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Robyn Orlin, Garage Dance Ensemble, uKhoiKhoi
German Premiere
Colourful, energetic performance about the impact of colonisation.
Imagine a flower field in a desert. That is one treasure of Okiep, a former mining region that embodies the history of colonised South Africa. The inimitable, rebellious South African choreographer Robyn Orlin explores the mechanisms of violence and oppression in the area. Together with six dancers of Garage Dance Ensemble and two musicians of the Band uKhoiKhoi, Orlin mixes fiction and reality, allowing the message to emerge: Everbody has the right to blossom.
Produced by City Theater & Dance Group and Damien Valette Prod. Co-production: City Theater & Dance Group, Festival Montpellier Danse 2024, Festival de Marseille, Chaillot, Théâtre national de la danse, Paris, Théâtre Garonne, Scène européenne, Toulouse.
Cast
- Choreography
- Robyn Orlin
- Dance
- Garage Dance Ensemble
- Dancers Garage Dance Ensemble
- Faroll Coetzee ,
- Esmé Marthinus ,
- Georgia Julies ,
- Byron Klassen ,
- Crystal Finck
- Original score written and performed by
- uKhoiKhoi (Yogin Sullaphen and Anelisa Stuurman)
- Costumes
- Birgit Neppl
- Technical Direction
- Thabo Pule
- Video
- Éric Perroys
- Lighting Manager
- Jean Marc L'Hostis
- Lighting Design
- Vito Walter
- Text Translation
- Maurice Salem ,
- ACI
- Administration, Booking
- Damien Valette
- Tour Production and Logistics
- Bertille Zimmermann
- Mentor Garage Band Ensemble
- Alfred Hinkel
- Creative Director Garage Band Ensemble
- John Linden
- Resident Choreographer Garage Band Ensemble
- Byron Klassen
- Production Garage Band Ensemble
- Nicolette Moses
Artists at Work
The film series Artists at Work showcases the versatility of Ruhrtriennale artists. Every Tuesday in the Turbinenhalle we present a cinematic work featuring a festival artist. Artistic director Ivo Van Hove opens the evening with an in-person interview with each guest and welcomes Robyn Orlin on Tuesday, 2 September.
Directions and arrival
PACT Zollverein
Bullmannaue 20a
45327 Essen
