Renger Koning - We, Us and Other Games
In We, Us and Other Games, a choreography from Dunja Jocić with music from Renger Koning, Jocić reflects on the ongoing digitalization of the human experience. A father searches for his daughter in a digital world called “The Living Project”, gradually losing his grip on reality. The performance, presented by an ensemble of eight dancers from the renowned Spellbound Contemporary Ballet of Rome, takes you on a hallucinatory odyssey through the digital subconscious, encountering androgynous insect armies, secret societies, masked parties, and a choir of children performing an ominous ritual dance.
A Spellbound production with the contribution of the Italian Ministry of Culture, Stichting Dunja Jocić and the Italian Cultural Institute in Amsterdam.
Choreography and direction – Dunja Jocić
Dancers – Anita Bonavida, Giuliana Mele, Alessandro Piergentili, Miriam Raffone, Martina Staltari,
Filippo Arlenghi, Lorenzo Beneventano and Roberto Pontieri
Actor (on screen) – Milutin Dapcevic
Composition – Renger Koning
Light design – Marco Policastro
Dramaturgy – Nikola Zavisic
Text – Barbi Markovic
Costume – Anna Coluccia
showdates:
6 Nov 2024 - De Veste, Delft - The Netherlands
8 Nov 2024 - Schouwburg, Haarlem - The Netherlands
9 Nov 2024 - Korzo, Den Haag - The Netherlands
10 Nov 2024 - (matinee) Lux, Nijmegen - The Netherlands
11 Nov 2024 - schouwburg, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Renger Koning - Film Composer
In 2012, after composing for audiovisuals for over 2 decades, Renger decided he wanted to become a film composer. In 2017 he won his first Buma Award for best film score 'Bezness as usual' from director Alex Pitstra. In 2019 he was introduced to choreographer Dunja Jocić and they started working on 'The Resident'. This became a fruitful cooperation: in 2021 for 'De Panter' Dunja received a Swan [best contemporary dance production] for her choreography and Renger won his second Buma Award for Best Music.
2022 | Renger worked on 3 contemporary dance productions with Dunja: 'The Previous Owner', 'We, Us and Other Games' [for Spellbound dance company - Rome / Italy] and ‘Het gras hier is groener’. For Siba Sahabi's dance production 'Skiagraphia', directed by Marinus Groothof, Renger wrote a 65 min score.
2023 | He was nominated again for a Buma Award for his music in the immersive theater production 'Hotel Wonderland'. Renger composed over 4 hours of music for this highly acclaimed theater production in cooperation with Cinereal Los Angeles.
2024 | Renger scored 'The Occupant', a science-fiction thriller directed by Hugo Keijzer, set for release in 2025.
'The Gate', Dunja Jocić dance production, premiered 23rd of March in Bielefeld /Germany. ‘We, Us and other Games’ [for Spellbound dance company - Rome / Italy [Dutch tour] 'Sobibor', a documentary series for Submarine & BNN/VARA premiering December 2024.
'Night at the Museum', a theater production premiering November 2024.
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