Frozen Power
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| 12 € / reduced 6 € |
| Q&A with Ian Mwaisunga and the ensemble after the performances on Friday 06. and Saturday 07.12. |
| 6:30 pm Introduction with Rachel Kessi and Martin Baasch in the Mechanical Arena |
| Duration: 60 min |
| 12 years and older |
| English, No language skills required |
| Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Belongs to: Histories of Tanzania |
In the dance production Frozen Power, five performers and a live musician guide the audience through a multifaceted story of power struggles and intrigues and the lived resistance against German colonial rule in Tanzania.
Choreographer Ian Mwaisunga piece begins on a street corner in Dar es Salaam, where a coffee vendor offers the audience a story to go with the coffee – a story that can be told in one way or another. Frozen Power does not claim tell a certain truth, but it aims to open up a space for the negotiation of a memory, of a shared past and a possible future.
Inspired by the historical figure of “Sultana”, a female ruler from the Singida region who was said to hold extraordinary powers, the poetic dance piece addresses both the role of female rulers in anti-colonial resistance and the need to re-appropriate and re-imagine historical figures for today’s Tanzania.
Ian Mwaisunga (Choreographer)
Rachel Kessi (Dramaturge / Management)
Martin Baasch (Dramaturgical Advice)
Teddy Mtuta, Happyness Ndaki, Deosantus Ivan, Ulonzi Rajabu, Mahmoud Mbega
(Dancers)