GRIMMS REISEN

a full evening inspired by the fairytales of Grimm
Ac1 - Kuindersma / Act- 2 Dumais

Dance Company Würzburg & Philharmonic Orchestra Würzburg

World Premiere 4th May 2025 Blaue Halle, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg
Further shows: 7,11,18 May / 8,13 June / 1,9 July

Act 1 features the stories of Red Riding Hood, 7 Goats, Snowwhite & 7 Dwarfs

Act 1
Choreography: Wubkje Kuindersma
Dancers: Dance Company Würzburg
Music: Arvo Pårt
Philharmonic Orchestra Wurzburg
Conductor : Ulrich Maier
Sounddesign: Davidson Jaconella
Set + Costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
Light: Ingo Jooß
Repetitor: Marius Krisa
Voice: Nina Mohr

Artistic Director Dance Company Würzburg: Dominique Dumais
Company Manager & Dramaturge : Sonja Wilhelm

all photos by @theaterbild / Nik Schölzel
above: Alba Valenciano Lopez as Red Riding Hood and Yester Mulens Garcia as Woolf

NOTES

The Grimm Fairy Tales are timeless. Each one carries something universal, love, death, fear, longing, and yet they remain deeply personal. Everyone finds their own reflection in them. That’s what I love most: how these stories are passed on generation by generation, told over and over again. They keep moving, like a perpetuum mobile, an infinite engine of story, never still.

The piece is inspired by the idea of a journey, a metaphor for life itself. It explores the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, echoing how fairy tales are passed down and retold through generations. This circular concept is visualized as an infinite road, a symbol of continuity and the timeless nature of storytelling. Set and costumes beautifully designed by Tatyana van Walsum.

This choreography is my way of sharing these stories with you, simply one moment in the endless road of retelling.
- Wubkje Kuindersma-

reviews

"...The entire choreography captivates, fascinates, enchants..." (google translated from German)
Mainpost

"...Magically Captivating Works

Kuindersma presents the audience with a Gesamtkunstwerk consisting of a highly poetic movement language, the sometimes radiant, sometimes somber, yet always magically captivating compositions of Arvo Pärt, and a cleverly designed fairytale forest of contrasting darkness and luminous moments of light, with color-symbolically charged fairytale figures in black, white, and red costumes (set and costume design by Tatyana Van Walsum). The choreography contains touching, passionate, and even humorous elements, such as when playful little goats--cleverly copied from the original animal figures, casually romp across the stage...."
(google translated from German)
Main-Echo

Mirko Ingrao & Blai Lopez Sanchez as Brothers Grimm

Maria Girard as Snowwhite

Alba as Red Riding Hood, Yester as Woolf