mapdance offers an enticingly varied set of exciting commissions of new works by renowned and upcoming international contemporary choreographers. The gratifying roster of artists this year includes Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor (Israel), Laila Diallo (UK), Laura Aris Alvarez (Belgium/Spain) & Helen Parlor (UK).
PALMYRA is an exploration of revenge, the politics of destruction and what we consider to be barbaric, inviting people to step back from the news and look at what lies beneath, and beyond, civilization. Following an extended, unanimously acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Bert & Nasi’s.
“weird, wonderful and strangely stressful”
PALMYRA (★★★★ The Stage) tours the UK
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Clouds of haze and crumbling walls of transcendent noise, KISSING THE SHOTGUN GOODNIGHT is a neo-noir fever dream and 120 decibel suicide note. A juggernaut of music-theatre. Three musicians, piano corpses and the sci-fi poetry of a disembodied voice. A nocturnal meditation crooned into the swollen abyss. Soothing drones and crushing metal, swamps of feedback and pools of reverb, clattering rhythms and throbbing bass. A return to the womb for those who wish they could crawl back inside mother to hide.
Supported by Arts Council England. Originally commissioned by Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Cambridge Junction, Ovalhouse, Theatre in the Mill, and Theatr Iolo. With thanks to Hackney Showroom.
WhatsOnStage ★ ★ ★ ★
‘a hallucinatory journey of dark intensity…a total, immersive sensory experience…a burning-up roar’
The Stage ★ ★ ★
‘a thumping industrial noise-scape, a sensory onslaught…’
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Izindava is dynamic, bold and breath-taking to watch.
Bawren Tavaziva’s new work explores human fragility within our changing world.
Beautiful yet haunting and provocative, Izindava unearths raw emotions that are unsettling and unforgettable.
Bawren’s unbridled and intricate movement synthesises ballet, contemporary and African dance styles and is performed by a cast of stunning dancers with a film-scape of street life in Harare.
Izindava translates as ‘news’ in the Zimbabwean language Shona.
The dancers are DYNAMITE
The Guardian, Africarmen
Tavaziva’s facility for devising hot, liquid motion is indisputable… His seven strong cast is sharp, swift and superbly fit
The Times, Africarmen