Club Guy & Roni invites
JA Collective, Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum
Enjoy two dance performances in one evening!
For Club Guy & Roni invites, the company invites two promising choreographers to create new work. This time, the featured artists are JA Collective and the duo Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum.
JA Collective brings a fresh and energetic mix of hip-hop and contemporary dance, a tribute to the complexity of grief and the unexpected power of joy. Laufer & Van Rossum explore human connection in an increasingly hardened world, with raw emotions, magical imagery, and an immersive soundscape.
Club Guy & Roni invites is an annual program by the international dance company from Groningen that offers a platform for emerging talent and introduces audiences to the new generation of choreographers. In this fifth edition, you will see works by JA Collective and the duo Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum.
JA Collective consists of Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry, both with backgrounds in hip-hop and contemporary dance. This mix results in a fresh, dynamic style.
“With our new piece, we explore a crucial moment of change and its unique impact on each performer. With refined choreography and dynamic lighting, we unfold a story about loss, grief, and healing. The music creates an earthy reality, interrupted by this turning point. Yet moments of playfulness emerge — a tribute to the complexity of grief and the unexpected power of joy.” – JA Collective about their new choreography
Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum share a deep interest in movement in dialogue with imagination. By embracing inclusivity, movement becomes a force to promote understanding, empathy, and connection.
“Where does kindness go when the world hardens? Can we find it again? As dancers embody the forces that divide and connect us, magical imagery clashes with raw emotions — loss, hope, resistance, and the longing for human contact. With our new choreography and immersive soundscape, we offer a poetic reflection on our time. A surreal but familiar world that challenges us to reclaim what seems lost.” – Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum about their new choreography
Club Guy & Roni invites brings together two performances that each stretch the boundaries of dance in their own way. An evening full of new perspectives, where movement, light, and sound unite in stories that touch the heart.
