Dance: Jeremy Nedd & Impilo Mapantsula (CH/ZA) The Ecstatic

The performance is part of Tanzfest Basel

Pantsula, a historically significant South African subculture. Expressed not only as a powerful dance form which is well known for it’s high-speed virtuosic footwork, but also evident through a dress code, language, music, and a particular philosophy of life that is all it’s own. An expression that during Apartheid gave a voice to a whole generation. Praise Break, a mode of praise. A moment... a pause… a break in the context of the Christian Pentecostal Church service, where the dancing body, voice and music energetically coalesce and as a result blur the difference between ecstatic and cathartic. What happens when the aesthetics of these two worlds converge? What happens in this transcendental moment of “break”. Within the dance piece The Ecstatic six Pantsula dancers turn to the motions that lead up to the praise break in order to find out, and “break open” a new space all their own.

Jeremy Nedd
Jeremy Nedd is a Brooklyn born, Basel based choreographer and performer. His work focuses on the processes of dissecting, demystifying and re-contextualizing content in order to confront definitions of validity and contemporaneity. 

Nedd has choreographed and presented his own productions at spaces such as ROXY Birsfelden, Tanzhaus Zürich, Arsenic, Münchner Kammerspiele and Palais de Tokyo amongst others. Nedd is a 2017 PREMIO Finalist (Nachwuchspreis für Theater und Tanz Schweiz), the 2017 recipient of the Atelier Mondial Stipendium to South Africa. Most recently Nedd completed a Master in Expanded Theater at Hochschule der Künste Bern, and was a part of Performancepreis Schweiz 2018.

Impilo Mapantsula
Impilo Mapantsula is a global network of high-level professional dance artists who specialize in pantsula, a South African urban dance form. They are a professional organization that promotes the development of pantsula dance and culture, creates formal standards, and acts as an industry representative. The organization aims to document and protect the living legacy of pantsula and support dancers in professionalizing and further developing their art. Impilo Mapantsula creates learning opportunities and supports artistic creation and self- expression through educational, artistic and professional programs, with an emphasis on job creation, international collaborations and exchange programs.

Tickets CHF 35.–
Reductions 30.– enjoy!-Kulturpass / CHF 20.– (AHV, IV) / CHF 15.– (Legi, STUcard, colourkey, Kulturlegi)
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Co-production Kaserne Basel, Arsenic Lausanne Supported by Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater BS/BL, Südkulturfonds, Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Migros Kulturprozent, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Jacqueline Spengler-Stiftung, Schweizer Interpretenstiftung, Wilhelm und Ida Hertner-Strasser Stiftung

Dance workshop with Impilo Mapantsula on 5 May, 2pm at Reithalle

Further information: The Ecstatic

All performances:

• 04.05. - 20:00
• 05.05. - 14:00 (dance workshop)
• 05.05. - 19:00
• 06.05. - 20:00
• 07.05 - 20:00
• 08.05. - 20:00

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