In the original production of Memory Loss, the last in The Memory Collection trilogy, there are fifteen performers on stage. Their roles alternate between playing a patient with Alzheimer’s, a volunteer caregiver and a researcher. This production is nominated for the most impressive dance production of the 2019/2020 season.
In a new ‘corona-proof’ version, Memory Loss Fragments, eight performers emphasize the alienating experience of memory loss even more because of the fragmented structure. Although the production follows the original course of the piece, parts of it have become memories which can only be seen on a large screen. In the set the performers and the musician interact with real-time shots and memories on screen. A puzzle which is as intriguing as it is alienating.
concept, choreography and directed Ann Van den Broek
original cast Ann Van den Broek, Frauke Mariën, Nik Rajšek, Marion Bosetti, Jean-Gabriel Maury, Carla Guerra, Kamil Pilarski, Anthony van Gog
music composition Nicolas Rombouts, Gregory Frateur, Ann Van den Broek
lyrics Gregory Frateur
video and lighting design Bernie van Velzen
set design Niek Kortekaas
styling costumes Marielle Vos, Ann Van den Broek
artistic assistance Gregory Frateur
source material ‘Brein en Branie: Een pionier in Alzheimer’, Prof. Christine Van Broeckhoven and ‘Verdwaald in het geheugen Paleis: Hoe te leven met dementie’, Nathalie Carpentier
photography Rio Staelens
WArd/waRD
| Date | City | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | Memory Loss Fragments | Den Haag (NL), Theater aan het Spui / CaDance – cancelled | |
| 30 Jan 2021 | Memory Loss Fragments | Den Haag (NL), Theater aan het Spui / CaDance – cancelled | |
| 19 Dec 2020 | Memory Loss Fragments | Rotterdam (NL), TR Schouwburg – 20.15 uur, cancelled | |
| 19 Dec 2020 | Memory Loss Fragments | Rotterdam (NL), TR Schouwburg – 16.00 uur, cancelled |
“Memory Loss is a personal document: sincere and moving. Cruel and loving”
– Jury VCSD dance prizes (NL)
“Memory Loss is an all-encompassing tour de force seething with buried emotions (…) Ann Van den Broek has found a terribly beautiful form for a terribly cruel disease.”
– de Volkskrant (NL)