Sammy Van den Heuvel — scenography

Each space grows within a specific frame that is formed through conversations; with the director, with the choreographer, with the text, the music, the materials, with the dramaturg, with the production team, with the artists and builders in the workshops, with the stage technicians. Ultimately, the built space engages in a conversation with the performers, and, through them, in a conversation with the audience.
A story of displacement
Wozzeck
Seraphim
No yogurt for the dead
Tipping point
Angel's bone
Le nozze di Figaro
The man who fell from the sky
A safe space for male bodies
Szenen aus Goethes Faust
The world’s wife
Vanishing point
Die Vorüberlaufenden
The future is not what it used to be
Solitary dialogues
Solitude
Each time we fall a city rises
Quartett
A requiem for lost things
Als niemand me ziet
Totentanz
#truth: ein sokratischer Abend
Ich rufe meine Brüder
3000 Euro
Ich bin wie ihr, ich liebe Äpfel


sammyvandenheuvel@gmail.com

A story of displacement

A story about migration. A physical plea for more collective responsibility, in response to a world in which there seems to be ever less common ground. The performers explore an inhospitable landscape with unexpected qualities, driven by the harsh techno-inspired soundscape of cellist Alfian Emir Adytia. Their language of dance and circus reveals both the strength and vulnerability of people in search of security.  

concept and choreography    Pia Meuthen
dramaturgical adviceCamille Paycha, Julian Vogel, Guido Janssen
scenographySammy Van den Heuvel
costume designSanne Reichert
light designBart Verzellenberg
musicStrijbos & van Rijswijk and Davide Bellotta

/Panama Pictures 2025