Charles Pas i.s.m.

Rint Mennes

A gripping, cinematic dance performance about how coping with untimely loss can lead to intimacy and resilience. How can one help the other when both are frozen in pain? How can we gallop like young foals again? Who am I without the other? What am I living for? 

Guided by a raw, atmospheric post rock/shoegaze soundtrack, two bodies lose themselves in the tug of war between love and grief. An emotional, disorienting chase through memories. Enigmatic visions, shattering and refracting light, shadows in darkness. Both the performers and the audience are entranced by a space where past and present collide. 

Requiem for a Young Soul is a plea for the strength of heart in the midst of suffering, for a haven where you simultaneously can be lost and found.

Charles Pas (1998) is a performance artist with a distinctly physical signature. In an increasingly intangible society, he explores what remains essentially human. Charles brings the crisis of connection - between people and themselves, and between individuals and society - to the stage. He transforms this alienation into an urgent physical experience that compels us to move closer.

 “Pas brings immense dynamism and variety to an apparently simple movement. In doing so, he proves to be a remarkably confident theatre maker who fully engages his audience to interpret and feel for themselves.” – ★★★★ Volkskrant
 

Charles Pas also presents his new performance Pasifae Rodeo at nona this season.