The Poetry of Steps

Tap dancers Max Pollak and Marije Nie
Natalio Sued - sax / clarinet
Albert van Veenendaal - piano
Erik Kooger - drums

A meeting on tap floors with rhythmic improvisations, Latin and jazz influences.
Marije: 'I am very happy that I can bring my great tap dance colleague and friend Max Pollak to Splendor. He is a groundbreaking and powerful rhythmic all-rounder, who has delved deeply into various musical traditions. In December he can be seen in Die Fledermaus by the National Opera and Ballet. And on Sunday afternoon 1 December in Splendor in an intimate musical and dance gathering.'

About Max Pollak - Dancer | Musician | Singer
Transforming one body into three instruments. Max Pollak uses three instruments for his ground-breaking performances. He creates dance with his body, music with his hands and feet, and song with his voice. Max Pollak takes his ground-breaking, unconventional approach to performing arts across multiple cultures. The innovative work of Max Pollak redefines the world of dance, music, and song within a multi-cultural approach using humankind’s original instrument – the body. As a native Austrian, Pollak combines the German language and the wide-range Yodel that can be seen in his 70-minute solo performance of “All In One.” Pollak is recognized worldwide as the first person to merge Afro-Cuban music and dance with American tap and body percussion. This new style inspired the creation of his band RumbaTap, which has performed in the United States, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Cuba, Turkey, France, Germany, Austria, and Finland.

About Marije Nie:
Marije Nie is a tap dancer, musician, performer and educator. Her passion lies in the power and poetry of steps, and their ability to navigate different worlds. She works in many different styles and genres of music, including classical music, jazz, electronic music, improvised music and even with symphony orchestras. Marije also creates and performs interdisciplinary theater, film, community art projects, interventions and workshops. Besides Splendor, she is a member of the Cross Pollination Collective where she organizes artistic labs to connect artists and researchers from many artistic disciplines.

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