WHYNOT X BIMHUIS: MUSIC MEETS DANCE

TANATE X PAYNE & ARPINI | TRAN X PELSER | DOBYSH X HONG | WESSELS X SINAY

Dancers and musicians express the art of being in the moment, in four performances.

Thursday 12 Dec
Start 20:30
Tickets €16 - €19
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After last year's success, WhyNot x Bimhuis are back on Thursday, 12 December with an evening filled with exciting and unexpected duets! 

Four performances, each featuring a dancer and one or two musicians, improvising freely. This could well be the start of wonderful new collaborations. And a compelling experience for the audience. Together with Bimhuis, we have linked up these renowned performers: dancers Jefta Tanate, Tuan Tran, Alesya Dobysh, Lucinda Wessels and musicians Alistair Payne, Marta Arpini, Yanna Pelser, Sun-Mi Hong and Rafael Devánte Sinay. 

We can't wait to see what they will bring to the stage ????. 

After the performances, DJ Stijn van Beek will play some soulful tracks in the Bimhuis café. 

Jefta Tanate X Alistair Payne & Marta Arpini

Jefta Tanate is a prize-winning dancer. Soon after his internship at Scapino Ballet he created several solo performances, followed by his first productions Even Onions Don’t Make Me Cry and DOMELESS. Now he will interact with the expressive tone and out-of-the-box-attitude of trumpeter Alistair Payne, and the challenging melodies and colorful orchestrations of singer-songwriter Marta Arpini.

Lucinda Wessels x Rafael Devánte Sinay

Lucinda Wessels has danced in major productions in various genres, from street dance to ballet. She even performed in the opera How ANANSI freed the stories of the world by Nationale Opera & Ballet. Young guitarist Rafael Devánte Sinay is making a name for himself in the jazz world with his band SMANDEM. with which he performed at international festivals such as North Sea Jazz.

Tuan Tran x Yanna Pelser

Dancer Tuan Tran has his origins in hip-hop and is always curious for more. He danced works by renowned choreographers such as Conny Janssen and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Yanna Pelser is a classically trained violist who also uses her voice. She played viola in various ensembles, including in pop and jazz, and recorded tracks for major stars like David Guetta and will.i.am.

Alesya Dobysh X Sun-Mi Hong

Alesya Dobysh combines her background in street, house and en battle dance scenes with performance art, theatre, visual art and sound art. Through experimenting with various forms she develops her own choreographies. In the work of drummer Sun-Mi Hong we hear catchy melodies and dramatic outbursts, alongside impressionistic patterns and irregular time signatures.

Tuan Tran dance, Yanna Pelser viola Alesya Dobysh dance, Sun-Mi Hong drums Lucinda Wessels dance, Rafael Devánte Sinay guitar Jefta Tanate dance, Marta Arpini vocals, Alistair Payne trumpet