34 lovepoems in 55 minutes

a first dance solo by Robert Steijn dedicated to Stefan Stockinger with love and respect

in a light-installation of Tom Verheyen

To all the people who fell in love. We are no fools, we are no losers, also when our love is not answered immediately. We can be hero’s in our quest for stillness, for being in harmony with the situation, and in our desire for total surrender to a state of not knowing what to do, except observing his feelings and thoughts. In dance and poetry Robert Steijn looks for a total surrender to the world of his heart. He made an intimate solo performance about falling in love. Together with the audience he investigates how this magical moment changed his whole perception of the world. He shows a body in love, with dances of hectic feelings, burning hearts, fears of rejection; and a lot of misunderstandings; at the end he will feel the need for the empowerment of the self at the moment when nothing seems to work anymore.

shown in Veemtheater, November 2004 Amsterdam, Theatre De Melkweg, April 2005 Amsterdam, ImPulstanz 2005 Vienna