"Inspired lunatics who work together and leave few of today's icons unassaulted." Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

Choreographers Yasuko Yokoshi and Gonnie Heggen probe into human affairs and relationships in high society, examining who's who in the corridors of power. Inspired by the royal and imperial courts of France and Japan, this improvisational duet uses spontaneous text, dance and masks to depict ornate gestures and rigid protocols, and the unavoidable desires that lie beneath the formality of court life. Be ready for the royal treatment.

photo by Ben Van Duin Video editing by ilan (iku@ikuchiku.com) A sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, the fiscal founding for the production of Royal Madness has been provided by Amsterdam Arts Fund, the Bessie Schnberg/First Light commissioning program of Dance Theater Workshop with funds from the Jerome Foundation, Chase Manhattan Bank and commissions from Festival Sommer SZENE in Salzburg, Austria, and The Netherland-America Foundation Also supported by Dans-in-Kortrijk, Belgium.