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Currency is a new programme that presents some of the most exciting and creative new works from Europe and the rest of world in a friendly and interactive format to encourage discussion and engagement with artists that challenge their audience to think in new ways. In A small guide on how to treat your lifetime companion a couple stuck in an unspecified, four metre square space (perhaps an elevator, a kitchen, a cellar or a caravan) dance a modern mating ritual. Without leaving each other's sides, Jan Martens and Steefka Zijlstra beautifully illustrate five key moments in a relationship. In this revealing snippet of two people's lives, the couple manage to exclude the outside world for 30 minutes before it inevitably forces its way back in again. Jan Martens has created a piece about love in a tender and intimate performance that is both comforting and confrontational. Jefta Van Dinther's GRIND is a collaboration between choreographer and dancer Jefta van Dinther, lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen and sound designer David Kiers. Inspired by synesthesia, the performance seeks to challenge our grip on reality by suspending our senses and shortcircuiting perception. With pulsating, cutting, flickering lights and the unrelenting beats of dark, loopy techno, GRIND suggests a place where the components of body, light and sound blend to affect, confuse and move. Your ticket for this event includes the performances, dinner, and a pre-show sharing and discussion with Eva Recacha and Jan Martens.