Can we be friends?

CONNY JANSSEN DANST | MACIEJ KUŹMIŃSKI

A dance meditation on AI, control, and the fragile line between creator and creation. Like a porcelain figure turning inside a music box, something captivating yet disturbing is set in motion by invisible machinery. As dancers become language incarnate - an uncanny presence suspended between the real and the virtual - the distinction between us and them becomes increasingly uncertain. Caught between fascination and apprehension, we wonder: can we be friends?

What Kuźmiński reveals is a distinct voice and style, along with precision and humour.
With Can We Be Friends?, he has, in any case, created a remarkably timely, funny, and clever piece of choreography.

Nora de Bruine , Theaterkrant
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Can we be friends?
CONNY JANSSEN DANST | MACIEJ KUŹMIŃSKI

choreography, direction, costume design, sound editing
Maciej Kuźmiński

assistant choreographer, additional creation
Daria Koval

dramaturgy
Paul Bargetto

lighting design
Remko van Wely

rehearsal director
Erik Spruijt-Schimoda

performance & creation
Yanaika Holle, Gasar Ribeiro, Yashasvi Shrotriya

company director & curator
Conny Janssen

music by
Sgur Rós, Tyler, the Creator
Remixed by Maciej Kuźmiński

photography
Pien Düthmann

filming & video editing
Davide Bellotta

duration
20min

premiered on
08th September 2026, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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