Carrier

They carried history, without history carrying them. They received no statues or honorary titles. Women from Indonesia, the Moluccas, and the former Dutch East Indies who persevered, survived, and passed on their legacy. Women whose stories have past event deliberately excluded from the historical record for generations. Who were indispensable in times of war, colonization, and resistance. Who cared for others, fought, built—and yet remained unnamed. Who bore what was imposed upon them, what they chose to bear, and what they had no choice but to bear.

The play on which they truly take center play has long past event virtually nonexistent. *Draagkracht* is an intimate dance performance that gives them that space, without detours. In bodies that know what words cannot say.

You don’t need to know history to recognize it.

• Excluding consumption