After graduating from Codarts/Rotterdam Dance Academy, Ryan Djojokarso (1983) was in demand as a dancer and worked with different choreographers including Itzik Galili, Liat Waysbort, Erik Kaiel, Keren Levi, Ugo Dehaes, Itamar Serussi and Tabea Martin. Since 2013, he developed himself as a choreographer at Korzo, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Konzert Theater Bern en Conny Janssen Danst. Ryan always works with a theme that ties together a series of productions.
In 2013 he made the duet Balts, the first in a series about a young, unmarried couple, for Korzo’s talent development program Voorjaarsontwaken. Balts was awarded a Critics Prize in Hannover, a prize for best dancer (Mayke van Kruchten) at CICC in Copenhagen, and the first Berner Tanzpreise. The series then continued with Nomophobia (CaDance 2015), On Hold (Voorjaarsontwaken 2016) and FINAL (Conny Janssen Danst, 2016).
In 2014 Ryan started working on several productions, in which he wonders how sport and play are related to dance. This resulted in the productions Tanz ist auch sport (DOX), SPEED (Crosstown/Korzo) for young audiences, Jij bent ‘m! (CaDance 2017) and recently Wie niet weg is, is gezien for children.
The series that Ryan is currently occupied with departs from literature. Together with DOX & fABULEUS, he made Alleen de grootste nabijheid, inspired by a novel by Goethe from 1809. This performance was selected for the Dutch Dance Days 2016. For CaDance 2017, he made Giovanni’s Room, an intense love story based on James Baldwin’s novel (1956) of the same name.
In 2017 Ryan was nominated for the Price of the Dutch Dance Days Young Audience ’17 and got that same year the BNG Bank Dance prize for promising choreographer. In 2018 he got the Nieuwe Makersregeling from the Fonds Podiumkunsten, where he could develop himself with his partners Korzo, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam & Zuiderstrandtheater. He then created Mom:Me where he questions the mother-child relationship. For Twools 19 (Scapino Ballet Rotterdam) he made While the leaves are blowing, which was an ode to those that can’t find the right partner.
In 2019, LIBI came out for the big stage of the Zuiderstrandtheater. In this piece the memories of the first generation Surinamese people that moved to The Netherlands formed the script. A biography with dance, theatre & live music.
Awarded
⦿Nominated for the Prijs van de Nederlandse Dansdagen Jong Publiek 2017
⦿BNG Bank Dansprijs 2017
⦿First prize, Berner Tanzpreise
⦿Kritikerpreis, Hanover Choreographic Competition
⦿Best Dancer Award for Mayke’s performance in Balts at CICC Copenhagen
PRESS REVIEW
⦿WHO’S AFRAID OF CHARLIE STEVENS?
http://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/whos-afraid-charlie-stevens/romana-vrede-club-gewalt/
⦿ALLEEN DE GROOTSTE NABIJHEID
http://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/alleen-grootste-nabijheid/fabuleus-dox/
http://focus.knack.be/entertainment/podium/wtf-goethe-keihard-in-your-face-tijdens-fabuleus-en-dox-alleen-de-grootste-nabijheid/article-review-626387.html
⦿ON HOLD
http://www.volkskrant.nl/recensies/voorjaarsontwaken-is-opvallend-fysiek~a4287209/
http://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/voorjaarsontwaken-3/korzo-producties/
⦿NOMOPHOBIA
…een humoristische worsteling om aandacht.
http://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/4×4-fellowship-dance/
⦿GIACOMETTI
‘The urban bustle gets so fascinatingly deep. The dancers’ bodies reflect a contra dictionary force – vulnerable and tough at the same time.’ (Tanz magazine, February 2015)
‘Giacometti’ is undoubtedly a fascinating glimpse into an important piece of Swiss art.
http://www.bka.ch/buehne/rubriken/buehne/die-geister-des-alberto-giacometti
‘…the urban bustle receives depth and movement reflect the body inner emotions. This force is also there in Giacometti’s sculptures.
Djojokarso message has arrived.’
http://www.derbund.ch/kultur/theater/Schicht-um-Schicht——/story/15529886
‘…what stands out to Ryan Djojokarsos choregraphy without a doubt, is the precise analysis of the understanding of the body’
http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/buehne/les-hommes-qui-marchent-1.18459557
⦿TANZ IST AUCH SPORT
…het publiek, dat spontaan joelend van de stoelen springt, alsof het zo is geprogrammeerd.
http://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/exact-tanz-ist-auch-sport/
⦿BALTS
…confronteert op knappe wijze met het dierlijke in ons eigen gevoel en gedrag.
http://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/voorjaarsontwaken/
…origineel en prachtig gedanst.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/dossier-archief/sprankelend-en-fris-aanbod~a3435617/
http://www.cultuurbewust.nl/theater-69648-voorjaarsontwaken-korzo-theater/
