DARKMATTER

International

Duration:

85 min

Stage:

Main stage

Price:

290 kr

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Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift

DARKMATTER c Yaqine Hamzaoui and Yema Gieskes

In her new creation, Cherish Menzo and her onstage partner Camilo Mejía Cortés look for ways to detach their bodies from the way they are perceived and the daily reality in which they move. Among other things, they look up to the sky, at dark matter and at black holes that meet and collide to give birth to a new, (afro)futuristic and enigmatic body. D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER wants to get rid of the biased way of looking at one’s own body, at that of the other, and at the stories we attribute to them. Together, they throw their bodies into a complex conversation that they want to both enter into and transcend – a duality that feeds the performance.

The performance contains strobe light and nudity. Sound level is high. Ear plugs are available at the entrance.

Concept and choreography

Cherish Menzo

Creation and performance

Camilo Mejía Cortés
Cherish Menzo

Lighting design

Niels Runderkamp

Musical composition

Gagi Petrovic
Michael Nunes

Mastering

Gagi Petrovic

Music list

www.grip.house
www.frascatitheater.nl

Scenography

Morgana Machado Marques

Costume design

JustTatty.com

Dramaturgy

Renée Copraij
Benjamin Kahn

Text

Cherish Menzo
Camilo Mejía Cortés
BOИSU
Shari Kok-Sey-Tjong

Vocal and delivery coaching

BOИSU
Shari Kok-Sey-Tjong

Artistic advice

Christian Yav
Nicole Geertruida

Voices Distorted Rap Choir

www.distortedrapchoir.com

Sangere i Oslo

Marlene Sonja Buhendwa
Hamda Barise
Faduma Mohamud
Ryan Mohamed
Antonio Ramos
Gabrielle Solaké Graatrud

Technicians

Niels Runderkamp
Amber Stallenberg/Nele Verreyken

Photo

Bas de Brouwer