Productions
Co-production with Cappella Amsterdam - 2026
Stravinsky: Les Noces
Igor Stravinsky was a musical visionary, a composer who broke traditions and opened new worlds. His work is infused with rhythm, energy, and innovation—music that is not only heard but also felt and moved. In this programme, Cappella Amsterdam, New European Ensemble, and conductor Daniel Reuss bring Stravinsky’s unmistakable musical language to life, together with eight dancers from Zero Dance Theatre under the direction of choreographer Denden Karadeniz.
At the heart of the evening is Les Noces, Stravinsky’s electrifying and raw celebration of a Russian wedding, performed in the rarely heard 1919 version.
Its pulsing rhythms and percussive piano parts provide the perfect foundation for Karadeniz’s dynamic movement language. But Stravinsky’s fascination with rhythm and mechanics runs as a common thread throughout the entire program: from the playful Piano-Rag-Musicand the eccentric Circus Polka to the meditative power of Chorale and the Symphony of Psalms, arranged for four hands by Shostakovich.
Stravinsky’s music is groundbreaking, kinetic, and unpredictable—just like this concert.
2025
LOUD WHISPERS
What happens when the loudest voice you hear is the one inside your own head?
Loud Whispers is a powerful dance performance about the inner dialogue that can either shape or shatter us. The voice that drives us forward, but also the one that makes us doubt. A whisper that is sometimes soft, sometimes overwhelming - fueled by fear, expectations, and the tension between who we are and who we think we should be.
Loud Whispers does not offer answers, but rather an exploration of our inner voice. An invitation to pause and reflect on the whispers that shape us.
For more info: Loud Whispers.
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2024
OASIS
In this captivating performance, Zero prompts the audience to contemplate their own oasis: where do you find your peace in this world and can you fully be yourself? An exhilarating experience that raises essential questions in our time of increasing social complexity, translated through a unique blend of diverse dance styles and backgrounds converging in a highly physical movement language.
For more info: OASIS
2022-2023
FRICTION
Inspired by the mysterious the energy generated by friction. Choreographer Denden further investigates his dynamic very physical movement language as a metaphor for life in this time, in a society that seems to be succesion of friction and fiction and of trial and error.
Friction is the first production performed by the second generation of Zero Dance Theatre and is powered by ICK Amsterdam.
for more info: Friction
2023
Terpsichore
A Collaboration between Zero Dance Theatre & Renaissance Orchestra Students of the Royal Conservatory Den Hague composed by Composer Mike Fentross.
This special collaboration and performance will premiere on the 26th of November in de Grote Kerk, Alkmaar.
For more info: Terpsichore
2020-2022
Past Present Zero
Past, Present, Zero" is a unique blend of dance styles and backgrounds, inventive work and intimate arrangements. The performance is inspired by the concepts of past, present and future. It's central questions: "How does the past influence today's and tomorrow's decisions?"
For more info: Past Present Zero
2019-2020
The Divine Comedy
Zero takes inspirations from the poems of "Dante's Divine Comedy" written by Dante Alighieri in 1310.
A journey through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven translated in an abstract and original way through Urban Contemporary dance.
For more info: The Divine Comedy