This evening is once again a collaboration with WhyNot, a platform dedicated to fostering innovation in contemporary dance and performance. Together we organize interdisciplinary evenings where we bring musicians together with choreographers, performers, and dancers.

This edition brings Maarten Vos to our stage with a combination of electronics and modular synthesizer. He has presented his compositions at international venues and festivals such as Le Guess Who?, MUTEK, Sonár, Rewire, Paris Philharmonie, and Funkhaus Berlin. Vos regularly collaborates with other artists and musicians such as Colin Benders, Julianna Barwick, and Joep Beving, as well as fashion designer Iris van Herpen.

On behalf of WhyNot dancer and choreographer Alesya Dobysh and composer Max Frimout will be presenting Motus Sonus, an interdisciplinary experimental project that explores the interplay between movement, sound, and space, adapting each performance to the architectural and acoustic features of the venue, and the contributing guest artists. Motus Sonus will feature choreographer Mehdi Dahkan, whose physically dynamic work draws from breakdance, parkour, and urban practices to explore personal and collective behaviour shaped by contemporary Maghreb culture; and Xenia Sairento, a Paris-based experimental dancer who bridges urban forms and somatic research, known for redefining femininity within the electro dance community. Alesya and Max collaborate with local and international artists from a wide range of disciplines, including performance art, sound art, street and club dance, to investigate how sonic and physical practices inform one another within a live setting. For the evening at Bimhuis on September 17th, they will be joined by guest artists for a series of improvised and choreographed acts. Motus Sonus is produced by BIMHUIS, WhyNot, and DansBrabant*.

*From 2024 to 2026, Alesya is working as a PLANmaker under the wings of DansBrabant.

Maarten Vos: electronics/modular synthesizer

Alesya Dobysh: dance
Mehdi Dahkan: dance
Mohamed Bouriri: dance
Xenia Sairento: dance
Max Frimout: electronics

Maarten Vos: electronics/modular synthesizer

Alesya Dobysh: dance
Mehdi Dahkan: dance
Mohamed Bouriri: dance
Xenia Sairento: dance
Max Frimout: electronics