Music by Rutger Zuydervelt and Lucija Gregov
for a performance by still still / Marta & Kim
1. (Not) Not Three High
2. Troyka
3. Vertigo
4. Corridors and Memories
5. Marie's Memory
6. Carry Kim
7. Lava Lamp
8. Conversation
9. Mandala
10. Spinning Dress
11. Drone (outtake)
12. Euphoria (outtake)
digital release, November 2025
When circus/dance duo Marta & Kim (Marta Alstadsæter and Kim-Jomi Fischer) asked me to compose the music for their performance FLUX, we agreed it might be nice for me to collaborate with another musician this time. I suggested inviting Lucija Gregov, with whom I play in the quartet Hydra Ensemble – a great and versatile cellist whose playing would perfectly match the concept of the performance: a delicate balance between instability and control.
Instead of writing parts for Lucija to play, I choose for a different (and more fun) approach: I sent her a bunch of 'inspirational keywords’ to improvise on. These included "a slowly tilting horizon", "falling asleep", "punctuated silence" and "Morton Feldman, but drunk". This way of working proved really fruitful. Very quickly, I received a folder full of wonderfully usable cello recordings – an amazing library of sounds to start creating the actual score with.
My preferred way of working (for dance) is to make sure there’s already some music before the performers go into rehearsal, so that from the very beginning, music and movement can start inspiring each other. With FLUX, the first tracks I built from Lucija’s recordings already totaled about 1.5 hours of music, so there was plenty of sound to work with when rehearsals started. There were revisions, of course, and additional music was created along the way, but these first musical propositions formed the building blocks of the FLUX soundtrack.

After previous shows 'Engel' and 'Our Arms Grew Together', Marta Alstadsæter changed her role to director, with Kim performing with additional dancers Marie Khatib-Shahidi and Hellen Boyko. A masterstroke, and together with the simple but spectacular light design by Loes Schakenbos, all elements come together beautifully, resulting in an emotional and powerful performance.
Rutger Zuydervelt, November 2025
