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Residencies

The tranquility, space, connection with nature, silence, and seclusion: the island offers ideal conditions for reflection, experimentation, and research.

Within the Werkplaats, we have been inviting emerging and established creators to stay on Terschelling for several days to conduct research in this scenic context. This can be done year-round. Based on an artistic question, we challenge artists to develop new or existing projects on and with a location.

Sometimes this is specifically in preparation for a project for the upcoming festival, other times it is because we find a creator interesting or want to bring together certain people and ideas. It is always a surprise where it will lead. We believe that the residencies contribute to our ambition to create new forms of site-specific work on the island. We also see a need from the creators themselves for a laboratory where new ideas can be developed.

The collective Rotor will work on-site for a week in September to conduct research for their new work, Erosion II.

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FloenK, consisting of Meia Eggermont and Cas de Graaf, is the winner of Kunstbende 2023 in the Theatre category. For Oerol 2024, they developed a new performance, Kapotte poppenkoppen, which they presented to the audience at the festival hub, De Deining. The performance aimed to create a sense of confusion for the audience, allowing them the freedom to decide how deeply they wished to engage with it. Their work, often spontaneous and improvised, is a quest for new and unexpected ways of storytelling.
Within Werkplaats Oerol, the team of Niet Mijn Huis worked on a scene based on the short story "Casa Tomada" by Julio Cortázar. This performance, which focuses on language barriers and accessibility, explores how multilingual theatre can be created. During the residency, there were unique insights into the creative process, with the audience able to attend rehearsals. The performance will be presented in spoken Dutch, Dutch Sign Language, and audio description, addressing themes of alienation and loss.
More White Money focuses on the impact of European art subsidies on the global art market. This international residency on Terschelling, facilitated by Oerol, brought together artists from various countries to explore these imbalances. During Oerol, they shared their initial impressions and findings with the public and peers. The performance will premiere in November 2025 at Sophiensæle in Berlin and will then tour throughout the Netherlands.
During her residency at Werkplaats Oerol, Amira al Rawi worked on her first site-specific performance, Majnun, a dance piece that will be further developed and presented at the Over het IJ Festival. Based on the ancient Arabic story of Layla and Majnun, the performance explores themes of alienation and deep longing. Al Rawi, both creator and dancer in the piece, employs dance styles such as waacking, housedance, and flamenco. The music, composed by Esmail Bnaoe, blends electronic, industrial, and Middle Eastern influences.

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