Hatched Ensemble
Work:: Hatched Ensemble (S0567890598)
Clad in costumes covered in clothes pegs and balanced timidly en pointe while Camille Saint-Saëns' The Swan plays, the dancers challenge gender norms while juxtaposing references to Western classical dance and music, with South African vocals.
Production:: (T0519351085)
Internationally renowned choreographer Mamela Nyamza makes her Barbican debut, assembling 10 dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist to perform the UK premiere of HATCHED ENSEMBLE, her urgent and subtly spectacular work. Mamela Nyamza has won many accolades for her activism-focused creations. HATCHED ENSEMBLE continues her work which unapologetically demystifies and deconstructs the history of dance, interrogating the accepted norms of the classics. UK Premiere
Listing:: L1946135389
Part of Dance Umbrella
Production details
Internationally renowned choreographer Mamela Nyamza makes her Barbican debut, assembling 10 dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist to perform the UK premiere of HATCHED ENSEMBLE, her urgent and subtly spectacular work. Mamela Nyamza has won many accolades for her activism-focused creations. HATCHED ENSEMBLE continues her work which unapologetically demystifies and deconstructs the history of dance, interrogating the accepted norms of the classics. UK Premiere Part of Dance Umbrella
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