Two strangers meet. A chance meeting-or is it? There is something between them, something that inexplicably draws them together. Then they discover the truth: their families have been linked for generations. Not by love, not by friendship, but by a fraught past. One comes from a line of overlords, the other from a history of resistance.

What begins as distance and discomfort grows into a journey through generations of silence and passed down trauma. There is resistance, confrontation, pain-but also the possibility of understanding. Because how do you move on when the past still resides in your body?

Dawn Collective joins forces with & Brakema productions and choreographer Cheroney Pelupessy for Where silence speaks-a compelling interdisciplinary performance. Be taken on a musical and physical journey along the traces of Indonesia's colonial history, where movement and silence speak together.

Dawn Collective enriches the theatre landscape with performances that show the vibrancy of our society in all its colours - with stories told from within. &Brakema Productions makes profound theatre experiences about what it is like to be human anno 2025. Cheroney Pelupessy is a dancer, choreographer and theatre maker with Indonesian, Moluccan and Dutch roots. She combines her passion for dance with a profound search for community and representation, with respect for tradition and room for innovation.