How to dance when dancing is banned?
In 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? Theatre maker Nastaran Razawi Khorasani presents This is not a dance, a dance performance that deals with censorship. What can be shown, what must remain hidden? As the music and lights build towards a frenzy, Nastaran attempts to keep her dancing body in check.
In This is not a dance, Nastaran 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? This is not a dance 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.
This show is spoken in Farsi. There are Dutch and English surtitles. Some of the interviews cannot be heard, but can only be read with surtitles (Dutch and English).
Concept, regie, spel - Nastaran Razawi Khorasani Scenografie en video - Peter van Til Muziek - Joost Maaskant Licht - Minna Tiikkainen Dramaturgie - Aukje Verhoog Kostuum - Rebekka Wörrman Coach - Suzan Boogaerdt Techniek - Peter Leeuwenburgh (coördinatie), Hein van Leeuwen, Jimmy Niessen Productie - Marleen Reijnen Marketing - Dieke van der Spek & Theater Rotterdam Campagnebeeld - Sanja Marušić Verkoop - Alles voor de Kunsten Een productie van - Theater Rotterdam In coproductie met - Kobe, De Coproducers Met dank aan - iedereen die zijn verhaal heeft willen delen.
