A sensorial journey towards perceiving (dance) beyond sight
Ismini Slijper – In collaboration with: Athina Botonaki & Dimitra Sofroniou
Cri(s)p is also performing at COMMON GROUNDS, an inclusive full-evening program at the Meervaart, organized by the Amsterdam Fringe Festival and the Nederlands Theater Festival. Here, various artists come together to present stories that are given too little space: honest, urgent, and full of vitality. Click HERE for more information.
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“I dreamt of being tender and brittle,
hard enough to be broken easily.
And as I cracked open, I could see
suddenly, very clearly,
through the tips of my fingers.
And as I observed the world around me carefully,
I could feel it saw me too.”
‘Cri(s)p’ is a multisensory dance performance accessible to people with and without visual impairments. A sensory journey that explores how dance can be experienced beyond the visual.
The performance immerses the audience in a stimulating universe, somewhere between urbanity and nature, where all senses are addressed equally. Bodily experience and rational knowledge intertwine, while intimacy, imagination and curiosity open new forms of understanding.
An exploration of sensory perception, language and interpretation; of what we (think we) see and understand, and how meaning can become a bodily experience (again).
Ismini Slijper (b. 1999) is a Greek–Dutch performer, choreographer, and cultural worker with a visual impairment, active across the Netherlands, Belgium, and Greece. She holds a BA in Contemporary Dance from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.
Her artistic practice centers on accessibility, multisensory perception, intimacy, imagination, and the exploration of alternative ways of “seeing” through the body. The projects she engages in foster collaboration, community and, above all, a sense of pleasure and care—both in the creative process and on stage.
In addition to her choreographic work, Ismini is co-founder of MountainFest, a platform curating cultural and artistic events around the theme of pleasure from a feminist perspective.
For her debut solo Cri(s)p, she collaborates with composer Dimitra Sofroniou and scenographer Athina Botonaki, two artists she met within the Athenian art scene.
Composition: Dimitra SofroniouScenography & costume: Athina BotonakiCostume: Athina BotonakiDramaturgy: Francisca RijkenCo-produced by: ICK Dans Amsterdam & Space for Dance ArtSupported by:Janivo StichtingOlland Buisman Stichting