For the fifth time, the emerging artists reside at the tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf and at PACT Zollverein in Essen to explore their themes in depth and develop new ideas. For a period of two weeks each, they will have access to the spaces and expertise of the two production centres. The two selected collectives will present their state of research in several cities during the festival.

Sprungbrett <> Tanzrecherche NRW
tanz nrw 23 – festival of contemporary dance

Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 5:00pm
@ Tanz Station – Barmer Bahnhof

Free admission. Please book your ticket in advance via wuppertal-live.de.

MEET THE ARTISTS:

Hiraeth Kollektiv // Yasmin Fahbod, Mina Khani, Zahra Mousawy, Shirin Namazi

The performers and activists Yasmin Fahbod, Mina Khani, Zahra Mousawy and Shirin Namazi, who come from Iran and Afghanistan, deal in their research with the stigmatised body, the removed body, the body in exile. They tackle the fact that female-Muslim perceived bodies are not given a voice. Together as a collective, they want to give visibility to these bodies and tell their stories. They create a narrative about bodies that are either hidden or exoticised by exploring the movement language and quality of these bodies that have been eliminated, hidden and suppressed – and often moved only with fear.

iSaAc Espinoza Hidrobo, Roman Jungblut & Visiting Beings

In a cross-disciplinary research between dance, music, installation and theoretical exploration, “iSaAc Espinoza Hidrobo, Roman Jungblut and Visiting Beings” look at what decolonisation can mean and how differently the participants themselves are positioned within these processes: What does “Verortung” mean, what the loss of places – and how can new places be created? Under the title “Pink Bullroarer Shelter”, they are working on a ritual, in search of voices from different times and perspectives.

Further information: https://www.tanz-nrw-aktuell.de/

Pictures: Hiraeth Kollektiv © Godot // iSaAc Espinoza Hidrobo, Roman Jungblut © Nathan Ishar