KOMMA with Rohiet Tjon Poen Gie
@ Park
Rohiet Tjon Poen Gie (1990) grew up in Suriname. He is an urban dancer known for his own dance style, using styles such as breaking and popping complemented by other influences. At a very young age, he took lessons in ballet, street dance and hip-hop and travelled abroad to dance and battle. This earned him several awards. In 2009, he decided to make his passion his profession and after studying dance in both Amsterdam and Tilburg, he auditioned for "DOX" and worked with the choreographers like Elvis Sebiko (Black Roots foundation), Giovanni Vreede, Blenard Azizaj (a dancer of Akram Khan Dance Company), Shailesh Bahoran and many others.
He invited Edurne Echaide Lopetegui to do a duet.
Edurne Echaide Lopetegui (ES) begon streetdance te dansen toen ze 7 jaar oud was en bleef experimenteren met hedendaagse dans. In juli 2021 studeerde ze af in Fine Arts en behaalde een residency aan de Utopian Music School om haar eigen onderzoek te ontwikkelen. Verder begon ze haar stages bij dansgezelschap DOOS Colectivo en is ze nu student dans bij Fontys.
They reacted to the exhibition Is Pas d'Espace by Maud van den Beuken, Loek Grootjans and Margot Zweers. They worked in PARK in week 45 and the performance took place on 13 November.
Saturday 13 November
Park, Tilburg, Netherlands
Rohite: 'I chose to do a duet for this project or piece that is about space because I found it easier to translate than with a solo.
What inspired me was how our human emotions can have an impact on space. Sexual energy, hatred, playfulness. But also how you present yourself and what kind of clothes you have on. Where you stand in space. How you behave in a particular space of which we have certain expectations.
Then there is the element of music, how that affects the space, each track has a different feel and fills the space in a different way.'