Nomad
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22 dec20:00 - 21:05TR25 Schouwburg, RotterdamGrote zaal
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23 dec20:00 - 21:05TR25 Schouwburg, RotterdamGrote zaal
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5 jan20:00 - 21:05TR25 Schouwburg, RotterdamGrote zaal
You can only survive the ultimate inhospitability of a desert by working together. The landscape and the urge to survive evoke special movement.
For Sidi Larbi Cherkaou the desert is a metophor. The deserted landscape stands for the ultimate freedom but also for the impossibility of survival. The residents - dancing refugees - have been left on another planet. They seem isolated in this environment, as todays wordl must often appear in the eyes of minorities.
But we also get a glimpse of fluidity and adaptability that thrive in the harshest of conditions. One senses the spirit of togetherness, of friendship and symbiosis, key to survival and evolution in an arid world that would be insurmountable alone. There is the beautiful transience of sand dunes and winds that change direction and shape and speed in the twinkling of an eye, the intense physical and emotional thirst, the yearning for water and safety, for consolation that guide both animal actions and the human quest for spirituality.
"Surviving is penetrating what is essentially animal. That is why dancers move like snakes, lizards or camels.” The choreographic sequences are based on Arabic motifs such as the flower life. The soundscape by Felix Buxton (Basement Jaxx) completes this universe: it draws on Sufi music and merges it with piano pieces that Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui composed.
NB! There is a stroboscope in the performance.
Team
Choreografie en regie Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Originele muziek Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Felix Buxton, Kaspy N’dia Aanvullende muziek Yarkin featuring The Sufi Vocal Masters, Al Adhan, Al Qantarah, Fadia Tomb El-Hage, Oli Savill, traditionele liederen van de Amami eilanden in Japan Geluidsontwerp Felix Buxton Dans Pol Van den Broek, Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Mabrouk Gouicem, Mohamed Toukabri, Kazutomi "Tsuki" Kozuki, Astrid Sweeney, Anna Senognoeva, Jonas Vandekerckhove, Oliver Tida Tida, Nassim Baddag, Jonas Garrido Verwerft Live muziek Kaspy N’dia Kostuums Jan-Jan Van Essche Decorontwerp Willy Cessa, Adam Carrée Lichtontwerp Willy Cessa, Sam Mary Video-ontwerp Paul Van Caudenberg Assistent choreograaf Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Oscar Ramos Repetitor Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern Artistieke adviseur en medewerker Václav Kuneš Stemcoach Anna Sato Muziek ontwikkeld door Duncan F. Brown Techniek Maxime Guislain (video), Krispijn Schuyesmans (licht), Elric Reinartz (geluid), Chloë Köpping (toneelassistent) Kleedster Saar Swinters Uitvoering decor Martin Baarda Tour manager Alessandra Oliveira Productie Eastman Coproductie 420PEOPLE, Cultuurcentrum Berchem Met dank aan Francesca Maria Amante, Sabine Groenendijk, Vojtěch Rak, Antonin Rioche, Filip Staněk, Nicola Leahey, Jason Kittelberger, Satyagraha dansers van Eastman/Theater Basel, Karthika Naïr, Carly Heathcote
Met de steun van de BNP Paribas Foundation en de Vlaamse Overheid.
Eastman is resident in deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus, Antwerpen.