Urgent and subtly spectacular work from choreographer Mamela Nyamza featuring ten dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist.
Clad in stunning costume creations, the dancers challenge gender norms whilst juxtaposing references to Western classical dance and music with South African vocals. HATCHED ENSEMBLE is the extension of Mamela Nyamza’s original and highly acclaimed solo work Hatched created in 2007, an autobiographical work where the choreographer reflected on her life as a mother, lesbian and artist.
Mamela Nyamza is a dancer, choreographer, director, and performing artist who has been trained in ballet, modern and African dance styles. She has won many accolades for her activism-focused creations. HATCHED ENSEMBLE continues her work which unapologetically demystifies and deconstructs the history of dance, interrogating the accepted norms of the classics.
Running time: 70 mins, no interval
Age guidance: 13+
The performers in this piece are bare-chested.
Moving with Equity: A panel discussion on body politics
Wed 9 Oct, 6.15pm, Frobrisher Auditorium 2
Join Azieb Pool, Kelechi Okafor and Mamela Nyamza for this panel discussion about the body, its politics and movement practices, and the current discourse with colonial history.
Post-show talk, Thu 10 Oct
Join choreographer Mamela Nyamza and Freddie Opoku-Addaie (Artistic Director & CEO of Dance Umbrella) for an in conversation event. Free to same-day ticket holders. BSL interpreted.
Audio described performance, Fri 11 Oct
Touch tour at 6.45pm
Listen to the audio introduction notes.
Presented by Dance Umbrella and Barbican. Dance Umbrella’s presentation of HATCHED ENSEMBLE is supported by British Council, Cockayne Foundation and The Edwin Fox Foundation.
Part of Dance Umbrella Festival 2024
Image credit: Mark Wessels
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