Mamela Nyamza: HATCHED ENSEMBLE

In the organizer's words:

German premiere

HATCHED ENSEMBLE is a poetic and emotionally haunting piece, working with diverse musical movement material from classical Western dance history and African dance styles and vocal scores. HATCHED ENSEMBLE is, as the title suggests, a large group piece. The ensemble of ten dancers with classical ballet training, an opera singer and a live musician is dedicated to the deeply personal and challenging topic of body politics. Nyamza and her performers demystify and deconstruct (gender) norms, exposing sexist and racist attributions. Anyone who has ever felt a conflict with or insecurity about their own identity will feel particularly addressed by HATCHED ENSEMBLE.
Choreographer, dancer and activist Mamela Nyamza is one of the most unconventional voices on the South African dance scene. Her expressive and courageous works are usually driven by urgent social issues. With HATCHED ENSEMBLE, Nyamza adapts her highly acclaimed solo piece HATCHED from 2007, an autobiographical work in which the choreographer reflects on her resistant biography as a lesbian mother and artist caught between (dance) cultures and identities, between tradition and transformation.

Duration: approx. 70 min.

Supporting program
Sat 25.05. Talk following the performance