“The world’s biggest choreographic duet competition”
12-14 June 2025
Theater Rotterdam
In June 2025, choreographic talent from all over the world will travel to Rotterdam for the seventh edition of the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition (RIDCC). The sixteen participants will present their duets live in the theatre to the audience in Rotterdam and through our livestream all over the world.
The competition
RIDCC is very proud to present this vibrant and unique event where sixteen selected choreographers will compete for outstanding prizes. You can witness the sixteen multi-style duets during the preliminary rounds on 12 and 13 June. On Saturday 14 June, the event will come to a close with a grand finale featuring the duets that have been selected by a prestigious jury. From this selection, the jury will choose the winner of the XL Production Award, while the RIDCC partners will choose the winners of the Partner Awards from all sixteen participants. Finally, over drinks and snacks, you will decide which talented choreographer will receive the Audience Award. A festive awards ceremony will announce all RIDCC 2025 winners.
Order of the semi-finals:
Semi-final 1:
Whispers of an Ending – Giovanni Napoli
Mmasediba – Nomasonto Radebe
For what is to come – Maciej Kuźmiński
Tan a prop – Júlia Godino Llorens & Alexa Moya Panksep
Push and Pull – Hung-chung Lai
Ki – Iga Włodarczyk & Katarzyna Zakrzewska
RAKKE – Louis Thuriot & Patricia George
Brothers – Justin de Jager & Sem Deliveyne
Semi-final 2:
An Existential Duet – Iannes Bruylant & Anna Benedicte Andresen
In my shoes – Nikita Zdravkov
Dream a Little Dream of We – Tamara Fernando
Sticky Ends – Xiaoyun Fan
Trångt – Tilda Åsberg & Albert W. Buchreitz
Pandora – Chen Shuchang & Shi Renqi
Viscum – Noé Chapsal
Mirror Maze – Laura Perron William-Nicolas Tanguay
RIDCC Brings Back
Every year RIDCC invites former participants with whom we have a strong connection to present new work. It is an opportunity for the audience to see what former participants have been doing and to see their development. In addition, it is an inspiration for participants to see what RIDCC can bring them and how it can kickstart their choreographer’s career. This year we bring back several former participants and winners!
Dereck Cayla – Dancing Contours
This year Dereck brings his installations Dancing Contours to Rotterdam. It’s an immersive installation where the body transcends its own boundaries. Through layered drawings and video projections, full-body portraits come to life, dissolving the lines between self and image, presence and absence. This poetic exploration of movement and identity invites you to reflect on how we perceive ourselves and what lies beyond.
The installation will be free to visit throughout all days of RIDCC 2025, in the foyer of Theater Rotterdam.
Sarah Baltzinger & Isaiah Wilson – MEGASTRUCTURE (full version)
On Thursday 12 June former Award winners Sarah and Isaiah will present the full evening piece MEGASTRUCTURE in the small theatre of Theater Rotterdam.
MEGASTRUCTURE curiously follows the path of two bodies in continuous entanglement. In this intense exploration of intimacy, the dynamic dance material evokes both strange and dangerous associations. The duo moves like a living puzzle, with pieces constantly being dismantled, sought after, tested, and reinvented. It won the XL Production award and 4 Partner Awards in 2023.
Get your tickets here.
Land Before Time
Together with Dansateliers and Aerowaves we bring back Land Before Time. On 3 June at 19.00 they will present their new duet Waterkind on Schouwburgplein in front of Theater Rotterdam. Waterkind explores the interplay and connection between two bodies without direct physical contact. How can we experience the sensation of connection and the mutual understanding of the next movement through improvisation?
The performance is free, you can find more information here.
Dance workshops
Are you not only a dance lover, but also interested in the art of choreography? During the RIDCC event, we organize dance workshops.
LGBTQIA+ Workshop in collaboration with Ketelbinkie
Every year RIDCC organizes a workshop in collaboration with Ketelbinkie. This contemporary dance workshop is open to all genders, all levels, and all bodies, everyone is welcome on the stage of Theater Rotterdam. The workshop is led by choreographer and dancer Dario Tortorelli, he has previously worked with companies such as Introdans, Conny Janssen Danst, and Ann Van den Broek.
Participants will have the change to follow the workshop on the big stage of Theater Rotterdam and watch the final of RIDCC.
Sign up by emailing to: secretaris@ketelbinkie.net
RIDCC is looking forward to taking you on this exclusive journey to discover the work of a new generation of dance artists.
