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PREMIERE: May 12-15, Kunstenfestivaldesarts/Beursschouwburg (Brussels, BE)
CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY: Cherish Menzo
CREATION AND PERFORMANCE: Cherish Menzo, Camilo Mejía Cortés
LIGHTING DESIGN: Niels Runderkamp
MUSICAL COMPOSITION: Gagi Petrovic, Michael Nunes
MASTERING: Gagi Petrovic
MUSIC LIST: bit.ly/dm-musiccredits
SCENOGRAPHY: Morgana Machado Marques
COSTUME DESIGN: JustTatty.com
DRAMATURGY: Renée Copraij, Benjamin Kahn
TEXT: Cherish Menzo, Camilo Mejía Cortés, BOИSU, Shari Kok-Sey-Tjong
VOCAL AND DELIVERY COACHING: BOИSU, Shari Kok-Sey-Tjong
ARTISTIC ADVICE: Christian Yav, Nicole Geertruida
VOICES DISTORTED RAP CHOIR:
Brussels: Badi Rezzak, Hazel Hoi Ching Lam, Jessica Boyeleba Balehen, Jessica Harkay, ​Katoucha Ngombe, ​Louisa li De Vos, Parvin Saljoughi, Rhoda Shiroya
Amsterdam: Erwin Kiene, Imani Heijmans, Janelle Ignatius, Monèzra Rudge, René Twizeye Mungu Bizimana, Sifra Coulet, Vainergill Thurnim, Whitney Krens
Geneva: Berhiu Habtemariam, Bétiel Kahsay, Emma Ebona, José - Maxence ONGOLO ABAH, Raphaël Clément ONGOLO ABAH, Rasmata Kouraogo, Taemu Gebremedhin
Rome: Antonio Gabriel Petrosemolo, Germain, Ibrahim Thiam Bongoura, Manuel De Persio, Mouktar Saley, Riccardo Jonatan Calero Leon, Valeria Wandja
Marseille: Alexandre Malvault, Ali Yacouba, Ayakan Dükü, George, Gilda Dixon, Marie-Rose Frigiere, Mouayad Chanfi, Plamedi Matembele, Thibaud Meyrand​, Zira Mouaci
Kortrijk: Charlotte Itoko, Ivandro Spencer, Michaëla Mahawa Kaba, Ouarda Bouchti, Rita Flora Gouem
Louvain: Emeraude Tshidibi Kabeya, Jacqueline Mello de Oliveira, Elise Van Hummelen, Anatalia Kibonge, Oliha Titilayo, Joëlle Francis, Ines Shockaert, Joëtta Walakallie
Oslo: Faduma Mohamud, Ryan Mohamed, Antonio Ramos, Gabrielle Solaké, Marlene Sonja, Hamda Barise
Berlin: Annemarie Kusi, Claudia Taylor, Fenja Akinde-Hummel, Malika Lamwersiek, Turending Stelkens, Vanessa Yeboah
Leeds: Eboni Aymer-Jeffrey, Megan Leigh Thompson, Dieudonné Bila, Brandon Hinds, Olivia Butler Fagbohun
Helsinki: Moriamo Ahmed​, Estrellx Supernova/EHQS,​ Antonia Atarah​, Jessica Eboreime ​
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WITH REFERENCES TO AND INSPIRED BY:
- Act I of the American Opera ‘Troubled Island’ by William Grant Still (1949)
- ‘BLACKSPACE: ON THE POETICS OF AN AFROFUTURE’ by Anaïs Duplan
- ‘The Mask’ by Paul Laurens Dunbar
- Video clip ‘Throw it back’ (2019) by Missy Elliot.
- The Mythology of the American electronic music duo Drexciya
TECHNICIANS: Niels Runderkamp and Amber Stallenberg/Sander Cools
PRODUCTION: GRIP, Frascati Producties
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION: A Propic – Line Rousseau, Marion Gauvent, Lara van Lookeren
COPRODUCTION: Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, BE), CCN-Ballet national de Marseille dans le cadre de l’accueil studio / Ministère de la Culture (FR), actoral festival (Marseille, FR), STUK (Leuven, BE), La Villette, Paris (FR), Beursschouwburg (Brussels, BE), Festival d’Automne à Paris (FR), De Coproducers (NL), Perpodium (BE)
RESIDENCIES: STUK (Leuven, BE), La Villette, Paris (FR), Frascati (Amsterdam, NL), Beursschouwburg (Brussels, BE), CCN-Ballet national de Marseille dans le cadre de l’accueil studio / Ministère de la Culture (FR), Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam (NL)
IN COLLABORATION WITH: Trill (Leuven, BE) in collaboration with Adja Fassa, WijzijnDOX (Utrecht, NL)
WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF: the Flemish Government, The Performing Arts Fund NL, Ammodo, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Cronos Invest
THANKS TO: Eric Cyuzuzo, Jan Fedinger, Dries Douibi, Khadija El Kharraz Alami