Summer Dance Forever
Theatre Forever: Fresh Moves
Together with DeLaMar, hiphop dance festival Summer Dance Forever presents a night with fresh new talent from across Europe! In Power of Recall, Elise Richards and Aleyna Demir explore friendship, play and miscommunication through raw, expressive movement. Majeko’s Chasing Butterflies delves into the struggle between striving and simply being, in a world that demands constant motion. In Mirar, Iron Skulls unravel how perception shapes reality — how what we see is always colored by who we are. And in Jogo de Dentro, Kaê Brown Carvalho and Jerson Diasonama fuse hip hop and capoeira in a journey through their shared cultural roots. Want to know more? Stick around for the Q&A after the show and ask the dancers and choreographers some of your burning questions!
Sales are via the Summer Dance Forever website. Festival packages are available now, with individual tickets going on sale on Monday 2nd June at 3pm.
More Summer Dance Forever
Summer Dance Forever is one of the most important hiphop dance festivals in the world, with phenomenal dance performances all over Amsterdam. Enjoy another Theatre Forever-program in DeLaMar on August 20th.
All dates and tickets
August 2025
From € 20,00
| Festival Package | Tickets |
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| €192,00 | €20,00 |
Sales are via the Summer Dance Forever website. Festival packages are available now, with individual tickets going on sale on Monday 2nd June at 3pm.
About Elise Richards en Aleyna Demir - Power of Recall
A raw and playful duet exploring friendship, miscommunication, and the rhythms that hold us together. Rooted in hiphop, the piece blends various styles into a language of repetition and transformation. Power of Recall moves between frustration and laughter, vulnerability and connection.
About Majeko - Chasing Butterflies
This performance explores the tension between being and striving. In a world that glorifies productivity, the dancers navigate the space between ambition and presence. Through movement, they embody familiar struggles - self-doubt, pressure, and comparison - and pose a central question: Where is the balance between becoming and simply being? Co-created by the performers, this piece mirrors the human experience, inviting reflection, connection, and the reminder that we’re not alone in this journey.
About Iron Skulls: Mirar
Mirar is a duet that explores the relationship between the observer and the observed, questioning how our perception of others shapes the way we see - and exist in - the world. A gaze is never neutral; it weaves meanings, projects stories, and reshapes reality. It is not a passive act, but one that builds and modifies, a constant transformation in which perception becomes creation. What we see is filtered through experience, emotion, and context - revealing as much about ourselves as about what’s right before us.
About Kaê Brown Carvalho en Jerson Diasonama: Jogo de Dentro
Jogo de Dentro, literally translated as ‘the inner game’, tells the story of two individuals bound by a sense of predestined connection. Inspired by an Angolan capoeira game, the piece traces an internal journey from innocence to deeper self-awareness. Rooted in Black Lusophone culture from Brazil and Angola, the duo’s artistic expression explores their shared heritage, transporting us into a sensory, dreamlike universe. Memories resurface and color the present moment, as personal narratives and shared legacies intertwine on stage.
Power of Recall:
Dance and choreography: Elise Richards, Aleyna Demir
Music producer: Klimbié
Music: De La Soul, MF DOOM, 9th Wonder, TwizzdaWind
Chasing Butterflies:
Dance and choreography: Kaide Gonzalez, Marcus Larsson, Fredrika Burvall
Music: Giorgi Kuiper
Co-production: Norrlandsoperan, Dansnät Sverige, Attitudes
Co-funded by: the European Union
Mirar:
Dance: Deku Rojas, Nia Torres
Direction and choreography: Luis Muñoz
Music: Hris Stef
Co-production: Festival Hop, Iron Skulls Co, Attitudes
Co-funded by: the European Union
With the support of: Department of Culture, Generalitat de Catalunya
Jogo de Dentro:
Dance and choreography: Kaê Brown Carvalho, Jerson Diasonama
Music: Mackenzy Bergile
Light design: Anna Geneste
Fotography: Manolo Nikau
With the support of the City of Rennes within the framework of the Appel à projet Accueil en résidence artistique, the DRAC Bretagne within the framework of the aide à la création 2024, Attitudes.
Co-funded by: the European Union
With the support of: Théâtre de l’Arsenic (Lausanne), Auditorium de Seynod
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| Hall | Mary Dresselhuys hall |
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