Facing Transitions

Facing Transitions is a personal and visually striking performance that reveals the first contours of change. It is an exploration of what happens when you find yourself on the threshold of a new phase in life. The body changes, habits shift, and familiar certainties begin to waver.

For this production, choreographer Ann Van den Broek does not start from her own experiences, but from those of the performers themselves. What does transition mean to them? Together with each dancer, Van den Broek explores a personal theme: a changing body, ageing, menopause, shifts in work, or transformations of identity. These stories come together to form a vibrant archive of transitions—small and large, everyday and life-changing. By weaving these perspectives and fragments together, a multifaceted portrait of change emerges. The performers move between their own stories and those of one another, revealing contrasts and unexpected connections.

Facing Transitions serves as a prelude to Ann Van den Broek’s next production, Transitions, in which themes of transformation are explored in greater depth. Rather than focusing on the destination, Facing Transitions celebrates the richness of the process itself: vulnerable, powerful, and always in motion.