From here onwards / 9+

With Pap (9+), dancer, choreographer, and creator Art Wutthinan Srisayam sets up his stove on stage and explores what was instilled in him from a young age. By stirring, smelling, and grinding fresh herbs with a mortar, Art hopes that this solo performance will bring him closer to his late father. Who was he, and what of him remains? For this project, Art traveled to Thailand to meet his father’s family again after more than twenty years. There, he regained an important memory: how his father taught him to cook.

How can you cook and dance at the same time? What emotion is released by an ingredient or cooking technique? What does home smell like? Pap is a steamy performance about comfort food and family memories for everyone aged nine and up.

‘I wish I had frozen dishes from that time so I could take a bite each year. Time passes, and I can try to recreate his food, but it’s never the same. Food is connected to your roots, a sense of home. Your tongue always betrays where you come from. When I feel homesick, I cook. Food is very intimate.'

Snuggle under a blanket in the new musical research project My period is our period (10+) by creator and performer Sue-Ann Bel. Together with Sue-Ann, you dive into the 'vulvaverse.' Why do we talk so little about the menstrual cycle, even though almost half of the people on this earth bleed every month? Or feel sadness because they don’t. With this project, Sue-Ann stays close to herself and explores what’s happening in her body. She sings a lullaby to her womb and dances through the four seasons of her cycle. If we open our legs and really let things flow, can we create connection beyond the taboo?

My period is our period is a preliminary exploration for the performance Lekker Ongie, which Sue-Ann Bel will create in 2026 at Maas Theater and Dance for a young audience aged ten and up. In this research phase, Sue-Ann wants to explore how to make this subject discussable for young people. How do you create a safe space to share about this?

‘Maybe this story isn’t for a large audience, but in a small, safe tent, we can turn shame into an ode.’

ALTER EGO (16+) is a fiery performance by creator, choreographer, and founder of the Rotterdam vogue dance community (Ballroom), Kiki House of Angels’ Guilliano Pinas. With ALTER EGO, Guilliano brings a personal story about the struggles from his youth. How could he reconcile the masculine and feminine sides within himself? Through Ballroom, Guilliano learned to better understand these two dualities within him. They were allowed to exist in the same space and entered into a dialogue: Who are you? I am you. We are one. In ALTER EGO, Guilliano, along with two performers, shows this process through movement and language. A performance about self-acceptance and the love for Ballroom.

In 2015, Guilliano Pinas founded Kiki House of Angels, the first house outside the United States to achieve legendary status. He is also the European Father of the House of Basquiat. Guilliano became involved with Maas through the performance The Ozard of Wiz, where the story of director René Geerlings resonated with him: the struggle between the feminine and masculine sides, which he recognized from his own youth.