Vanishing Acts

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In Vanishing Acts, Felix Schellekens reflects on those fleeting moments when the impermanence of life becomes undeniable. Everything is destined to disappear—our surroundings change, we change, and everything we try to hold onto inevitably slips through our fingers. How do we learn to embrace the solitude that comes with knowing nothing ever stays the same?

About dance performance Vanishing Act

Maybe you’ll suddenly see me appear, so quickly that I become invisible. Maybe you’ll see me dancing among my invisible friends, and a song I sing will linger in your mind. But was I ever really there? Or did I exist only briefly in your imagination? Have you already forgotten me?

Felix sings, dances, and plays at the fragile edges of existence, where reality and imagination blur into one. His theater-making debut is an imaginative and musical exploration of life's impermanence and an invitation to embrace the change of life.

There is no spoken dialogue in this performance.

Concept, composition, performance Felix Schellekens
Artistic assistance, final direction Jessie L’Herminez
Artistic assistance, dramaturgy Gerben Vaillant
Light design Varja Klosse
Light design assistance Mike Evers
Costume design Rebekka Wörmann
Costume design assistance Jelena Bondt
Dramaturgical advice Justa ter Haar
Artistic advise Nicole Beutler
Length -/+ 80 min
Website Nicole Beutler Projects

About Nicole Beutler Projects

Nicole Beutler Projects is an interdisciplinary company based in Amsterdam, led by choreographer and theatre maker Nicole Beutler. The company creates visually striking dance and music theatre that invites reflection on the human condition and social issues. Beutler, who has a background in visual arts and German literature, studied choreography at the SNDO in Amsterdam.

About Felix Schellekens

Felix Schellekens is a versatile artist who doesn’t confine himself to a single discipline. After studying mime in Amsterdam, he developed himself as an actor, singer, dancer, and performance and theatre maker.

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