ABOUT

In 2020, Ari Peterse (mime artist and director) and Kamee Frieling (dancer and choreographer) started to join forces. And since then they have been making performances under the name Danstheater TiNaNiNaNi. It is a unique collaboration that transcends different generations and disciplines. They collaborate with designers, musicans, dancers etc. TiNaNiNaNi is characterized by combining poetry and literature with contemporary dance. Their performances are experienced as magical and poetic. And are current, aesthetic and connecting. They create location theater, hall productions, performances for the elderly and children's performances.

Ari Peterse is the first winner of the Dutch Mime Price.
Kamee Frieling was nominated for the Jacques De Leeuw Prize 2021, a prize for exceptional talent.

The first performance SORROW (2020) was followed by a successful tour at home and abroad. During the corona period she created the performance Winterreise Zomertijd (2021) for healthcare institutions. The children's show STAIRS TO HEAVEN (2021) received a Makers stipend and can still be booked through Impresariaat UIT DE KUNSTEN. Museum of Lost Memories (2022) is a dancing follow-up tour for healthcare institutions. ZORGENKIND (2022) was made at the invitation of the Woest & Bijster festival, a performance about our relationship with nature. ZORGENKIND plays at festivals and in the theater. Brittle Earth (2023) is inspired by Antjie Krog, a mass for the universe and commissioned for the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. They work with various themes such as: performance pressure/wheel race of life, nature and climate, history, literature and wonder.

Before 2020, TiNaNiNaNi had already a rich history.  Ari Founded TiNaNiNaNi in 1997.  TiNaNiNaNi has played an international role  in more than 60 countries. The company has a lot of experience with Ari Peterse, as he directed the first winning performance of the Dutch Mime Prize.