Aerowaves Program, co-funded by Creative Europe.
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