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After an extensive summer festival tour, rising choreography star Jeremy Nedd returns to Kaserne Basel at the start of the new season, leading us through distant galaxies and the intricate journeys of the Black diaspora and Afrofuturism. He is once again teaming up with the South African collective Impilo Mapantsula. They perform Pantsula, a dance style renowned for its rapid, virtuoso footwork that gave voice to an entire generation during the apartheid years. The cosmic soundtrack features the spiritual jazz of Bheki Mseleku and Alice Coltrane.
Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Note: During the show there is complete darkness for approx. 10 minutes.
Website Jeremy Nedd
Childcare on Sunday, 29.9.: For children between 3 and 10 years, free of charge. We can only offer childcare if you register by 22 September via the online form; meeting point at the box office 30 minutes before the start of the performance, further information: For families.
Aftertalk on Saturday, 28.9. with the artists
Pantsula Dance Workshop with Sello Modiga on Saturday 28.9.: For all people from 12 years of age and all levels of physical fitness, Tickets available here
Double ticket 20 CHF on Sun 29.9.: blue nile to the galaxy around olodumare by Jeremy Nedd & Impilo Mapantsula at 16:00 at Kaserne Basel incl. OMG by Kihako Narisawa at 18:00 at ROXY Birsfelden
Biography
Jeremy Nedd is a choreographer and performer born in Brooklyn, New York, who lives and works in Basel. He has had engagements at the Semperoper Dresden (2010-2012) and Ballett Basel (2012-2016). As a guest performer, he is associated with the Schauspielhaus Zürich, where he has been working with Trajal Harrell since 2019. Nedd has realised and presented his previous productions at the Kaserne Basel, ROXY Birsfelden, Arsenic - Centre d'Art scénique contemporain, Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and Münchner Kammerspiele, among others.
Impilo Mapantsula is a global network of high-calibre professional dance artists specializing in Pantsula, a South African urban dance form. Impilo Mapantsula is a professional organization that promotes the development of Pantsula dance and culture, creates formal standards and acts as an industry representative. The aim of the organization is to document and protect the living heritage of Pantsula and to support dancers in the professionalization and development of their art. Impilo Mapantsula creates learning opportunities and supports artistic creation and self-expression through educational, artistic and professional programs, with a focus on job creation, international collaborations and exchange programs.
Credits
Concept, Choreography, Performance
Jeremy Nedd
Performance / Choreography
Sibongile Mathebula, Sicelo Xaba, Thomas Motsapi, Bonakele Masethi, Sello Modiga
Technical management & lighting design
Thomas Giger
Stage design
Laura Knüsel
Costume
Tara Mabiala
Sound design
Fabrizio Di Salvo, Rej Deproc
Dramaturgy
Anta Helena Recke
Production
Caroline Froelich (Moin Moin Productions)
Touring
Arina Frölich
Technical management Touring
Chiara Leonhardt
In coproduction with
ARSENIC Centre d’art scénique contemporain, Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel, Kaserne Basel, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Festival Tangente - Festspielhaus St. Pölten, SPIELART Theaterfestival
With the kind support of
Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater BS/BL, Pro Helvetia
