Nach: Cellule
The URB 25 festival brings two solo dance pieces to Stoa, which will be seen in the same performance. Both works explore the creator’s journey to their own identity through street dance.
About
Nach’s career began with krump, a dance style that originated in Los Angeles in the 1990s from rebellious energy in response to police violence in African-American neighborhoods. The discovery of this extremely expressive dance style, which plays with the tensions and explosions of the face and body, made an impression on Nach’s training and movement language.
In this solo, which takes the form of a self-portrait, Nach questions her own relationship with krump, her desire to take it elsewhere, and combine it with other genres. Her powerful, skillful dance goes deep, questioning its impact and paving the way for the paths she has taken.
The performance is a double bill with Hozan Omar: Layers.
Nach
Nach is a French dancer and choreographer, who discovered krump at 22 after watching Rize, David Lachapelle’s documentary. She soon began exploring the stage and the creative process, collaborating with artists like choreographer Heddy Maalem and musicians Koki Nakano and Ruth Rosenthal. In cinema, she worked with the Kourtrajmé collective on a project about transmission, body, and posture. In 2017, she created her first solo, Cellule, followed by Beloved Shadows in 2019 after a stay in Japan, where she explored Noh theatre, bunraku, and butoh dance. Committed to telling meaningful stories, Nach’s work blends dance, visual arts, and other artforms. Her works often interrogates femaleness and identity.
Credits
Choreography, performance, text and images: Nach
Set design, light and video: Emmanuel Tussore
Technical manager, sound designer: Vincent Hoppe
Set construction: Boris Munger, Jean-Alain Ban
Co-produced with: Espace 1789, Scène conventionnée danse – Saint-Ouen, Maison Daniel Féry – Nanterre, CDCN Atelier de Paris / Carolyn Carson – Vincennes, Théâtre de Fresnes
Supported by: La Maison des Métallos – Paris, La Scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire, le CN D – Pantin, Le CCN de Roubaix, le CCN de la Rochelle
Thank you: Heddy Maalem & Marcel Bozonnet
Production: NACH VAN VAN DANCE COMPANY
Administration, production, touring:: MANAKIN Lauren Boyer & Leslie Perrin
Duration: 45min.