In 2022 and 2023, Lloydscompany mentored Wennah Wilkers in a program funded by the Performing Arts Fund. That's why she created two performances: Cypher and Our House.

CYPHER

In this first half of the year, Wennah has been working on the performance Cypher. A cypher is a form of dancing together in a circle that originated in the underground dance world. The dancers take turns going to the centre to dance a solo or together. Cypher is a mesmerising trance experience where you are drawn into the shared feeling of freedom and ecstasy. Wennah Wilkers presented Cypher at the Over 't IJ Festival in Amsterdam in July 2022.

For a week, Wennah conducted research with three young dancers for her performance Cypher at the NDSM Theatre. The starting point was a research question: how can I make the audience experience the atmosphere of a cypher?

Read a review from the Theaterkrant here (in Dutch).

OUR HOUSE

The second performance is a larger production in which Wennah will immerse herself intensely in the process with dancers from the X-Gen Crew, following the Lloydscompany method.

Our House is an impressive ode to house dance, performed by an international cast of exceptional dancers. This dynamic dance style, known for its energetic footwork, cyphers, and sense of community, is central to the performance.

An industrial, underground, and communal atmosphere is created, inviting the audience to participate in the sense of togetherness and the meditative state of Our House. The music, specially created for Our House by British producer Matt Benyayer (UK), contributes to the industrial, underground atmosphere that permeates the performance.

Our House will be performed during Summer Dance Forever in 2023 and at Bellevue in Amsterdam in 2205.

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