Ritual Ceremony

Shows

In this performance, traditional African dance and modern Western dance share the same performance space. Dynamic movements and rhythms blend African and Western body languages ​​with the aim of uniting different cultures, breaking down the borders and sociocultural barriers they express to create a new common language.

Vasco Mirine is a professional dancer, choreographer and dance teacher from Mozambique. He is currently working on the revival of The Rite of Spring by Pina Bausch with 36 other dancers from 15 different African countries. This is a collaborative project between Sadler's Wells Theatre, the Pina Bausch Foundation and the École de Sables. He trained in traditional African dance techniques, Afro and Afro contemporary street dance at the Companhia municipal de canto e dança da Matola in Mozambique, the École de Sables in Senegal, the Performative Art Research Training Studio (PARTS) in Brussels. He also trained in the Flying Low & Passing Through technique of David Zambrano, an important Venezuelan dancer, performer and choreographer based in Amsterdam.