With hypersensitive movement and radical tenderness, three dancers transform the space to a sensorial landscape of consolation. Don’t we constantly fail to find the right words for what we mean exactly? When we want to be understood, or comfort a friend. In If you know what I mean, Liel, Marion and Rachele embody precisely this moment in their friendship. Somewhere between hope and awkwardness. By lack of adequate words, they fall back on their instincts and let themselves be moved by their physical intelligence in the quest for consolation. According to the Jury of the Dans Magazine Award: “Although impressive, it is not technique that dominates in this dance trio, but a sense of vulnerability, tenderness, and mutual connection. That stood out, that moved us, that convinced.” — Astrid van Leeuwen
