November 2006   
 
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1. Sustainable Dance club: What a night!
 
On Saturday the 14th of October the Sustainable Dance club concept mate-rialized  in a unique expe-rience mixing live performan-ces, fashion, food & drinks, and sustainable glam. The base of the program focused to show the audience what the "eco chain of clubbing" can entail.

The evening started with a presentation of the sustainable dance club concept by Alijd van Doorn (Doll lab) and Stef van Dongen (Enviu) accompanied by comments videoprojected of actors in Rotterdam's innovation and clubbing scenes.

The expectation created paid off with an overwhelming assistance of public; 1400 people crossed the door of Off_Corso to dance and enjoy a sustainable evening. From the great line-up we enjoyed the acoustic sounds of Dutch songwriter Charlie Dee, and Belgium electro duo The Subs (make me jump again!). Urbi et Orbi created amazing visuals that where projected all over the place.

Since January 2006, Doll & Enviu managed to gather a large group of enthusiastic professionals from a variety of backgrounds. Those came with a series of proposals to design a sustainable dance club from an architectural and experience perspective, and as Alijd & Stef claimed "the question now is not where is it going to be, but who is going to be first?".

By Saturday, the first were people like Kuyichi and its re-made fashion corner, Oke and The Garden of Delight, or the LED Philips wall and its
  energy efficient animations, and the delicious recycled food restaurant that contributed, amongst others, to make it a success.
  
The sustainable beat was up till sunrise, many things happened and many details to cover them on a Sunday evening post. Let me tell you a secret; we could sneak in a video camera, so if you have missed this night (or want to relive again), you can watch the watch the video premiere of SustainableRotterdam.com.


For a full list of acts, performances and sponsors, check the official announcement, or read what The Washington Post, NRC, Trouw and other media is saying about all this.

Watch the video on the Energy Generating Dancefloor on YouTube.

If you want to contribute to the further implementation and development of the concept, do not hesitate to contact us!

Coming soon: www.sustainabledanceclub.com







Text with thanks to Oriol Pasqual of OnSustain and SustainableRotterdam.com.
Photos: www.Beatfreax.com and
 www.EdwinDeen.nl.

 
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