performances

TRACTION - musicians Michael Moore, Wolter Wierbos, '87; INCIDENTAL LIGHT - collaborative de Groot and choreographer Russell Dumas '89; 'Rough Distance' - solo de Groot, Michael Vatcher, percussion 84-87; GLASS MOUNTAIN - solo de Groot, music Malcolm Goldstein '87; CONSISTENCY of AIR - collaborative de Groot and choreographer Linda Forsman, composer James Fulkerson '90; TWO TRACKS - solo de Groot, Luc Houtkamp, saxophone '92; EDGE OF LIGHT - music/ saxophone Luc Houtkamp '92; Tangent - for A Dato Dance Company, Bratislava, Slovakia '92; SITES and SPACES- solo performance outside, musicians a.o. Michael Moore, Daniel Goode '93-'98; V.O.I.D. (Velocity Of Interfering Data)', for 'interfering guest' and 4 dancers, musician, trombone Joost Buis in the Netherlands and clarinettist Daniel Goode in the U.S.A. 95, dancers: Jordis Jakubzcick, Marjolijn Sinke, Ruth Becker, Maria Andreoulaki and de Groot, 'Interfering guests' in NY: Yvonne Meier (NY/Switzerland), Jennifer Monson (NY,NY), Kirstie Simson (NY/England), Felice Wolfzahn (NY); in Washington DC: Maida Withers.; in Amsterdam: Eva Karczag, Christina Svane, Felice Wolfzahn, Eileen Standley. First performance: Frascati Theater, Amsterdam, 2/95. U.S.A., May '96: Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, New York, Marvin Center Theatre, George Washington University, Washington DC.. Support for the US tour received from: Danspace Project NY, the Netherlands America Foundation, the Consulate of the Netherlands NY, the Embassy of the Netherlands, Washington DC and the International Theatre Institute, Amsterdam. VOID Mojosongo' created by dancers: Bettina Mainz, Dwijaya, Ben Suharto, Pauline de Groot. 3 musicians, I Wayang Sadre and colleagues, International Movement Art Teacher's Conference, Java, Indonesia April 27 '97. The Oak's Café by Russell Dumas, de Groot guest in company Dance Exchange, Performance Space, Sydney, Australia, March 21, 23 '97. 'Windfalls' created by de Groot, Suprapto Suryodarmo, Beate Stühm and trombonist Joost Buis, Studio Seven, Amsterdam, July 3, 4 '97. 'The Rain will teach you or b e c o m i n g', de Groot & Christa Hansen (Hamburg), trombonist Joost Buis & saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra, Studio 'de Koe', Amsterdam, March 14, 15 '98. With Wittwolf y Malik, violoncello, Tanzwerft, Hamburg, June 13, 14 '98. With Torsten Kohlhoff, violoncello and Jayat, percussion, Orangerie, Köln, August 11 '98. 'Mandala', directed by Jenn Ben Yakov, de Groot's choreography for 4 dancers, Theaterschool Amsterdam and Studio Seven, May 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 '98. SITES, with saxophonist Michael Moore, outside Theater Frascati,Nesplein, Amsterdam, June '94; Moving Arts Institute courtyard, studio, silence, July '94; SITES, Out Market, Amsterdam, outside the Music Theatre and on bridge facing Kleine Komedie Theatre, & dancer Marjolijn Sinke, Aug.'94; Sites and Spaces, Velzerbeek Park Festival, Sept. '94 in park, with saxophonist Luc Houtkamp and dancer Marjolijn Sinke; SITES AND SPACES, Studio Le Regard du Cygne, Paris, outside in the alley with pianist Morton Potash, accordionist/ singer Eric Piederriere, percussionist Laurent Ide, pianist Wassim Soubra and pianist Catherine Cheyssial, June 5,6,7,8, '95; VOID, as solo, with clarinettist Ab Baars, Milky Way Theatre, Amsterdam, July '95; SITES - Mahakala, with audience vocals, Sharing Time, Mojosongo, Java, Indonesia, Sept. '95; SITES AND SPACES - Water and Land, with clarinettist Daniel Goode, Improvisation Festival NY 95, Danspace Project, St Marks' Church in the Bowery and American Theatre of Actors, NY, New York, Dec'95; SITES AND SPACES, with saxophonist Michael Moore, Vrijhof, Enschede, the Netherlands, March '96; SITES, with pianist Stevko Busch, Moving Arts Institute, Köln, Germany, July '96; Slope, with drummer/dancer Jean Paul Dal Din, Sharing Time, outside, Chagford, Devon, England, August '96; River and Rock, Sharing Time, with Jean Paul Dal Din outside, Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England, August '97. 'Sites and SPACES - wind, mud and rocks' with bassist Ken Filiano, Improvisation Festival NY '97, Movement Research at the Judson Church Dec '97. 'The Rain will teach you or b e c o m i n g', ritual-performance with Christa Hansen and trombonist Joost Buis/ saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra, Dans Studio Pauline de Groot, 'de Koe', Amsterdam, March '98. CLEAR AIR / wind, for Artists for Tibet, Melkweg, Amsterdam, July '98. With Wittwolf y Malik, violoncello, Tanzwerft, Hamburg, June '98: with Torsten Kohlhoff, violoncello and Jayat, percussion at the Healing Theatre, Orangerie, Köln, August 11 '98. 'CLEAR AIR Air /wind' with saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra, for World Artists for Tibet, Melkweg, Amsterdam, July 5 '98. 'CLEAR AIR /thunder' solo Pauline de Groot and trombonist James Fulkerson, 'a tribute 3 women who died this summer', European Dance Development Centre, Arnhem, 28 October '98. 'Life and Death Fragments', de Groot and new-media artist Isabelle Jenniches in "the Body and Technology", Theater Frascati, Amsterdam, March 24, '99.

Life and Death Fragments; Images: Isabelle Jenniches

A Peace Work: - DMZ, de Groot performs with Fort Point Project (San Francisco), The Hague Appeal for Peace, World Congress, Congress Centre, The Hague, 12 May '99. 'To hang the wash', Russell Dumas' phrases in Pauline's choreography danced by Pauline, Eveline Altena, Elisa Segala, Lisa Wiesemüller, Sandra Morrel, a Web Art Garden event for World Environment Day, June 5 '99, Studio Seven, Amsterdam; 'Day Dreaming', video - improvisation on location, Jordaan Festival, Amsterdam Summer '99: Bonnie Barnett, vocalist, Alan Purves, percussion, Pauline de Groot, dance, Isabelle Jenniches, camera. Chamber Dance Festival, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 1999 : 'Light and Sand', by de Groot, live music: Amnon Wolman, Osnat Arbol and Eyal Levinson. 'Noises' by Amos Hetz, dancers: Pauline de Groot, Amos Hetz, Benoit Lachambre, Judy Sacks, live music: Amnon Wolman, Eyal Levinson, Osnat Arbol. Netherlands Dance-platform, December 1999, 'Untitled 2000' by de Groot & Co, music John Cage.

recent work
Side Step Festival, Helsinki, January 2000, 'pierres de mousse' (stones of moss), music: 'Ryoanji', 'Dream' by John Cage, dancers: Pauline, Elisa Betta Segala, Cinara Schettini. Manifesto 2000, Het Veem Theater Amsterdam October 2000:'Statements on the Staircase 1 & 2, 3 or 4' (Clear Air), solo Pauline & bass, guitar, Alex & Jeroen. 'Belly of the World' (Clear Air), solo Pauline, instant offering in silence 'Around the Belly', Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, November 23, 2000.‘Grandparents' performance: Suprapto Suryodarmo, Pauline and Dorothy Heaps; drums: Lucy Pearce, Open Day Women’s and Men's Work, Michael's Church, Wales, GB, August 25 '01. 'give a moving announcement each time you die', concept Sander Wijgerse Footwork Improvisation, artists: Sophie Dubrocard, Pauline de Groot, Isak Goldschneider, Sharon Gesthuysen, Studio Pauline de Groot Amsterdam, October 15 ‘00. 'Project no 2 - Clear Distance, core players: Pauline de Groot, Ana Mira, Sander Wijgerse, Isak Goldschneider, guest: Felicity Provan, Studio de Koe, Amsterdam, May 25, 2002. ‘No -thing’, work in process ‘02 - ‘03, Pauline de Groot and Ana Mira, I.D.E.A. -showing Studio de Koe Amsterdam, October 12, ‘No -thing’ December 7 ‘02, ‘Friendly’ project, Muiderpoort Theater, Amsterdam. ‘Project 0 research’, ‘No -thing’, Ana Mira & Pauline de Groot, lunch-performance SNDD, Theaterschool, Amsterdam, May 16 ‘03; ‘Project 0 research’,‘No -thing’, Studio de Koe, Amsterdam, May 24 2003.