Resistance. Loss. Action. Stillness. A lonesome battle. A pounding relay race with no finish. Movement becomes a compulsive struggle to stay in control. Resisting the fleeting and the ephemeral. Bodies in resistance, bodies in surrender.

In Ann Van den Broek’s work, this comparable edginess is usually expressed indirectly through various themes. In Ohm the focus is on the concept of resistance and she strips her work of extraneous emotions to get to the core. The compelling style keeps the tangible resistance in the here and now. Ohm is like an endless tunnel. An absorbing and, ultimately, destructive sketch.

Ohm is a cover of ‘Mijn solo voor Marie (Vernietigd)’, meaning My Solo for Marie (Destroyed), created in 1997 by Marc Vanrunxt. He is an original Belgian creator who has been leaving his mark on the performance and dance world since the ’80s.

Niek Kortekaas designed a set inspired by the original design. Arne Van Dongen made a new music composition and the lighting design was by Bernie van Velzen.

choreography Ann Van den Broek
original cast Jan Martens, Cecilia Moisio, Judit Ruiz Onandi
performance steelplate Ann Van den Broek
music Arne Van Dongen
set design Niek Kortekaas
lighting design Bernie van Velzen
styling Ann Van den Broek
photography Maarten Vanden Abeele
premiere March 26, 2010, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)

Ohm is a WArd/waRD production (NL/B), commissioned and co-produced by COVER #2. With thanks to wpZimmer (BE), Kunst/Werk (BE), Marc Vanrunxt and Marie De Corte.

WArd/waRD

“With Ohm Ann Van den Broek reduces her movement language to the essence, but then accelerated to a radical rite.”

– Trouw (NL)