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Bad Nature

Club Guy & Roni | Australasian Dance Collective | HIIIT | Studio Boris Acket
Tue 9 Dec and Wed 10 Dec
Tue 9 Dec 2025
and
Wed 10 Dec 2025

The relationship between humans and nature is a fundamental part of our existence. Yet in modern societies, we often experience a sense of disconnection from this bond. We seek peace in nature — by going for walks or gazing at the sea — but at the same time, we get annoyed by minor inconveniences.

This paradox reveals how far our daily lives have drifted from the natural rhythms we depend on. In Bad Nature, Club Guy & Roni and the Australian ensemble Australasian Dance Collective explore this fracture.

How do ecological shifts in Australia affect people’s experience of nature? And could technology actually build a bridge toward more sustainable ways of living?

“Bad Nature is a production that helps us understand our relationship with nature – our need to dominate it, but also our nature as people towards each other. We’d like to look at more ancient relationships, in which nature was animated, had a spirit, and we could interact with it as an equal.” - Guy Weizman, artistiek directeur

Good to know:

  • Bad Nature makes use of stroboscopes, smoke and loud(er) sound.
  • There is no spoken word in the performance, so you don't need to understand Dutch to see the it.
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INDAILY QUEENSLAND
"Bad Nature is richly imaginative – beautiful, bold, adventurous and intriguing – and superbly executed."

DE VOLKSKRANT ★★★★
“Club Guy & Roni once again prove their fearless artistic identity.”

TROUW ★★★★

THEATERKRANT
"The avant garde of the Dutch dance"

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The Human Odyssey

Bad Nature is the newest performance in The Human Odyssey: a series of international collaborations with dance companies and music ensembles outside of Europe, looking beyond the Eurocentric gaze. It is an ambitious exploration of different aspects of the human experience, redefining the narratives we construct about each other and the world. Recent successful collaborations happened with makers and companies from Mauritania, India, Senegal and Morocco.

The collaboration with Australasian Dance Collective and Boris Acket marks another step in this artistic journey.

Danskijkserie

Danskijkserie | Koninklijke Schouwburg en Theater aan het Spui

Credits

choreografie Roni Haver, Amy Hollingsworth, Jack Lister, Guy Weizman
muziek, decor, licht, geluidsontwerp Boris Acket | meewerkend lichtontwerp Ben Hughes | kostuums Maison the Faux | dramaturgie Friederike Schubert | meewerkend muziekontwerp Louis Frere-Harvey, Frank Wienk | regie assistent Sam Coren

cast 6 dansers van Australasian Dance Collective + 6 Club Guy & Roni, 3 musici van HIIIT (voorheen Slagwerk Den Haag)

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