| Makers | Multiple artists |
| Duration | 120 min |
| Part of | Language no problem |
Welcome to our Playground – Korzo’s creative playground!
At Playground, we celebrate the raw energy, boldness, and diversity of local talent.
This evening is a tribute to creators from The Hague: surprising, multifaceted, and full of character. Expect the unexpected—from dance to music, from circus to performance art. Our ‘playground’ reflects the creative soul of the city and serves as a platform where makers dare, dream, and do.
Each year, we receive dozens of applications from emerging local artists. A local jury selects four to five of them to present their work on our professional stage. Playground offers them more than just a spot in the spotlight—it provides visibility, guidance, and an engaged audience.
This is where new stories are born, boundaries blur, and the audience comes face to face with the city’s creative force. Experience an evening filled with fresh talent, contagious energy, and exciting performances!
At Playground, everyone is welcome—as a maker, as a spectator, or as a curious soul.
This time in Playground:
How far can you go before something breaks?
In Choreomaniac Seeds – Vol. II, sound, movement, and awareness collide in an intense interplay between release and control. Within a landscape of blue light and pulsing electronic textures, three performers explore the fragile line between resistance and surrender.
The performance transforms exhaustion into a form of collective attunement. Inspired by the mysterious “dancing manias” of history, Silvia asks: what happens when we stop fighting gravity and allow ourselves to be carried away?
Credits
Performers:
Silvia De Teresa: piano, voice, movement
Giuliana Nanna: movement
Niccolò Angioni: live electronics, movement
Developed with the support of the NAIP Department (Royal Conservatoire The Hague)
About the artist
Silvia De Teresa is a Spanish pianist, performer, and creator based in The Hague. Her work blurs the boundaries between music, movement, and collective experience. She has presented her performances at Holland Festival, Paradiso, and other venues, and frequently collaborates with children and communities in socially engaged art projects. Through her multidisciplinary approach, Silvia invites audiences to listen with their whole bodies.
A printer with strings — a machine that plucks, groans, and sings.
In Doom Loop, technology becomes the performer: a mechanical siren that both seduces and warns. As the paper repeatedly receives the same print, the image grows more distorted, until nothing makes sense anymore.
It’s a surreal performance about the tension between creation and collapse, between human and machine, between design and reality.
About the artists
Domonkos Greskó (graphic designer and sound artist) and Balázs Milánik (multidisciplinary visual designer) share a fascination for the boundaries of creativity. From their studio in The Hague, they explore how image, sound, and repetition can collide — and what emerges from that friction. Their work moves between the poetic and the unsettling, inviting us to listen anew to what it means to create.
A life full of choices, chances, and versions of yourself.
In Kip Zonder Kop (Headless Chicken), the performer chases herself through a whirlwind of possible identities and impossible expectations. The performance is a dance between who you are, who you could have been, and who you think you’re supposed to be, absurd, relatable, and at times hilariously painful.
Inspired by the Dutch expression “running around like a headless chicken,” Savea captures the chaos of modern existence with humor and intensity.
Credits:
Choreography: Savea Kagan
Dance: Savea Kagan, Alice Pieri, Hinako Yukimoto, Mia Bourhis, Manon Valentine Delanoë
Costumes: Ingrid Coppoolse
Music: Bolero by Maurice Ravel
(Edited by Savea Kagan and Mik Van Boxtel)
About the artist
Savea Kagan is a dancer, choreographer, and writer. She trained at Codarts Rotterdam and danced with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. In her work, she blends dance, theatre, and visual elements into sharp yet playful performances exploring identity, pressure, and desire. As both maker and teacher, she moves between discipline and impulse — always with heart, humor, and courage.
A playful journey through the imagination of a child.
In The Wind and the Sounds, Andy Ninvalle and Guus van Diemen take the audience on a ten-minute trip through Andy’s inner child, a true playground of movement, sound, and humor. Using dance, mime, comedy, beatbox, and trombone, they reveal the beauty and wit of simplicity.
About the artists
Andy Ninvalle is a multifaceted artist inspired by the raw freedom of hip-hop. He was the first rapper of Guyana and has performed with artists such as India Arie, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Candy Dulfer. A dancer, educator, and performer, he has taught at institutions including Amsterdam Dance Centre and Codarts Rotterdam.
Together with multi-instrumentalist Guus van Diemen, Andy explores the power of play, imagination, and music, an ode to creativity in its purest form.
Korzo Zaal