From AI dance to groundbreaking circus – Discover the full international main programme
In just three months, Noorderzon will once again take over Groningen’s city centre and the Noorderplantsoen. Today, the programme starts to take shape: the full international main programme has been revealed. Expect circus like you've never seen before, AI-driven dance, a rebellious music installation, a dance walk through the city, an ode to mothers, theatre as an act of resistance, and much, much more. Ticket sales for the main programme start on June 2 at 12:00 via noorderzon.nl. In the coming weeks, more and more parts of the full programme will be revealed.
The full main programme
Alisdair Macindoe | Plagiary (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Ten dancers follow live instructions from an AI choreographer. But who’s really creating – the code or the body?
Alexander Vantournhout / Not Standing | Frames (Brussels, Belgium)
A dance walk full of frames, bodies and open sky, where the frame itself takes centre stage.
Antoine Defoort | Save your projects (and perhaps the world) with the iterative method (Lille, France & Brussels, Belgium)
Armed with his favourite juicy metaphors, Antoine Defoort dives into the chaos of shaping our everyday lives.
Aurora Bauzà & Pere Jou | A BEGINNING #16161D (Barcelona/Mallorca, Spain)
With playful movements and compelling vocal work, A BEGINNING brings to life a world of memory, longing and new possibilities.
Baro d’evel | Qui som? (Toulouse, France)
Circus like you’ve never seen before: generous, grand and bursting with vitality.
Cabosanroque | Sous les Violons, la plage (Banyoles – Catalunya, Spain)
In this rebellious and poetic sound installation by Catalan duo Cabosanroque, you’re invited to literally take classical music apart.
De Utvalgte | Homage Au Pair (Nesodden, Norway)
A biting and moving take on power, class and discomfort – set right in the living room.
El Conde de Torrefiel | LA LUZ DE UN LAGO (Barcelona, Spain)
This bold Spanish collective presents an imaginary film that blurs the boundaries of language and theatre.
Éric Arnal-Burtschy | Je suis une montagne (Brussels, Belgium)
No story, no script – just a poetic experience that opens your senses and shifts your view of the world.
Franck Vigroux & Kurt d’Haesselaer | THIRST (Mende, France)
A sensory journey through an AI-shaped landscape set to pulsing electronic soundscapes.
Guangdong Modern Dance Company / Yang Zhen | Burning Marches (Guangzhou, China)
A fiery dance performance full of hope, resistance and youthful energy.
Heartefact | How I Learned To Drive (Belgrade, Serbia)
An intimate, powerful story about memory, manipulation and survival.
Mariana Bredow | AVE (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
A raw solo exploring harassment, addiction, dignity and the meaning of life.
Mario Banushi | MAMI (Athens, Greece)
Wonderchild Mario Banushi brings a visually poetic and unflinching ode to the women who raised him.
Losinformalls | PERDÓN (Barcelona, Spain)
A party, a disaster and a love letter all rolled into one – welcome, and sorry in advance.
Volker Gerling | Portraits in Motion, the first 20 Years (Berlin, Germany)
Photographer Gerling wanders not only through hidden footpaths, but through time itself in this poetic tribute to the present.
Zoukak Theatre | I Hate Theatre I Love Pornography (Beirut, Lebanon)
This show tears down theatre’s polite façade and spills the skeletons hiding in its closet.
Zoukak Collective, Lee Searle and Ben Frost | Three Verses of Solitude – work in progress (Beirut, Lebanon)
An ode to silence and resilience, in which Lebanese artists reflect on isolation and connection after war and loss.
Tickets
Ticket sales for the full international main programme start on Monday 2 June at 12:00 via noorderzon.nl. The rest of the programme will be announced in phases and goes on sale from Monday 7 July. Festival Friends can book tickets 24 hours earlier and receive a discount.