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Sep 07 2024 - 18:30

Teatro Zandonai

Nomad

A mosaic of animate and inanimate elements of the desert unfolds on the scene. Fluid creatures grow and thrive in the toughest conditions. The wind-exposed dunes offer an ephemeral, ever-changing landscape. The isolated inhabitants of this landscape develop an intense thirst for water and safety, in a search for solace that both drives animals and human tension towards spirituality. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui returns to Oriente Occidente with a performance that celebrates the spirit of friendship and community. The only way to survive in a barren world that cannot be tackled in solitude.

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible.
There is a sensory room at the performance venue.

The show features electronic music with high bass tones, use of the smoke machine at about minute 8 and images of nuclear explosions towards the end.

For more information on accessibility click here.

Nomad

Choreography & directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Performers Mabrouk Gouicem, Mohamed Toukabri, Pol Van den Broek, Kazutomi ‘Tsuki’ Kozuki, Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Maryna Kushchova (Ashotivna), Oliver Tida Tida, Jonas Vandekerckhove, Jonas Garrido Verwerft, Astrid Sweeney
Music composition Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Felix Buxton, Kaspy N’dia
Additional music Yarkin Türk Ritm Grubu, Gökhan Filizman, Ahmet Şahin, Mehmet Kemiksiz, Macadi Nahhas, Al Qantarah, Oli Savill (Percussion), Mohammed El Arabi-Serghini, traditional songs from the Amami islands in Japan
Sound design Felix Buxton
Live music Shak Shakito
Costumes Jan-Jan Van Essche
Set design Willy Cessa, Adam Carrée
Light design Willy Cessa, Sam Mary
Video design Paul Van Caudenberg
Assistant choreographer Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern, Oscar Ramos
Rehearsal director Shawn Fitzgerald Ahern
Artistic advisor and associate Václav Kuneš
Vocal coach Anna Sato
Music engineered by Duncan F. Brown
Implementation set Martin Baarda
Technicians Elric Reinartz (sound & stage), Geoffrey Oelbrandt (Artfex) (lights), Simon Foubert (Artfex) (video), Amber Van Rooijen (stage assistant)
Wardrobe Saar Swinters
Logistics Nils Geernaert
Artistic production / tour manager Alessandra Oliveira
Produced by Eastman
Co-commissioned by 420PEOPLE, Cultuurcentrum Berchem
Thanks to Francesca Maria Amante, Sabine Groenendijk, Vojtěch Rak, Antonin Rioche, Filip Staněk, Nicola Leahey, Jason Kittelberger, Satyagraha dancers of Eastman/Theater Basel, Karthika Naïr, Carly Heathcote
With the support of the BNP Paribas Foundation, the Flemish Government and the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter programme

Lenght 65'