Noha Ramadan
AfterMyth (and we shimmered as we crossed from one reality to another…)
A shadowy figure grapples with a fragmented mythology of ghostly spaces and their guardians.
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 the cinematic language of a pop-horror dream sequence, Noha Ramadan drives us into the interior world of a figure grappling with monumental 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 explores shared notions of loss and transformation, and searches for what comes to life in the gap between the frames.
Credits
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
The track LUNGS (1999) by Oren Ambrachi is used with permission of the composer
Commissioned by The Consortium Commissions – an initiative of Mophradat, in partnership with Alkantara and Centrale Fies Coproduced by workspacebrussels, Life Long Burning - Ufer Studios, Frascati Producties
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Noha Ramadan creates performances, video, and collective events. Drawing from a long and continuing practice of dance improvisation, their work utilises a distinctly cinematic approach to sound and movement, and attempts to articulate the subject’s capacity to inhabit multiplicity and strange relations. They co-founded Jacuzzi, an artist-run space in Amsterdam, where they organize and support various projects. They grew up on unceded Darug/Guringai land in Australia, and currently live and work in Amsterdam.