with (Roelant Koper) and Sonja (Hilde Elbers)
Friday and Saturday - August 22 and 23 - 8 PM - Suggested Donation: $10
We work from the two main characters of Dostojevski’s Crime and Punishment, that tells the story of Raskolnikov, a young student who murdered two women. Raskolnikov is a nihilist, he doesn’t believe in anything. He divides himself off of the rest of the world by the crime he has committed, untill Sonja, a young prostitute enters his world. Her love and believe brings Raskolnikov back to life again.

He confesses his sin to her.

- We will not tell the anecdotic story, but explore the two characters through our work.

- We want to research the themes of isolation (Raskolnikov isolates him from the rest of the world by what he has done) and of contact (Sonja who is trying to reach Raskolnikov)

- Isolation as in living inside of your head
and making contact, as in coming back into contact with your body.

Question: What happens if you divide yourself off of the rest of the world? What happens exactly? And what happens with time?

What happens if a person commits a sin? Does he feel the need to be forgiven?

Spoken languages will be a mixture of Dutch and English

Hilde Elbers: After completing a education in teaching sports and jazzdance she graduated from the Fontys Danceacademie in Tilbug Netherlands in 2003. As a freelance dancer she has worked with Galili Dance (nl), Conny Janssen Danst (nl), Liat Waysbort (nl), Giulia Mureddu (nl), Zappala Danza (it), Cie Linga (ch), Lonneke Van Leth (nl), Veronika Riz (it), Andre Gingras (nl) Gudrun Lange (ger), among others.
She also worked with Robert Wilson and created her own work together with Jasper Dzuki Jelen. Hilde also teaches modern dance workshops based on improvisation. www.myspace.com/hildeelbers

Roelant Koper is a graduate of the Artez Academy of Theater, 2008. He performed in film, dance/theater and theater including:A Seagul Tsjekov – Theatergroup Keesen en Co, The Lonely Road Arthur Schnitzler – Director Olivier Provily, Poetry International Rotterdam- ‘Heeft deze performance ook een titel?’ The Imaginary Invalid, Moliere – Director Christine Ewert, Mime Performance Inge te Rietsap – ‘elke gelijkenis met bestaande personen berust op toeval’ Theaterfestivals Belgium and Holland, Dance Theater Dox in the performance Eden location Theater Motel Mozaique Rotterdam – ‘The Sincere Murderer’

Linda Olthof studied acting at the ArtEZ Academy of Theater in Arnhem, the Netherlands. She received her Bachelors of Theater in 1995. After graduation she continued studying Body and Voice with Zygmunt Molik (from Jerzy Grotowski’s Theater Laboratory Poland) in Berlin. As an actress she worked with the Dutch Theatergroup Hollandia of Johan Simons (Münchner Kammerspiele) and Belgium Theatermaker Jan Fabre in Antwerp. Performed at stages throughout the whole of Europe (amongst Theatre de la Ville Paris, Theater Zerbrochene Fenster Berlin, Naional Art Centre Ottawa, Kaaitheater Brussels, Thalia Theater Budapest) She is the founder of Theatergroup Montana with whom she created the productions Man and Horse and The Fireangel.These productions went to stages in Holland, Belgium and Germany. Her latest theaterwork as an actress was production of Lars von Trier’s Dogville in the theater, she played the role of Liz, nominated for the public theater award of 2007. Director of physical theater and dance theater, she teaches at the Academy of Art and Dance Arnhem.

Tickets through Smarttix: 212-868-4444
or Theaterlab Box Office: 212-929-2545

Theaterlab, 137 W 14th Street, between 6th and 7th Aves.New York City