Concept and choreography: Simon Bus & Alesya Dobysh

Performers: Eloy Cojal Mestre, Kajoinboi, Balder Hansen, Liam McCall

Sound design: Boris de Klerk

Lighting design: Erik van de Wijdeven

Technician: Mathijs Geraerts

A production of DansBrabant in co-production with SHIFFT, co-sponsored by Norma Fund, iCoDaCo (a project made possible courtesy of Creative Europe) and Bailys Beads Foundation.

AWOL

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At AWOL three dancers search for what it means to live in a society of strict rules and set standards. Three men trapped in a system. Military discipline, tight suits, camaraderie and competition.

The performance exposes the tension between individuality and uniformity, between vulnerability and authority. What happens when you break free from a structure dominated by power and expectations? What if a perfectly trained body begins to falter?

Dobysh and Bus thus prove themselves once again as the strong professionals they are. Like William Forsythe does with ballet, in AWOL they take the dance techniques they are masters of out of context (performers and creators come from the world of club and street styles). They bend these to their will to shine as abstract 'language'." -Theatre newspaper critic's choice by Jordi Ribot Thunnissen September 2025 (read more here)

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