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SUMMARY:PLEASER – The Amsterdam Fringe Festival
DTSTAMP:20260915T023742Z
DTSTART:20250913T163000Z
DTEND:20250913T170000Z
DESCRIPTION:Pleaser is a solo dance-comedy performance about people-pleasin
	g as personal\ntrap and collective dysfunction.\n\nWhat do we lose when we
	 always try to be liked?\n\nPleaser is a solo dance-comedy about the invis
	ible energy of people-pleasing\,\nnot just as a personal struggle\, but as
	 a collective dysfunction.\n\nThrough (break)dance\, clowning\, and physic
	al comedy\, Cristian Boscheri explores\nhow our need for approval shapes r
	elationships\, weakens boundaries\, and distorts\nour sense of justice and
	 connection.\n\nWith raw movement and unexpected humor\, he exposes the ex
	hausting emotional\nacrobatics behind niceness. Cristian invites you to jo
	in him on a journey full\nof tension\, release\, and play\, a search for h
	onesty\, presence\, and the courage\nto be seen as we are.\n\n____________
	___\n\nBio:\n\nCristian is an Italian interdisciplinary maker\, dancer\, a
	nd comedian based in\nRotterdam. He previously worked as an engineer at TU
	 Eindhoven and co-founded\nStichting Wedowe before fully committing to the
	 arts in 2024. His artistic\njourney began in Italy with breaking in 2005\
	, winning his first national\nchampionship in 2009. In 2023\, he won Open 
	Your Mind\, an international\ncompetition for experimental dance. Since 20
	22\, he has also been active as a\nstand-up comedian and was a finalist in
	 the 2025 Comedy Talent Award at Tivoli\nVredenburg. His solo work blends 
	dance\, mime\, clowning\, and humor\, with space\nfor vulnerability and pl
	ayfulness.\n\nCristian’s artistic research explores how perception is shap
	ed by emotional and\npsychological states\, and how shifts in those states
	 affect how we relate to\nourselves\, others\, and the world. He is fascin
	ated by comedy as a language\,\nwhether purely physical\, purely verbal\, 
	or a mix of both\, and how it interacts\nwith movement\, dance\, and audie
	nce participation.\n\n______________\n\nCredits:\n\nWriter\, director\, pe
	rformer: Cristian Boscheri\nOutside eyes: Aurélia Brailowsky\, Shailesh Ba
	horan\, Harvey Cobb\nComposition and Music Production: Carlo Dini\nCredits
	 for the poster photo: Anahí Clemens\nCo-production: Circusstad Festival (
	through Circunstruction)\nSupport: Gemeente Rotterdam\, Cultuurfonds\, Ams
	terdam Fonds voor de Kunsten\,\nCircusBende\n\nFind tickets on the website
	 of Fringe!\n[https://amsterdamfringefestival.nl/pleaser/]
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pleaser-the-amsterdam-fringe-festival-1
GEO:52.3759775;4.9275458
LOCATION:Mezrab - Veemkade 576\, 1019 BL Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,comedy,dance,eastern docklands,experimental,festi
	vals,music,performance
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>Pleaser is a solo dance-comedy performa
	nce about people-pleasing as personal trap and collective dysfunction.</em
	></p> <p>What do we lose when we always try to be liked?</p> <p>Pleaser is
	 a solo dance-comedy about the invisible energy of people-pleasing, not ju
	st as a personal struggle, but as a collective dysfunction.</p> <p>Through
	 (break)dance, clowning, and physical comedy, Cristian Boscheri explores h
	ow our need for approval shapes relationships, weakens boundaries, and dis
	torts our sense of justice and connection.</p> <p>With raw movement and un
	expected humor, he exposes the exhausting emotional acrobatics behind nice
	ness. Cristian invites you to join him on a journey full of tension, relea
	se, and play, a search for honesty, presence, and the courage to be seen a
	s we are.</p> <p>_______________</p> <p>Bio:</p>  <p>Cristian is an Italia
	n interdisciplinary maker, dancer, and comedian based in Rotterdam. He pre
	viously worked as an engineer at TU Eindhoven and co-founded Stichting Wed
	owe before fully committing to the arts in 2024. His artistic journey bega
	n in Italy with breaking in 2005, winning his first national championship 
	in 2009. In 2023, he won Open Your Mind, an international competition for 
	experimental dance. Since 2022, he has also been active as a stand-up come
	dian and was a finalist in the 2025 Comedy Talent Award at Tivoli Vredenbu
	rg. His solo work blends dance, mime, clowning, and humor, with space for 
	vulnerability and playfulness. </p> <p>Cristian’s artistic research explor
	es how perception is shaped by emotional and psychological states, and how
	 shifts in those states affect how we relate to ourselves, others, and the
	 world. He is fascinated by comedy as a language, whether purely physical,
	 purely verbal, or a mix of both, and how it interacts with movement, danc
	e, and audience participation.</p> <p>______________</p> <p>Credits:</p> <
	p>Writer, director, performer: Cristian Boscheri<br> Outside eyes: Aurélia
	 Brailowsky, Shailesh Bahoran, Harvey Cobb<br> Composition and Music Produ
	ction: Carlo Dini<br> Credits for the poster photo: Anahí Clemens<br> Co-p
	roduction: Circusstad Festival (through Circunstruction)<br> Support: Geme
	ente Rotterdam, Cultuurfonds, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunsten, CircusBende
	</p>  <p><a target="_blank" href="https://amsterdamfringefestival.nl/pleas
	er/">Find tickets on the website of Fringe!</a></p>
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