MUUR

A group of people incessantly run up against a wall. They try to get as high as they can in an attempt to clear the wall, to get past it. Each time they retreat to gather strength for a renewed attempt, like waves beating against a rock. Fifteen performers trained in circus, physical theater, and free running try to overcome the wall, against all odds. Gradually, the individuals within the swarm become discernable. We hear the rhythm of their feat. Director Floor van Leeuwen from the theatre collective Schwalbe makes the energy of the group tangible. Then wild, then calm, but with a consistent resolve.

Floor van Leeuwen
Floor van Leeuwen creates and performs for theatre collective Schwalbe, part of Theater Rotterdam, which won the BNG New Makers Prize in 2014 for their performance Schwalbe zoekt Massa. Floor is also a performer with Third Space of Lotte van den Berg and Boogaerdt & Van Der Schoot amongst others. In Muur, her first offering as a director, she brings together on stage fifteen performers with backgrounds in disciplines such as circus, mime, and free running.