Thu 05.03.26 —
Fri 06.03.26
Like the Full Moon Says
Bérengère Bodin & Theater Malpertuis
LNP
This is not a dance
This is not a dance
This is not a dance
This is not a dance
18.03.26 — 19.03.26In Iran, dancing has been officially prohibited since the start of the Islamitic Revolution. All dance companies have been forced to cease their activities. Many dancers and choreographers have fled abroad. Those who still live there have to be very resourceful.
How are they keeping their art form alive? What can be shown, what must remain hidden? As the music and lights build towards a frenzy, Razawi Khorasani attempts to keep her dancing body in check.
In This Is Not a Dance, she brings the voices of choreographers and dancers living in Iran to the stage. How are they dealing with the ban on dance? How do they practice their profession, what dangers do they face, what freedoms are they fighting for? ThisIsNotaDance is a tribute to the body that wants to move. A tribute to art that simply must be made, in whatever way, shape or form.
Practical info
Tickets
15-22 euros
Farsi
Language
Farsi
Subtitles
Dutch, English
They saw the play and said:
'This is not a dance' is a remarkable, paradoxical ode to the dancing body.
, NRC (NL), Read the article