Choreographer Jermaine Spivey during a rehearsal
About the work
Formal and Shifting
(These are, This one is)
The Questions bring us closer
(Cause what if should you)
The answers Agree and Disagree
(These not Those you can)
See through your ears
(You try now maybe)
Don’t
Listen through your eyes
(Be is how They should)
Leading is Falling
(Try them as they were)
Settlement Underscored by Unsettlement
(Be could be these might)
In all seriousness, Play
(Have This Was Made Is)
How you were is Where you are is What you will Be
(I would still like to)
Do
- Jermaine Spivey
Credits
- Choreography
- Jermaine Spivey
- Music
- New composition by Jermaine Spivey
- Lighting design
- Yuka Hisamatsu
- Set design
- Jermaine Spivey
- Costume design
- Jermaine Spivey
- NDT rehearsal directors
- Ander Zabala
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Premiere date
- Nov. 2, 2023
- Premiere location
- Amare, The Hague
Original cast
Ricardo Hartley III, Demi Bawon, Casper Mott, Omani Ormskirk, Nicky Daniels, Nova Valkenhoff, Samuel van der Veer, Viola Busi, Rebecca Speroni, Gabriele Rolle
© Rahi Rezvani
Samuel van der Veer about 'Codes Of Conduct'
“In a conventional rehearsal process, we receive what we dancers refer to as 'corrections'. They are details pertaining to the choreography, dramaturgy, efficiency, timing, spacing, etc. They help me form an as intricate and detailed understanding of a choreography as possible.
Unconventionally, in Codes Of Conduct, we are improvising. Meaning that none of the choreography or 'material', (another dancer's term) is really fixed. It's difficult to correct something that doesn't exist but is instead constantly existing and reiterating.
Learning how to function within this has been an ongoing struggle for me personally. I'm going through a cycle of feeling like I am forming that understanding, only to question everything all over again the very next moment.
Luckily in my quest for understanding, I am joined by nine of my wonderful colleagues. Who, to some extent, are all moving through that same cycle. And in my current understanding of the piece; that's the piece. Belonging to this collective of individuals, all existing and searching under the same codes of conduct.”
© Rahi Rezvani
Nova Valkenhoff about 'Codes Of Conduct'
“Everything we do is in relation to other people. We are responsible for our personal journey, within our collective one. We belong by unsettlement. And we like to belong, but without unsettlement there is no settlement.
We are constantly questioning. Answering. Connecting. Relating. Seeing. Hearing. Agreeing. Disagreeing. To belong. Together. We are in it together. We do, together. Without each other there is no individualism.
Working together with Jermaine has been nothing but a pleasure. He creates a space where we can feel totally free, while staying within the codes of conduct. We are challenged, pushed and completely trusted at the same time. This process will never end. Even on stage we are working, processing, living it.”
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