Public Sharing Courtney May Robertson

Schedule

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Van Diemenstraat 408, 1013 Amsterdam, Nederland | Amsterdam, NH

Advertisement
Courtney May Robertson (Scotland, 1992) is a Rotterdam-based performer and interdisciplinary maker. Since 2013, she has collaborated with artists including Jan Martens, Florentina Holzinger, Maxime Dreesen, and soon Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe. Her own choreographic voice emerged in Rotterdam’s DIY performance scene, and has since evolved into a small but distinctive body of solo works - HUNTER (VSCD Mime/Performance Prize 2024), the pleasure of stepping off a horse when it’s moving at full speed (Aerowaves Twenty22), and THE WOMAN DESTROYED (De Troffel Prize 2020).
Defined by raw physicality, conceptual precision, and emotional intensity, Courtney explores sociopolitical themes through personal, uncanny, and often grotesque lenses. Navigating the spaces between dance, performance art, coding, puppetry, and visual design, she builds haunting and immersive encounters that oscillate between control and collapse, rigor and rebellion, chaos and structure.
Public Sharing - different location
The Sharing will take place at Van Diemenstraat location (Veemtheater), not at BAU Entrepotdok (!!) Claim your free ticket via Ticket link.
Research
BANSHEE (working title) marks the research phase of Courtney May Robertson’s first group performance, premiering in March 2027. Drawing on romanticized and eroticized depictions of corpses in art, BANSHEE explores grief, gendered violence, and cultural portrayals of womxn’s bodies as passive and consumable. Prompted by the loss of her mother over a decade ago, Courtney rejects the sanitized narratives of death encountered in her research, turning instead to her Celtic ancestry and the undercurrents of transgenerational trauma as sites of reckoning and reclamation. During this residency, she will develop a contemporary movement language informed by the deconstruction of folk dance traditions she practiced in childhood. In addition, working in collaboration with sound artists Genevieve Murphy and Acidic Male, Courtney will research a hybrid soundscape where the ancient lament of Scottish bagpipes collides with the raw energy of Noise music.
BANSHEE Research team
Concept & Direction: Courtney May Robertson
Sound: Puck Schot / Acidic Male, Genevieve Murphy
Performance: Courtney May Robertson, Olympia Kotopoulos, İnci Gül Civelekoğlu, Yoko Haveman
Scenography: Jesus Canuto Iglesias
Dramaturgy: Lara van Lookeren
Co-produced by: Grand Theater Groningen
Supported by: De Grote Post Oostende, Bau Amsterdam
Financially supported by: Gemeente Rotterdam, Bau Amsterdam
Advertisement

Where is it happening?

Van Diemenstraat 408, 1013 Amsterdam, Nederland, Van Diemenstraat 410, 1013 CR Amsterdam, Nederland, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

BAU Dance & Performance Amsterdam

Host or Publisher BAU Dance & Performance Amsterdam

It's more fun with friends. Share with friends

Discover More Events in Amsterdam

Goldkimono in Paradiso
Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Goldkimono in Paradiso

Paradiso Amsterdam

Dressed Like Boys in Paradiso
Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Dressed Like Boys in Paradiso

Paradiso Amsterdam

MUSIC
shame - Melkweg Amsterdam
Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm shame - Melkweg Amsterdam

Melkweg Amsterdam

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig in Amsterdam

Ziggo Dome

CONCERTS MUSIC
Little Simz Amsterdam Tickets
Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm Little Simz Amsterdam Tickets

AFAS Live

TRIPS-ADVENTURES
Rodeo (Basque Country) \/\/ Disnomia (Mallorca) \/\/ Molton Grove (Amsterdam)
Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm Rodeo (Basque Country) // Disnomia (Mallorca) // Molton Grove (Amsterdam)

De Tanker In Noord | Amsterdam

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
La Bomba de Tiempo | Melkwg - Amsterdam |
Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm La Bomba de Tiempo | Melkwg - Amsterdam |

Melkweg Amsterdam

ART FINE-ARTS
Little Simz in Amsterdam
Thu, 02 Oct at 08:00 pm Little Simz in Amsterdam

AFAS Live

CONCERTS MUSIC
Professional training: Be\u00efnvloeden, overtuigen en verleiden
Tue, 30 Apr at 09:30 am Professional training: Beïnvloeden, overtuigen en verleiden

The School Of Life Amsterdam

WORKSHOPS ART
An Action-Packed Scavenger Hunt! - Amsterdam's Art Scene
Sun, 29 Sep at 08:00 am An Action-Packed Scavenger Hunt! - Amsterdam's Art Scene

Museumstraat 1

ART TRIPS-ADVENTURES
Sigur R\u00f3s Amsterdam
Fri, 25 Oct Sigur Rós Amsterdam

Koninklijk Theater Carré

ART THEATRE
Adventurous Scavenger Hunt! - Dapperbuurt Downtown Dazzling Hunt
Fri, 13 Dec at 08:00 am Adventurous Scavenger Hunt! - Dapperbuurt Downtown Dazzling Hunt

9W95+5M

TRIPS-ADVENTURES NONPROFIT
The Official Amsterdam Origami Club @ The OBA CC Amstel
Sun, 12 Jan at 11:00 am The Official Amsterdam Origami Club @ The OBA CC Amstel

OBA CC Amstel

WORKSHOPS ART
The magic combination of Touch & Words, join the ongoing core group
Fri, 05 Sep at 10:00 am The magic combination of Touch & Words, join the ongoing core group

Bluebirds (Bluebirds West)

WORKSHOPS ART
Graveyard ft. MOFS \/ OTTOMAN GR\u00dcW \/ ENTRP \/ DISSONVNT \/ ISAAC NEWTUNE
Fri, 05 Sep at 10:00 pm Graveyard ft. MOFS / OTTOMAN GRÜW / ENTRP / DISSONVNT / ISAAC NEWTUNE

OT301 Studios

FESTIVALS ART
Fri, 05 Sep at 10:00 pm RESTRICTED in Amsterdam

Paradiso

CONCERTS MUSIC
Cirque Du Techno Presents Welcome To The Circus
Fri, 05 Sep at 11:00 pm Cirque Du Techno Presents Welcome To The Circus

Amsterdam Netherland

ART
VIN: International Beyonce Day 2025 \u2022 Amsterdam
Fri, 05 Sep at 11:00 pm VIN: International Beyonce Day 2025 • Amsterdam

Club NYX

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
24 uur Noord
Sat, 06 Sep at 06:00 am 24 uur Noord

Amsterdam-Noord

KUNSTSTRAAT
Sat, 06 Sep at 12:00 pm KUNSTSTRAAT

javastraat 151, amsterdam

FESTIVALS WORKSHOPS

What's Happening Next in Amsterdam?

Discover Amsterdam Events