Tickets
Fine Lines
Duration: 20 minutes
Language: none
Age: 8 years and older
Content notes: none
Power: Still Going Strong
Duration: 23 minutes
Language: English
Sign language: Translation into Swiss German Sign Language
Age: 12 years and older
Content notes: none
Post-performance discussion with the dancers from Skånes Dansteater I Lloydscompany.
Following the performance, in the Kesselhaus.
Moderated by: Anna Chiedza Spörri
Duration: 30 minutes.
Language: English (Whisper translation available on request).
Cost: none.
As part of Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps
Institution meets independent scene, contemporary dance meets breaking: Fine Lines and Power: Still Going Strong bring together two choreographies with different artistic backgrounds. Two women whose encounter gets under your skin; two men who have made history with their stories. Both pieces are now coming to Switzerland for the first time and will share a joint evening as part of Steps.
The duet Fine Lines, choreographed by Spanish artist Roser López Espinosa, was created in collaboration with two dancers from Sweden’s Skånes Dansteater. It depicts two extraordinary women who, through their dance, trace the subtle connections that exist between us as human beings.
In doing so, they show how different we are – and yet how close we can be. Fine Lines is a delicate ode to diversity and a powerful call to celebrate each other (more).
The two Dutchmen Lloyd Marengo and Maikel Walker, as well as the Frenchman Bosila Banya, alias B-Boy Junior, are among the pioneers of the breaking scene and inspire countless dancers worldwide. Power: Still Going Strong brings Maikel Walker and B-Boy Junior together on stage for the first time. What sets them apart is their age and physicality. What unites them are incredible moves and infectious energy. Together, they tell their life stories – from childhood to the present day.
Fine Lines
Power: Still Going Strong
Credits
Fine Lines
Choreography: Roser López Espinosa in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Anna Bòrras Picó, Madeleine Månsson
Music: Mark Drillich
Costume design: Åsa Gjerstad
Lighting design: Mattias Jonsson
Production: Skånes Dansteate
World premiere: 6 February 2020, Holland Dance Festival
Power: Still Going Strong
Concept/choreography: Lloyd Marengo in collaboration with the dancers
Performance on stage: Maikel Walker and Bosila Banya alias B-Boy Junior
Video: Danny Stolker
Music: HAYP MUSIC (Patrick Mijnals & Alvin Lewis)
Production: Lloydscompany
Supported by: Municipality of Rotterdam, Cultuurfonds, VandenEnde Foundation, Elise Mathilde Fonds
World premiere: 8 March 2023, Theater Rotterdam
