{"id":139386,"date":"2026-09-17T15:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/?p=139386"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:41:07","slug":"landelijke-tour-van-fade-out-powered-by-zid-tijdens-de-week-van-de-toegankelijkheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/landelijke-tour-van-fade-out-powered-by-zid-tijdens-de-week-van-de-toegankelijkheid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fade Out\u2019s national tour (Powered by ZID) during Accessibility Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Accessibility Week takes place from 5 to 11 October, an initiative of Ieder(in), the national network for people with a disability or chronic illness. This week focuses on the question of how society can become more accessible \u2013 physically, digitally and socially. ZID Theatre is joining in with the national tour of *Fade Out* (Powered by ZID), a poignant dance performance by dancer and choreographer Issam Zemmouri, who lives with a hereditary eye condition and has approximately 4% of vision remaining. In *Fade Out*, which premiered during the ExploreZ Festival earlier this year, he makes his changing way of perceiving the world not only the subject of the performance, but also its artistic starting point. The performance invites visitors with and without visual impairments to temporarily experience the world from a different perspective.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the tour gets underway during Accessibility Week, Fade Out<\/em> On 1 October, it will be shown exclusively at the ZID Theatre in Amsterdam, as part of the ExploreZ Comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fade Out \u2013 Issam Zemmouri (Powered by ZID)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Experience an explosive dance performance that appeals to all your senses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if you don't see art, but feel it? What if darkness is another way of seeing?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through contemporary dance, physical theatre and a powerful visual language, Issam Zemmouri takes the audience on a journey through his personal story of gradually losing his sight. A journey from light to darkness, in which dance becomes a different way of communicating. The performance moves, challenges and connects, offering both people with and without visual impairments the chance to experience each other\u2019s perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Concept, dance and choreography: Issam<\/strong> Zemmouri<\/strong> | Lighting design: Zaher<\/strong> Hamzat<\/strong> \u00a0| Sound and music design: Jera<\/strong> Topolovec<\/strong> | Artistic and Inclusion Adviser: Irene<\/strong> from<\/strong> Zeeland<\/strong> \u00a0| Coaching and artistic coordination: Sebo<\/strong> Baker<\/strong> | Photography: Greg<\/strong> Litwin<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A poignant, personal journey<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fade Out<\/em> is an intense sensory journey exploring resilience, loss, letting go, and rediscovering strength when sight is no longer a given.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery time I take something out of the light and hold it in my hands, I carry it into the darkness.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Issam Zemmouri <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issam has a hereditary eye condition which means he has approximately 4% of vision left. In\u00a0Countdown<\/em> \u00a0(2025) he explored this changing world of experience from an artistic perspective, which served as a prelude to\u00a0Fade Out<\/em> . With a remarkable sense of space, he moves across the stage with an unexpected physical freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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