The lost room 2015 / Collaboration

In The lost room, we find ourselves on a ship at sea, where freedom and entrapment go hand in hand. In a labyrinth of rooms and corridors, several stories are told simultaneously. Characters seemingly exist in every time and every place. At the same time, they are timeless, infinite and boundless. In that respect, The lost room could be seen as a melancholic nostalgia for the future.

Memories are often not a literal reproduction of the past, but instead rely on constructive processes that are sometimes prone to error and distortion. We think we remember correctly, but then it turns out we’ve given shape to a story as we see it in present or even future time. Thus, present and future events are capable of influencing the past, our memories and ability to remember.

Franck Chartier created The lost room with the ensemble of NDT I. It followed The missing door (Gabriela Carrizo, 2013) and premiered on 1 October 2015 in The Hague (NL).

Concept and direction
Franck Chartier

In co-creation with the dancers
Lydia Bustinduy, Fernando Hernando Magadan / Spencer Dickhaus, Bob Verbrugge / Jef Stevens, Roger Van der Poel, Ema Yuasa / Rena Narumi, Cesar Faria Fernandes, Chloe Albaret, Myrthe van Opstal, Meng-Ke Wu, Marne van Opstal, Anna Herrmann, Anne Jung

Assistant to the director
Yi-Chun Liu, Louis-Clément da Costa, Ander Zabala (NDT)

Sound Dramaturgy
Raphaëlle Latini

Music
New composition by Raphaëlle Latini, Ismaël Colombani, Piano recording John Elliot Gardner

Light design
Tom Visser

Set design
Justine Bougerol

Costumes
Yi-Chun Liu

Production
Nederlands Dans Theater