This is not a dance
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12 mrt20:00TR8 William Boothlaan, RotterdamZaal
Rang 1 Standaard € 19,00 TR Pas € 14,00 Rotterdampas € 14,00 t/m 30 jaar € 10,00 -
13 mrt20:00TR8 William Boothlaan, RotterdamZaal
Rang 1 Standaard € 19,00 TR Pas € 14,00 Rotterdampas € 14,00 t/m 30 jaar € 10,00 -
19 sep20:30Try-outTR8 William Boothlaan, RotterdamZaal
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20 sep20:30Try-outTR8 William Boothlaan, RotterdamZaal
English
How to dance when dancing is banned?
In Iran, dancing has been officially prohibited since the start of the Islamitic Revolution. All dance companies have been forced to cease their activities. Many dancers and choreographers have fled abroad. Those who still live there have to be very resourceful. How are they keeping their art form alive? Theatre maker Nastaran Razawi Khorasani presents This is not a dance, a dance performance that deals with censorship. What can be shown, what must remain hidden? As the music and lights build towards a frenzy, Nastaran attempts to keep her dancing body in check.
In This is not a dance, Nastaran brings the voices of choreographers and dancers living in Iran to the stage. How are they dealing with the ban on dance? How do they practice their profession, what dangers do they face, what freedoms are they fighting for? This is not a dance is a tribute to the body that wants to move. A tribute to art that simply must be made, in whatever way, shape or form.
In the media
"This is not a dance forces you to reflect on the foundations of dance, in definition and effect. Nastaran Razawi Khorasani delivers a powerful, moving performance that will resonate for a long time." - Theaterkrant - "Critic's Choice"
“This is not a dance clearly illustrates what censorship does to a human life.” - Parool
"A paradoxical ode to the dancing body" - ★★★★ NRC Handelsblad
The Advisory Committee of the Gieskes-Strijbis Podium Prize 2023:
“Nastaran Razawi Khorasani is one of the fastest developing performing artists in the Netherlands. Her greatest strength is her versatility.”
From the jury report of the VSCD Mime/Performance Prize 2024:
“With This is not a dance, Nastaran Razawi Khorasani builds on her exciting documentary-performative oeuvre, in which she links a journalistic approach to a physical visual language.”
About Nastaran
Nastaran Razawi Khorasani is a graduate of Maastricht Institute of Performative Arts. With Songs for no one, Nastaran received the BNG Bank Theater award twice (2020 and 2021). The performance was selected for the Flemish TheaterFestival 2022 and Theater der Welt in Frankfurt-Offenbach 2023. In 2023, Nastaran was nominated for the Gieskes-Strijbis Podium Prize. This is not a dance has been nominated for the VSCD Mime/Performance Prize 2024. Nastaran's work is shown both nationally and internationally, including at the Transform Festival in Leeds, Theater Commons Tokyo, the Indonesian Dance Festival in Jakarta and at the FOG Festival at the Triennale in Milan. In the coming years, Nastaran will be part of the makers community of Theater Rotterdam. More info www.nastaran.nl
Team
Concept, regie, spel: Nastaran Razawi Khorasani Scenografie en video: Peter van Til (BrotherTill) Muziek: Joost Maaskant Percussie (Tombak en Daf): Farid Sheek Licht: Minna Tiikkainen Dramaturgie: Aukje Verhoog Kostuum: Rebekka Wörmann Coach: Suzan Boogaerdt Techniek: Peter Leeuwenburgh (technisch producent), Hein van Leeuwen, Jimmy Niesen Productie: Marleen Reijnen Marketing: Dieke van der Spek & Odair Nascimento Educatie: Anne Sollie & Senna Pauli Campagnebeeld: Sanja Marušić Stand-in repetitie: Lotte van Delft Verkoop: Alles voor de Kunsten Een productie van: Theater Rotterdam In coproductie met: Kobe, De Coproducers (ondersteund door Fonds 21 EXTRA)
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