Dans & Protest - Compilatieprogramma
A compilation of dance films that passionately speak out against injustices in the world.
During the Nederlandse Dansdagen, a large exhibition will take place in the former Stercollege on the Grote Gracht, featuring 24 video installations on the themes of protest and public action, which have taken on new relevance in a disruptive and polarized society. The initiative of the Maastricht-based organization Viewmaster Projects draws attention to the different ways in which artists translate emotion and energy to another platform and add new layers of meaning to public action.
This artistic processing is also visible in a growing number of dance films, in which protest is translated into the body and movement. The Nederlandse Dansdagen and Cinedans present a program with striking examples of the diversity with which this is done. With an introduction by Bart van den Boom of Viewmaster Projects, curator of the exhibition Protest!
POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut | Hofesh Shechter | United Kingdom | 2021 | 36’
This film was directed, choreographed, composed, and filmed by Hofesh Shechter, one of the most sought-after choreographers of our time. POLITICAL MOTHER: The Final Cut gets under the skin of the original performance and brings a fresh, new dance energy to the screen, against the backdrop of Shay Hamias' animations. Performed by Shechter II, a new generation of exciting world-class dancers.
RIOT | Frank Ternier | France | 2017 | 13’
A young black man is killed during an altercation with a vigilant neighbor and the police. An outraged crowd gathers. The sense of injustice is palpable. A group isolates itself. Emotion leads to riots... In the absence of words, can the body take revenge?
Black Ibis | Emma-lee Amponsah | Netherlands | 2024 | 18’
Guided by a mysterious entity, a young black woman searches for intimacy in a world where the boundaries between the personal and the political, the individual and the collective, the past and the present are becoming increasingly blurred. This Afro-surrealist reverie offers a poetic new interpretation of contemporary views on individuality and community, while simultaneously questioning the historically and culturally imposed visions of the intimate lives of black people in the diaspora.