‘’Somewhere, a bit of a shabby place, a parking lot, or somewhere with the kind of lights that make you look sick. They messed up the view with those fences. Behind them there are dunes. They are ugly as well, but at least they are dunes. On the left, another parking lot, and on the right the snack bar and a bit further the wooden stairs that take you up on the dune. Up there, you can see the beach and the sea. You don’t need to go there. We have everything we need.’’

‘’This is just a simple dance’’ is a collaboration between mime artist Gerben Vaillant and the dance company Lazy Susan & Co. The physical and visual performance, set in a desolate village, forms the framework for the dancers and Gerben to explore several of their interests. The photographs of Alessandra Sanguinetti and Ton Grote, femininity as a sensibility, and dance as a way to explore physical sensations and emotions, are some of them. The composition of chaos and randomness on stage searches to capture and display the beauty in simplicity and the touching dreams and fantasies of the villagers/performers on stage.

“This is just a simple dance” is the wrong place for something beautiful. Somewhere in between a painting, theater, and dance. We like to get lost in the beautiful simplicity of not having a better option.