Covered 1996
Feri de Geus worked closely together with composer Stefan van Campenhout, creating eloquent productions until Stefan's tragic disappearance in the Swiss Alps in 1993. On the cutting edge of experimental popular music, Feri de Geus continued to work with people in this field. In 1996, he was invited to create a dance piece Covered in collaboration with a pop group called Nerve. Their heavy metal sound was an ultimate challenge. Together with five dancers, Phil Mills and Tom Holkenberg (world-famous as Junkie XL) were easily integrated into a stunning performance, which was both presented in music halls and theatres. The piece was based on a number of case studies dealing with cocaine addicts. The ludicrous attitudes and freakish, unpredictable movements of the characters coincided with the loud undulations of the techno metal.
REPERTORY ARCHIVE
The Hijack 2000
Following the success of Covered, De Geus made a daring step to surprise a dance-night audience with a choreographed performance in the middle of a dancing crowd. The Hijack with DJ Lady Aida was a totally new concept: confronting an unsuspecting dance-audience with multi-media modern dance. Large video screens were used as curtains and placed in the middle of the dance floor, dividing the dancing crowd at different moments throughout the night. Thus, giving each half of the crowd a different performance to watch. The crowd, unconscious of what was happening, became the lead player by reacting to everything that was happening around them created by nine performers, three VJ's, and nine technicians. This crew changed the awareness of the 'audience' during the night.
