What is the origin of ‘dance’? Where does ‘choreography’ come from? What is the significance of an old formation in a contemporary context?
Ritual, ceremony, trans, sacrecy, infinity, torus… Circle, chain, spiral, whirl, cycle, vortex… Bodnár, Csángó, Csárdás, Karikázó… Carole, Branle, Farandole, Zikr, Reigen, Hora, Kolo, Kalamatinos, Syrtos, Serdana… Nanissáanah, An Dro, Dabke, Lawweeh, Khigga, Kochari, Tamzara…
Placing the dancers back to a circle. Exploration of the essence between performing and experiencing. A contemporary homage to our ancestors of dance.
Concept, choreography: Jenna Jalonen (FIN)
Co-creators, performers: Lina Bouainane (FR), Rose Bouvet (FR), Naomi Kats (IL), Laura Mello Rella (IT), Hanne Van Driessche (BE), Flóra Virág (HU) Jázmin Wéber (HU), (Dora Almeleh BE)
Live sound composition: Siblicity TOTIM Records
Light design: Kata Dézsi
Movement mentors: Bacsó Lilla, Kántor Mátyás