We wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with color …

Robyn Orlin / Moving Into Dance Mophatong

this event is part of

December Dance 2023

dance

evocative

monumental

Sat 16 Dec 2023 -20.00

Concertzaal

introduction by De Zendelingen	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	21.25
Voor iedereen vanaf 12 jaar

Standard €23.00 - €38.00

Réduction -35 a. €15.30 - €25.05

Reduction -26 a. €12.00 - €19.50

All prices include booking fees.

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Beauty and solidarity as an expression of resistance

Choreographer Robyn Orlin grew up in a South Africa torn by apartheid. Scenes of young Zulus pulling rickshaws full of white folk were commonplace in her youth. What struck her most about this was not so much the exploitation of these young black men as the willpower that enabled them to withstand humiliation. By sharing these memories with a generation of young South African dancers, Robyn Orlin shows us in this performance that artistic self-expression is still a weapon in the fight for dignity and equality.

credits

Robyn Orlin: concept & choreography
Sunnyboy Motau, Oscar Buthelezi, Eugene Mashiane, Lesego Dihemo, Sbusiso Gumede & Masego Moloto: dance
Eric Perroys: video
Birgit Neppl: costume design
Romain de Lagarde: lighting design
Yogin Sullaphen & Anelisa Stuurman: original music

production: City Theater & Dance Group, MIDM - Moving into Dance Mophatong & Damien Valette Prod
coproduction: Festival Montpellier Danse, Tanz im August – 32. Internationales Festival Berlin, Chaillot –
Théâtre National de la Danse, Le Grand T – Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique, Charleroi Danse – Centre
chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, Théâtre Garonne – Scène européenne, Château-Rouge – Scène conventionnée d’Annemasse
with the support of: DRAC Île-de-France
administration & tour management : Damien Valette
coordination: Louise Bailly