Body – floating and flexible at a height of around ten meters. Timeless, weightless. We stand still and look up. We breathe naturally with the breathless apparitions until they dissolve into a vacuum. „UN-retained“ is a visually stunning, poetic story that brings silence into the world and makes us forget time, space and gravity. The image before our eyes seems to slow down our heartbeat and whisk us away to a universe free of worries and fears. The performance artist Sabine Molenaar and her group „Sandman“ have created a dance production that is both overwhelming and invites contemplation as an immersive video installation – a large, impressive performance that also touches us with its intimacy. Viewers of „UN-retained“ experienced a symbiosis between their own familiarity with real bodies and hidden technology, which makes such an experience possible in the first place.
KLANGLICHT 2021



With her company „Sandman“, Sabine Molenaar creates imaginative performances in which the associative logic of dreams prevails. The artist and choreographer develops her performances from a specific attitude: the body, in which she combines the highest mental, physical and emotional concentration, is her tool and gives her figures and associations depth and expressiveness. The body is the starting point and the compassion: painful, virtuous and mercilessly personal. The company „Sandman“ was founded in 2012 by Sabine Molenaar and is based in Brussels.
Production: Sandman
Concept & Choreography: Sabine Molenaar
Technical concept and video mapping: Gertjan Biasino
Composer: Jochem Baelus
Dancers: Gunther Polle, Corentin Dockx, Thierry Dockx, An Meirsman, Thibault Dockx, Sabine Molenaar and Umiko Dockx Molenaar
Other contributors: Alexandra Brixy, Cinediving/ Wim Michels, Thibault Dockx, Jeroen van Haudt, Adrien Lengrand, Nienke Rooijakkers, Filip Timmermans
Executive producers: DansBrabant & Kosmonaut
Co-production: DansBrabant, GLOW Eindhoven
With the support of: Beamsystems, Fonds Podiumkunsten, LITES/Cinediving
Technical implementation: grafx live-marketing GmbH, pro-video, getec eventtechnik GmbH