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Sun Eaters

Jassem Hindi & Sina Seifee coproduction with Frascati Producties
Sat 6 Apr ’24 16:00
Oil is a vicious poem hidden in darkness.
Sat 6 Apr ’24
16:00
  • Sat 6 Apr ’24
    16:00
    Tourlocation Sandnes, Noorwegen
    Frascati Producties on tour
    Sandnes Kulturhus, Norway
    Past event

Oil is a deadly pearl. Sun Eaters is a contemporary folk dance about the mythological origins of petrol. It is inspired by petro-magic, petro-horror poetry and the tradition of vengeful dances.

If oil is an immense, collective, anonymous material, it can only be accessed through another similarly collective and anonymous material: folk dance is a perfect device for this purpose. It is alive, unburied, incarnated, and it waves back at us. Oil is a vicious poem hidden in darkness.

Sun Eaters blends dances from Norway, Brittany and West Asia. It is drenched in doom metal, pre-islamic iconography, levantine maqams and Norwegian curse tunes. Sun Eaters twists and betrays what it summons, and rekindles with the cruelty of oil to incarnate its deadly, seductive smile.

Credits

concept, scenography, sound Jassem Hindi & Sina Seifee choreography Jassem Hindi dance Charlott Utzig, Paolo de Venecia Gile, Harald Beharie production Marie Ursin costumes Amy of the costumes coproducers Kultur direktoratet - Arts and Culture Norway RAS - Regional Arena for Samtidsdans - Sandnes Beursschouwburg - Bruxelles MDT - Stockholm WpZimmer - Antwerp Frascati Producties - Amsterdam Grenland Friteater - Porsgrunn Hindi-Gouédard production - Porsgrunn

       

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