NO MERCY
NO MERCY navigates our daily virtual and non-virtual modes of feeling. During this 45-minute DJ set, nasa4nasa call on the “Naddaha,” an Egyptian mythical woman who lures men into the Nile, leading to their death or disappearance. They thus explore the limits of sensuality and desire interplaying with violence. The two female bodies navigate the gaze, referencing their repertoires of body image, pop, rage and intimacy. nasa4nasa will lure you in, disarm you and in the process unravel in their own drama.
• nasa4nasa is a dance collective based in Cairo co-founded by dancers Noura Seif Hassanein and Salma AbdelSalam in 2016. Housed primarily on Instagram, the collective's work explores image-making and online presence as their ongoing dance practice. nasa4nasa's debut performance SUASH premiered at Next Festival and MDT (2018). They were most recently awarded the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture for their latest work Sham3edan (2023).
performance and choreography nasa4nasa ⎸ light Saber El Sayed ⎸ technical support Mido Sadek ⎸ costumes Nadine Mos ⎸ original music Ismail Hosny ⎸ DJ set Ismail Hosny & Noura Seif ⎸ choreography “gimme more” by Karon Lynn via YouTube facilitated by Khadiga El Arkan ⎸ dancers Diego Quiroz & Leandro Palacios ⎸ production AFAC and Orient
Some scenes could be triggering for people who have (had) an eating disorder.
