DANCÆ, in collaboration with Define Creative, will perform twice on Friday, October 23 with Chlär, as part of ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event). Six DANCÆ performers will dance to a live set by Chlär, interacting with the sound, light, and space of Bajes Amsterdam, a former prison which closed down in 2016.
The event is a continuation of DANCÆ's collaboration with Chlär, and follows their six sold out collaborative performances in Berlin. The show places sound at the center of the choreographic experience. Rather than treating music as accompaniment, the performance explores how movement can emerge through sound and how they influence one another in real time.
The location of the ADE DANCÆ x Chlär performance is a former prison that once stood as a stern and imposing symbol of confinement and restriction. Located in the south of Amsterdam, this now historic venue has been given a new lease on life as part of the iconic "Levenslang" club. DANCÆ are no strangers to unique and repurposed locations: their most recent show in Berlin, Rattleskin, took place in CANK, an abandoned C&A department store in Neukölln.
DANCÆ x Chlär at ADE
Date:
Friday, October 23
Times:
SHOW 1 19:00 - 19:45 | SHOW 2 20:30 - 21:15
Location:
Bajes Amsterdam, H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 48, Amsterdam
Date:
Friday, October 23
Times:
SHOW 1 19:00 - 19:45 | SHOW 2 20:30 - 21:15
Location:
Bajes Amsterdam, H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 48, Amsterdam
The show will be the first international performance of DANCÆ x Chlär, and is sold out. To request a press ticket, email claire@quinto.com.
About DANCÆ
DANCÆ, founded by Soraya Schulthess, is an interdisciplinary production company that curates collaborations across dance, visual art, music, fashion, and new media. With a mission to create immersive, concept-driven experiences, DANCÆ stages performances that are site-specific and deeply responsive to architecture, atmosphere, and the artworks they engage with.
DANCÆ, founded by Soraya Schulthess, is an interdisciplinary production company that curates collaborations across dance, visual art, music, fashion, and new media. With a mission to create immersive, concept-driven experiences, DANCÆ stages performances that are site-specific and deeply responsive to architecture, atmosphere, and the artworks they engage with.
About Define Creative
Define Creative is a creative tech and media company, working at the intersection of culture, music and technology. By combining cutting-edge technology and a multidisciplinary team, Define Creative empowers visionary brands, institutions, artists and innovators to realize new concepts and ideas. At Amsterdam Dance Event 2026, DANCÆ x Chlär is presented in collaboration with Define Creative: a new ballet set to electronic music with live accompaniment by Chlär, performances by Ballet Sur_Real and Elizaveta Poliakova, a d&b 360° spatial soundscape and an art exhibition, on October 23, 2026.
Define Creative is a creative tech and media company, working at the intersection of culture, music and technology. By combining cutting-edge technology and a multidisciplinary team, Define Creative empowers visionary brands, institutions, artists and innovators to realize new concepts and ideas. At Amsterdam Dance Event 2026, DANCÆ x Chlär is presented in collaboration with Define Creative: a new ballet set to electronic music with live accompaniment by Chlär, performances by Ballet Sur_Real and Elizaveta Poliakova, a d&b 360° spatial soundscape and an art exhibition, on October 23, 2026.