SATURDAY, 21 AVGUST
20:30 Park Theater
Far From The Norm / Botis Seva: BLKDOG
Political, theatrical and experimental take on hip hop
One of the most important dance pieces of recent years tackles the topic of vanishing youth. The critics had nothing but praise for BLKDOG, celebrating it as an impressive, accomplished, tense, discomforting and brilliant intro to a new direction of British contemporary dance. Genre-defying and shenanigan-free, it is a blend of hip hop dance that with a pulsating precision and powerful movement language articulates a poignant commentary on adulthood – a period of life spent in the search for coping mechanisms, constantly fighting the lost battle of retaining the youth. With music from long standing collaborator Torben Lars Sylvest, this ultimate hunt for acceptance is performed by Far From The Norm hip hop collective.
Choreography: Botis Seva
Performance: Victoria Shulungu, Naïma Souhaïr, Hayleight Sellors, Jordan Douglas, Joshua Nash, Shangomola Edunjobi, Ezra Owen
Composer: Torben Lars Sylvest
Lighting design: Tom Visser
Costume design: Ryan Dawson Laight
Production: Far From The Norm – Lee Griffiths
Public funding: Arts Council England
Admission: 10€
Video
Website
22:00 Park Theater, lobby
Artist talk BLKDOG
20:30 Park Theater
Far From The Norm / Botis Seva: BLKDOG
Political, theatrical and experimental take on hip hop
One of the most important dance pieces of recent years tackles the topic of vanishing youth. The critics had nothing but praise for BLKDOG, celebrating it as an impressive, accomplished, tense, discomforting and brilliant intro to a new direction of British contemporary dance. Genre-defying and shenanigan-free, it is a blend of hip hop dance that with a pulsating precision and powerful movement language articulates a poignant commentary on adulthood – a period of life spent in the search for coping mechanisms, constantly fighting the lost battle of retaining the youth. With music from long standing collaborator Torben Lars Sylvest, this ultimate hunt for acceptance is performed by Far From The Norm hip hop collective.
Choreography: Botis Seva
Performance: Victoria Shulungu, Naïma Souhaïr, Hayleight Sellors, Jordan Douglas, Joshua Nash, Shangomola Edunjobi, Ezra Owen
Composer: Torben Lars Sylvest
Lighting design: Tom Visser
Costume design: Ryan Dawson Laight
Production: Far From The Norm – Lee Griffiths
Public funding: Arts Council England
Admission: 10€
Video
Website
22:00 Park Theater, lobby
Artist talk BLKDOG