Loin... (Far...)

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When:

Thu 3 Mar ’11, 7:30pm	Saving
Fri 4 Mar ’11, 7:30pm	Saving
Sat 5 Mar ’11, 7:30pm	Saving

Where: Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere Rd & The Promenade, Takapuna Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

A Res: $57.50
A Res Friend/Conc/Group 10: $52.50
B Res: $47.50
B Res Concession: $42.50
C Res: $32.50
Booking fees may apply

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NZ Premiere.

How does one express a history of suffering and violence?

In this captivating solo work, experimental choreographer Rachid Ouramdane controls a multi-media set, punctuating video testimonies with an expansive soundscape and lending a physical presence to the show’s disembodied voices with sequences that are by turns fluid and unwavering, quiet and frenetic.

An exceptionally bold piece of dance theatre, Loin... (Far...) is an intense, poetic exploration of the misshaping effects foreign invasion and colonisation can have on individuals, families and society. Layered with musings on his own hybrid identity, (Ouramdane is French born with Algerian roots), the work is infused with the personal histories of others, including extracts from the journals his father kept while he was in the French Army during the occupation of Algeria, testimony from his mother and interviews with victims of the war in Vietnam.

Since graduating from Centre National de Danse Contemporaine of Angers in 1992, Ouramdane has produced a significant body of work that interrogates the gap between personal experience, official history and contemporary identity.

Photograph: Erell Melscoët

Culturesfrance
Through its initiatives within France and beyond its borders, through bilateral operations with countries, through its development activities especially on the African continent and in the Caribbean region, Culturesfrance is committed to establishing long term and equitable relations amongst the world’s cultures. Culturesfrance dance department focuses on touring companies and choreographers throughout the world, ensuring their presence at festivals and in the international spotlight. Since 2007, eight FranceDanse projects have been launched across Europe, Canada, Russia and China creating the opportunity for partnerships to develop and present a diversity of styles and aesthetics in the dance field.