Choreograph
MOVING MOUNTAINS
Theodor-Heuss-Platz 1
42853 Remscheid
In his choreography, Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui explores dawn as a state in which the unconscious remnants of the night still linger, bubbling beneath the surface and pushing the unexpected upward with an unforeseen, lava-like force.
âEzan-KĂ©lĂ©â (meaning âdawnâ in the Ewe language) has its creative roots in my memories of the nocturnal and early morning movements of people in rural Togo: a liminal state between dreaming and waking, half-asleep, where one encounters othersâand oneselfâin the darkness.â (Kossi S. Aholou-Wokawui)
The piece is brought to life by four dancers from Of Curious Nature and marks Aholou-Wokawuiâs first choreography for the company. His dance language, shaped in his native Togo, merges with contemporary European dance, which he has practiced for years, resulting in fresh and dynamic interconnections.
Credits
The guest performance cooperation between the Parktheater Iserlohn and the Teo Otto Theater with Of Curious Nature is supported in the 2022â2023 season by the Tanzland program of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung fĂŒr Kultur und Medien.
Of Curious Nature / TanzRAUM Nord gUG is supported by Bureau Ritter / TANZPAKT RECONNECT, funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung fĂŒr Kultur und Medien as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative, Emergency Aid Programme for Dance; as well as by the Senator fĂŒr Kultur Bremen.
Yen Chu Ku, Xavier Lott, Virginia Michailidou, and Andrea Scarfi are supported by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung fĂŒr Kultur und Medien through the NEUSTART KULTUR program, Graduate Funding DIS-TANZ-START of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.
