Where We Stand / Ezan Kélé

Fay van Baar / Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui with the Ensemble Of Curious Nature

Where We Stand
The ensemble Of Curious Nature is deeply concerned with cohesion in today’s society. Guest choreographer Fay van Baar’s new work takes the so-called “bystander effect” as its starting point, according to which people in groups behave more passively towards strangers in need. Together with the dancers of Of Curious Nature, van Baar explores the influence of internalized images on such behavior. What assessments, constellations, and body signals encourage or prevent the decision to help?

Ezan-Kélé
The new production is complemented by a piece from the repertoire of Of Curious Nature. In his choreography, Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui questions the dawn in the countryside of Togo from his memories. In a semi-awake state, the subconscious of the night lingers and drives sensations into the dawning day. Smoldering desires and longings make their way in the semi-darkness, threatening to tip over into reality or dry up again. Ezan-Kéle (“dawn” in the Ewe language) has its origins in my memories of the nocturnal and early morning movements of people in rural Togo: an intermediate state between dreaming and waking, in which one encounters others and oneself in the darkness.” (Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui)

_{Where We Stand

Choreography: Fay van Baar | Choreographic Assistant, Training Director: Albert Garrell | Dance: Lys Cabral, Wan-Yun Chen, Jed Nagales, Tiago Reis, Daniel Sabia, Pere Sansaloni Servera, Carolina Verra, Agathe Mas, Panna Poszony, David Schmidt | Lighting Design: Carlos Heydt | Photos: Mariann Menke}

_{Ezan-Kélé

Choreography: Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui | Dance: Lys Cabral, Jed Nagales, Daniel Sabia, Pere Sansaloni Servera | Music: Toto Bissainthe, Divan Gattamorta, Simon Mayer, Serge Weber | Music Arrangement: Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui | Costume Design: Koami Vignon | Lighting Design: Carlos Heydt | Photos: Ursula Kaufmann}

_{Technical Direction: Nathaniel Johnson | Dramaturgical Support: Anke Euler | Production Management: Moritz Petri | Film & Media: Médoune Seck}

_{Where We Stand is part of IncluDancE, a project by TanzRAUM Nord gUG / Of Curious Nature and Scenario Pubblico / Compagnia Zappalà Danza. Funded by the European Union.}

_{Ezan-Kélé is part of the production Moving Mountains by TanzRAUM Nord, co-produced with the Teo Otto Theater Remscheid and steptext dance project 2023. Supported by the Senator for Culture Bremen and the Waldemar Koch Foundation}

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