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from rock to rock… aka how magnolia was taken for granite

Jeremy Nedd

Dance Big Hall
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Dance Big Hall

from rock to rock… aka how magnolia was taken for granite

Jeremy Nedd

Inspired by a rapper’s copyright lawsuit against a video game company, Basel-based choreographer Jeremy Nedd’s latest work explores a dance move known as “the Milly Rock.” Five performers (including the multi- talented Brandy Butler, Zen Jefferson, Nasheeka Nedsreal and Serge Desroches) examine the Milly Rock, a dance move inspired by the rapper 2 Milly. In doing so, they search for the hidden poetry and virtuosic freedom found in social and viral dance moves. Taking a look into the “algorhythm” of marginalized movement languages one asks: can a dance move belong to anyone? And, when yes, who actually profits from it?

Infos

  • 05.09. Warm-up for the audience 7:30 pm

  • 05.09. Season opening with party afterwards (hip hop/funk/jazz DJ set by Morten & Dodo)

  • Duration: approx. 75 minutes
  • Language: no language skills required
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Zugänglich mit Rollstuhl
Barrierefreie Haltestelle
Behindertenparkplätze vorhanden
Barrierefreie Toilette
Genderneutrale Toilette
Assistenzhund willkommen
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Concept, choreography, performance: Jeremy Nedd
Performance: Nasheeka Nedsreal, Zen Jefferson, Brandy Butler, Jeremy Guyton (original cast: Serge Desroches)
Technical direction & lighting design: Sebastian Sommer
Stage design: Laura Knüsel, Jeremy Nedd
Sound design: Fabrizio Di Salvo, Rej Deproc, Xzavier Stone
Production management: Caroline Froelich (Moin Moin Productions)
Dramaturgy: Anta Helena Recke
Choreography assistance: Kihako Narisawa
Co-production: Kaserne Basel, De Singel Antwerp, DDD - Festival Dias da Dança Porto, Gessnerallee Zurich, Les Halles de Schaerbeek

With the support of: Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater BS/BL, Ernst Göhner Foundation, Jacqueline Spengler Foundation

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 realized and presented his previous productions at Kaserne Basel, ROXY Birsfelden, Arsenic - Centre d'Art scénique contemporain, Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and Münchner Kammerspiele, among others.