NKK NXT 26 LOST: [Not to be found]

You find yourself in a space that feels too large. In the moment when the world grows larger than you. When expectations, responsibilities, stimuli and voices pile up until they lose all sense. You feel small. Your breath shortens. Your gaze turns restless. Your eyes scan the space in search of something to hold on to. A train of thoughts races through your head. Scenarios, judgments, memories, possible mistakes, possible failures. You try to gain control, but the harder you think, the more stuck you become.

We invite you into a suggestive universe filled with confusion, humour and kindness, that mirrors our everchanging world. We explore the sensations that arise when things get out of proportion, and ask what remains of us when our certainties collapse?

NKK NXT is sponsored by the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, Dioraphte, Fonds 21, the Janivo Stichting and Van den Berch van Heemstede Stichting.

Program

Elizabeth Maconchy Two Epitaphs

Arthur Simonini La jeune fille en feu (Soundtrack from the movie Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)

Mees Vervuurt I See Someone

NKK NXT '26 Between The Waves

Gustav Holst Ave Maria

Traditional Portuguese Song, arr. Mário Nascimento Coro das Maçadeiras

Hyun Kook When the flowers feast alone

Arne Mellnäs Aglepta

Eva Ugalde Miserere