Another Sleeping Beauty - History of the times gone

Parktheater - Philipszaal
Eindhoven / Netherlands
September 29-30, 2025

As repertory company of Parktheater, United Cowboys is regularly invited to take over the Philipszaal of the theatre to create and present special performances. The possibilities of this multi-functional space are happily taken advantage of. The ballet, originally created for the music of Tchaikovski will be re-framed in poetic images and strong physical language, audiences most likely know from United Cowboys. Another Sleeping Beauty translates the fairy tale into this day and age: a deep-sleep in which the alternation between reality and truth will bring the viewer into another dimension. United Cowboys has re-created two classics in ballet in the last 3 years: Swanlake and The Nutcracker; ballets that both are originally based on the music of Tsjaikovski. These monumental productions - Reminition Swanlake and The Nutcracker - were created on invitation by the director dance of Tanz_Kassel of the State Theater Kassel (DE).

With Sleeping Beauty as starting point, United Cowboys finishes her trilogy around Tsjaikovski and bundles her iconic approach into an intimate, personal, yet monumental experience: Another Sleeping Beauty.

Doors open at 8:30 PM; pre-talk at 7:30 PM (Kameleon Hall)
INFORMATION & TICKETS

More performances scheduled 2026:
March 14, 2026 Verkadefabriek Den Bosch
May 8, 2026 State Theatre Kassel (DE); reprise season 2026-2027

ALL OF US - DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2025
EINDHOVEN - ART HOUSE UNITED COWBOYS

October 18-26, 2025

OPENING NIGHT October 18

During this year’s edition of the Dutch Design Week United Cowboys participates yet again as one of the main locations of the largest design events of Northern Europe. We presents a 9-day, curated exhibition and program under the Title ALL OF US - consisting of a wide range of conceptional work - design, installations, performances - by local and international visiting designers. The works presented have a strong focus on how humans are so different, yet so alike. ALL OF US encourages individuality and identity within the aim of generosity and solidarity. 

Amongst others, All of Us presents the durational piece:
Boys Just Want to Have Fun by ILDance (Sweden) is a durational multi-disciplinary dance-performance-art piece of 6 to 8 hours presenting in white exhibition/gallery spaces. The work explores deconstruction of masculinity and challenges taboos surrounding male sensuality and sexuality  within mainstream Western culture. 
Supported by Perform Europe. Important Audience Information HERE.

Free entrance for all DDW ticket holders.
General opening hours: Daily 11am-6pm
Opening Night: October 18
Seasoning Fall Special Edition: October 24 & 25 (see more below)
More infos HERE.

SEASONING FALL - SPECIAL EDITION DUTCH DESIGN WEEK

ART HOUSE UNITED COWBOYS
OCTOBER 24 & 25

During the second weekend of DDW, Seasoning Fall will take place. 

Every change of the season United Cowboys invites audiences to witness new developments in the field of live-art.  Local, national and international guest artists develop and show their new work and research in a transdisciplinary program. An artistic dialogue with dance, music, performance and fine arts, in which physicality predominates.

The upcoming special edition of Seasoning Fall will show a line-up of work in development, placed in an international context of performances. The program is being curated by the artistic team of United Cowboys: Maarten van der Put en Pauline Roelants.

Amongst others, Seasoning Fall presents the durational piece:
Boys Just Want to Have Fun by ILDance (Sweden) is a durational multi-disciplinary dance-performance-art piece of 6 to 8 hours presenting in white exhibition/gallery spaces. The work explores deconstruction of masculinity and challenges taboos surrounding male sensuality and sexuality  within mainstream Western culture. 
Supported by Perform Europe. Important Audience Information HERE.

More artist to be announced soon…

TICKETS HERE
(DDW ticket holders receive student discount)

Boys Just Want to Have Fun by ILDANCE (S)

WORKSHOPS at ART HOUSE - October 18 & 19

WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS
October 18 at 14.00 - 18:00 (4 hours)
At United Cowboys Art House

The Artistic Director of ilDance, Israel Aloni, is inviting; self-identifying male people who are experienced performers with significant relation to corporeality and physical practices (dance, physical theatre, butoh etc.), to a workshop where they will share part of the  practice they developed for the project Boys Just Want to Have Fun. 

About Boys Just Want to Have Fun

Since 2014, Aloni’s work has been addressing gender and sexuality in both direct and indirect ways, in numerous projects which work through these themes from non-binary and female perspectives. In Boys Just Want to Have Fun, they address homoeroticism and toxic masculinity, how these influence the perception of male figures in modern society and seek to embody post-humanist-feminist agenda through deconstruction and redefinition of the male. Boys Just Want to Have Fun is a durational piece of 8 hours with a set score which performs in gallery and/or museum spaces. 

 The project premiered in 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia and was selected into Perform Europe for international touring in 2025. More information about the project can be found on the website. 

Content of the Workshop
The workshop starts with a movement session of The I.Aloni Experience led by Israel Aloni - a movement research practice which Aloni has been developing in the past 25 years. The practice works with movement, philosophy and psychology to enrich the experience of the practitioners through attentiveness to corporeality (their physical being) and its relation to the psyche (their personhood) and the World. The session is led as a guided improvisation where there is no importance to form or shape, rather to the encounters between the practitioners and the information which Aloni shares through the session.

 Following the I.Aloni Experience session, the day includes a number of group improvisation sessions followed by collective reflections. Each improvisation session is prompted by one of the key concepts and/or exercises that Aloni and the performers of Boys Just Want To Have Fun have developed in the project. There is a specific methodological progression in the complexity and the depth which the workshop's participants are invited to process in their work. Throughout the workshop, references from art, culture, philosophy, discourse, politics and public affairs are introduced to layer the way we refer to maleness and manhood.

Participation and Duration

The workshop is suitable strictly for people aged 18 and up who self-identify as male (including trans, queer, and other masculine identities) and be open to working closely and openly in a group setting. English proficiency is necessary for communication, though it does not have to be the applicant’s native language. A minimum of three years’ experience in physical work – either as a student and/or professional – is required. All body types and life experiences are welcome.

The workshop will take place on October 18 at 14.00 - 18:00 (4 hours) at United Cowboys Art House (Kleine Berg 62, Eindhoven, The Netherlands). The number of participants for this workshop is limited to 10 people. Admission is free, application is required to participate.

 Application

If you would like to participate in the workshop, please complete all sections of the online application form here. The application deadline is October 12 (23:59), The Netherlands. Applicants will be notified on October 13.

For more information, please contact: info@ildance.se,  www.ildance.se

GENERAL WORKSHOP - OPEN TO PUBLIC
October 19 at 15.00 - 17:00 (2 hours)
at United Cowboys Art House

For this workshop, Israel Aloni, is inviting; self-identifying male people with no extensive experience in physical work and/or performing, who are particularly interested in the physicality and behaviour of masculinity and manhood, to participate in the workshop of their production, Boys Just Want to Have Fun. 

Content of the Workshop

The workshop starts with a movement session of The I.Aloni Experience led by Israel Aloni - a movement research practice which Aloni has been developing in the past 25 years. The practice works with movement, philosophy and psychology to enrich the experience of the practitioners through attentiveness to corporeality (their physical being) and its relation to the psyche (their personhood) and the World. The session is led as a guided improvisation where there is no importance to form or shape, rather to the encounters between the practitioners and the information which Aloni shares through the session.

Following the I.Aloni Experience session, the workshop includes a group improvisation session followed by collective reflections. The improvisation session is prompted by one of the key concepts and/or exercises that Aloni and the performers of Boys Just Want To Have Fun have developed in the project. There is a specific methodological progression in the complexity and the depth with which the workshop's participants are invited to process in their work. Throughout the workshop, references from art, culture, philosophy, discourse, politics and public affairs are introduced to layer the way we refer to maleness and manhood.

 Participation and Duration

This workshop is suitable strictly for people aged 18 and up who identify as male (including trans, queer, and other masculine identities) and be open to working closely and openly in a group setting. English proficiency is necessary for communication, though it does not have to be the applicant’s native language. 

The workshop will take place on October 19, 2025 at 15.00 - 17:00 (2 hours) at United Cowboys Art House (Kleine Berg 62, Eindhoven, The Netherlands). The number of participants for this workshop is limited to 10 people. Admission is free, application is required to participate.

Application

If you would like to participate in the workshops, please complete all sections of the online application form here. The application deadline is October 12 (23:59, The Netherlands time). Workshop places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Applicants will be notified as the applications come in and no later than October 13.

For more information, please contact: info@ildance.se, www.ildance.se