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Sat 29 Nov

Afternoon of a Nymph

Maker Dunja Jocic/Dance Company Osnabrück (DE) 
Duration 60 min

The power of the gaze 

It started with a rather explicit ballet piece for that time (1912): Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Nijinsky. Choreographer Dunja Jocić wondered what would happen if she were to transform the silent faun (a kind of mythological human being) from that piece into a nymph. What if the one who was always observed suddenly looked back? Dunja shows us with her 7 almost liquid dancers that you can make an old classic mega relevant again. Because even more than 100 years after Nijinsky's piece, taking up space is still not self-evident for many women. Discover this cinematic performance with old music by Debussy in a new guise by Jonathan Bonny. 

Dunja Jocić creates cinematic dance performances that expose the depths of the human spirit. In her award-winning work, you can feel her background in ballet and that of a top athlete in the former Yugoslavia. As a much sought-after choreographer for major ballet companies in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, she is rising through the glass ceiling with her international reputation. 

Choreography and direction: Dunja Jocić
Performers: Raffaella Esposito, Terra Kell, Anna Mercurio, Tiemen Stemerding, Ivan Toochetti, Tom van de Ven, Kenedy Kallas.
Composition: Claude Debussy, Jonathan Bonny
Lighting design: Nuno Salsinha
Costume design: Ivana Vasić
Acquisition & tour planning: Bureau Berbee & Jansen
Scene photography: Oliver Look 

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Korzo Zaal

Sat 29 Nov

Afternoon of a Nymph