What the Waf pays tribute to the art movement De Stijl en dadaist soirees at the beginning of the previous century. Musical point of reference for What the Waf is pianist Nelly van Doesburg, wife of Theo van Doesburg, founder of De Stijl. The hubby didn’t think much of Nelly as an artist – women were for performance, men for creation. Well, Theo, let’s see about that!
Kobra Ensemble and director Jorinde Keesmaat present a funny, groundbreaking rendition, where a broad variety of musical genres, theater and art history form one whole. It makes the rendition mighty interesting for connaisseurs of De Stijl as well as De Stijl-uninitiated, for adults as well as for children, for boundless music lovers as well as for accidental bystanders. With music of Kurt Schwitters and Eric Satie.