AfterMyth
(And we shimmered as we crossed from one reality to another...)
Noha Ramadan
Projected across three silver screens, masked figures dance on a desolate, snow-covered beach. Set in an unnamed, ambiguous future, their ghostly cheerleading, pas-de-bourees and navigational gestures appear as remnants of a world that has ended.
As the dance loops endlessly on screen, other appearances loom in the darkness of the theatre.
Through a distinctly cinematic and poetic language, Noha Ramadan drives us into the interior world of a figure grappling with external forces and narratives. Inspired by Rita Lucarelli's notion of “doorscapes” — a term used to describe the many gates and guardians depicted in Egyptian funeral iconography — they propose a choreography of images and voice in motion. AfterMyth is a deeply personal work which explores shared notions of loss and transformation, and searches for what comes to life in the gap between the frames.
Featuring citations from: the Egyptian book of the Dead (trans. Rita Lucarelli), the film ‘Al Mummia - the night of counting the years’ by Shadi Abdel Salam (1969), Anne Carson, Salmon Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, and personal writing (2021 - 2024).
• Noha Ramadan (1979) is an Egyptian-Australian choreographer, performer, and teacher who creates performances and organizes events with other artists, drawing on a long and continuous practice of dance improvisation. Their work makes use of a clearly articulated cinematic and poetic language that attempts to articulate the body's capacity for transformation and questions the premise of our shared reality. Ramadan lives in Amsterdam and is part of the city’s Jakoozi collective.
choreography & performance Noha Ramadan | dramaturgy & choreographic assistance Charlie Laban Trier | dance on screen Clara Saito, Eva Susova, Noha Ramadan | camera Charlie Laban Trier | video editing Julia Sokolnicka, Christopher Tym | lighting design Katinka Marac | sound design Boudy Scholten, S.M.Snider | technical direction Paul Beumer | production support Charlie Laban Trier | commissioned by The Consortium Commissions – an initiative of Mophradat, in partnership with Alkantara and Centrale Fies | co-produced by workspacebrussels, Life Long Burning - Ufer Studios, Frascati Producties | supported by Het Resort, Jakoozi, CSC/Centro per la Scena Contemporanea.
The track ‘Lungs’ by Oren Ambarchi is used with permission of the composer.
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This performance contains strobe lighting.
