MAGNITUDE is a quest to find one’s own volume – not too big, not too small. With a constantly transforming body and her guitar, Annabel Koele moves through surreal landscapes, drawing the audience into her search.
A burning desire emerges to carve out space. As a woman inhabiting her own body, she dialogues with the room she finds herself in, shifting perspectives on space and body. Balancing a playful lightness that can suddenly tip into danger, MAGNITUDE is an open invitation into a world of shifting images.
Annabel Koele (b. 1996) is a performer, physical theater artist, dancer, and creator. She studied at Codarts, University of the Arts (2017) and the Mime Opleiding, Amsterdam (2024). Merging dance and Dutch mime, she creates playful, surreal works that invite audiences to shift perspective and see body and space in a new light.
A workshop in Annabel’s physical practice (de)formation is offered to movers from any background, exploring imagination and reshaping the body as we know it.
Concept, creation and performance: : Annabel Koele
Artistic advisor: Fleur van den Berg
With the support of: Via Rudolphi, Academie voor Theater en Dans
Special thanks to: Timon Persoon, Tim van Dongen
Musical reference: ‘We Are’ by India.Arie
Pictures: Bart Grietens, Ben van Duin, Bianca van Houten
