Wang-Ramirez Company. W.A.M. - We are Monchichi

Wang-Ramirez Company

W.A.M. - We are Monchichi

A La FuNdicIOn programme

W.A.M. FIS A PRODUCTION FOR FAMILY AUDIENCES –7 YEARS AND OLDER– THAT USES HUMOUR TO EXAMINE OUR MULTIPLE IDENTITIES AND THE WAY THEY ARE MODIFIED BY OTHERS. IT DOES THIS THROUGH CONTEMPORARY DANCE PERFORMED TO A HIP HOP BEAT.

Shihiya Peng was born in Taiwan but lives in Paris. Marco di Nardo was born in Naples and lives in Berlin. How can we be together if everything makes us be far apart? How can we perceive the other when we are surrounded by walls? What language must we choose? How can we react to the mountain of cultural stereotypes? What is this dance of links and connections, of fissures and fusions? It is the dance of the cat and the mouse, a dance that explores antagonistic forces. Here, the bodies flirt with the irony, with the desire to be happy, with melancholy … Shihya Peng and Marco di Nardo transform themselves into two distorted mirrors, gradually revealing more than we had expected… They move one another, they fly, fall and become mutually exasperated. Then they get up and walk together… W.A.M. is a fable, a secret story, a universal, panoramic dance performed in sequences and accompanied by flashes of text by Fabrice Melquiot (who also collaborated in the play-writing). With each movement, with each jump and each chase, the dancers search their childhood memories for the country where they can live together, or live with others. A dance of combat to find harmony. Dantzaldia, the International Dance Festival organised by La Fundición, presents this performance at Azkuna Zentroa which is suitable for all audiences and has been seen by audiences all over the world.

HONJI WANG. German-Korean dancer, choreographer and artistic director. Is recognized as an artist who brings contemporary and hip hop together in an exceptionally organic fashion. Wang’s first collaboration with Sébastien Ramirez, a duet titled AP15, was in 2010. Soon after she became Co-artistic Director of Company Wang Ramirez and ever since the duo has been creating larger scale works that established them in the contemporary dance scene. SÉBASTIEN RAMIREZ. FrenchSpanish dancer, choreographer and artistic director. He specializes in the use of aerial work as well as choreographic rigging development. In 2007 he founded his company in Perpignan. He shares the Company’s Artistic Direction with Honji Wang and has collected several awards. Ramirez was appointed Associate Artist at L’Archipel, National Theater of Perpignan in 2014 and at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris in 2018.

December 10, Thursday 7:30pm Auditorium 15€ / 12€ with Az Card 10€ / 8€ with Az Card (under 18 and over 65) Tickets: Az Info and azkunazentroa.eus

ARTISTIC SHEET Artistic direction, concept and choreography: Honji Wang & Sébastien Ramirez | With: Marco di Nardo & Shihya Peng | Adaptation of text and director of acting: Fabrice Melquiot | Original screenplay: Vincent Rafis | Musical composition: Ilia Koutchoukov aka Everydayz | Lighting design: Cyril Mulon | Staging: Ida Ravn | Wardrobe: Honji Wang | Additional music: Bachar Mar-Khalifé / Balcoon, Carlos Gardel, Alva Noto, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | Musical arrangements: Fabien Biron | Voice and sound recordings: Clément Aubry | Technical manager: Guillaume Giraudo | Executive producer: Company Wang Ramirez, Clash66 | Co-production: Théâtre de la Ville, Paris; Scène Nationale d’Albi | We are Monchichi: a co-production of the European Creative Pole - DRAC AuvergneRhône-Alpes / Pôle Danse de Lyon (Biennale de la Danse + Maison de la Danse) + Creative residency in Lyon. | Creative residencies: L’Archipel, Scène Nationale de Perpignan / La Villette / Artist residencies Théâtre de la Ville / Les Abbesses | With the support of:: Regional Cultural Affairs Directorate Occitanie / Regional Council Occitanie Pyrénées-Méditerranée / County Council Pyrénées Orientales | Acknowledgements: Manon Martin for the Melquiot - Wang Ramirez artistic introduction

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