28 January 2026

While the other choreographers for HubClub’26 reworked existing pieces, choreographer and community artist Jordy Dik created an entirely new work for Introdans. Live, Live: All We Can Do Is Live, which we already got a preview of last year during our End of Season, is, as Dik calls it, a rock concert for the soul. A performance in which extravagance and the beauty of diversity are celebrated.

Working with an inclusive cast is nothing new for Dik. As artistic director of Companie Tiuri, which focuses fully on developing professional inclusive productions, it comes quite naturally. In fact, as he puts it: “It’s not so much about inclusion for me. That’s just a step. Humanity is the end point.” And humanity is therefore also his starting point.

Working with the colourful HubClub’26 cast is therefore not necessarily different for him than working with professionally trained dancers: “It’s not about perfection for me. It’s about being moved. I want to see life on stage.”

Rich colours
For this version of Live, Live: All We Can Do Is Live, Dik is working with a different cast than at End of Season 2025. The broad outlines remain the same, the music, the lighting and the story, but according to Dik, the way the cast colours in those lines will certainly be different. “I work very much from co-creation with the dancers and from their essence and richness. Their unique backgrounds will undoubtedly influence the colour of the performance.”

As an example, Dik mentions performer Issam Zemmouri: “Issam sees only 4% and has a very distinctive background, also in terms of dance. That brings very unique colours with it.” Colour is also clearly present in a personal monologue by one of the performers: “Manuel shares a very personal story about his father. A vulnerable delivery in which everyone can recognise something of themselves.”

The complete cast consists, alongside guest dancers Issam Zemmouri and Manuel Kiros Paolini, of Introdans dancer Daniel Chambers and two dancers from Companie Tiuri, Igor Memic and Werner Kamp, for whom this is the latter’s first professional production.

A moment of stillness in a rock concert
The choreographer’s ‘rock concert’ moves on the boundary between life and death. “I really like shaping that sense of fatal tension in something as joyful as a rock concert.” Dik portrays this duality through contrasting fragments of light and darkness, black-and-white costumes, and a veil that is worn both at weddings and in mourning. “There’s Freddie Mercury-like extravagance in it, but also moments of beautiful stillness. Softness is celebrated alongside rocking rawness. The two extremes constantly embrace each other.”

Light in the darkness
Dik feels a responsibility to bring light into the world in dark times. “One of the ways I do that is by dancing together. And that’s exactly what happens at a rock concert. During Introdans’ End of Season 2025, the audience danced along with great enthusiasm.”

A familiar presence in HubClub
Jordy Dik is a familiar presence in Introdans’ HubClub productions. His work was also shown in the first two editions. “I fully support the way Adriaan approaches the theme of inclusion. Introdans and Companie Tiuri work hand in hand in this, and I hope that inclusion will eventually be professionalised to such an extent that you can ask whether a production is inclusive or simply professional art. We have long since assumed the latter.”