Jens van Daele

NachtHexen IV: Battre

In theaters from January 2021; NachtHexen IV: Battre Strong women in tough times: two dancers fight hard for what they are worth. Jens Van Daele was very successful in Europe and Canada in 2010 with “Battre le Fer / Battre le Noir”: “A powerful, unpolished duet.” (★★★★ Theater newspaper) Now a thorough remake is coming to the Netherlands, as the fourth part of the ‘NachtHexen’ series. Patricia van Deutekom and Marijn van der Sande, two figureheads of the Burning Bridges company, don’t budge an inch. They blindly engage in battle: eye-for-eye, tooth-for-tooth. A tough, raw and physical fight in which the goal is lost and in the end only losers can be seen. For many a well-known phenomenon that causes this piece to arrive. Rough dance to exciting music by Greg Smith and Richard van Kruysdijk; a live dance concert that heads towards a draw. Jens van Daele flirts with danger in brutal movement language. Also recommended for music and theater lovers! Under the motto “stories about strong women in tough times”, Jens van Daele focuses with his company Burning Bridges on a cycle in which the Russian NachtHexen (a group of female resistance heroines in World War II) form the basis as an overarching whole. Central are feminine energy, courage, strength, perseverance, compassion and (no) regrets.