MDW: FEM[IN]ME & THE BAREFOOT DIVA (Double bill)

FEM[IN]ME - By Black Pearl de Almeida THE BAREFOOT DIVA - By Nicolas Huchard

VENUE: Inkonst DATE: 28 OCTOBER TIME DÖRRAR: 19.00 TIME BLACK PEARL 19.30-20.00 TIME BAREFOOT 20.00 - 20.35 CURFEW 21.00 TICKETS: MALMODANCEWEEK.SE PRESENTED BY: IVER

FEM[IN]ME This performance permits the audience to witness Black Pearl's personal journey of resilience and self-acceptance. Impulsed by the interplay of light and sound, Black Pearl navigates through different spaces. Dancing, initially fueled by joy, transitioning to the pressure to conform and produce to please others. Awakening to moments of realization and empowerment driven by the raw energy of various dance styles: hip hop, classical, contemporary, and vogue. “Anybody walking?”

FEM[IN]ME is co-produced within the Attitudes project including Norrlandsoperan (SE), Dansekapellet (DK), hip hop dance festivals HOP (ES) and Summer Dance Forever (NL), Kampnagel (DE) and choreographic center CCNRB (FR).

Attitudes is co-funded by the European Union

THE BAREFOOT DIVA The dawn comes gently; everything seems to be cleansed of what might have happened the day before. It is with this sense of renewal that the divas stand up and take the stage. The essence of each of the five performers spreads; the divas are animated and linked by the same energy, the same duty. Their fascinating internal strength is the focus of their constant struggle. Through their collective energy, this strength manages to grow so that each of the divas finally asserts and reveals herself. The duty of these women becomes urgent. Urgent to be heard. Urgent to take the spotlight. At dawn, consciences must be awakened. It is time for this magical, hopeful morning to bring wisdom, peace and harmony.

ABOUT BLACK PEARL DE ALMEIDA Black Pearl de Almeida Lima initially studied dance at Studio Márcia Belarmino in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2010, she was awarded a scholarship by the Birgit Keil Foundation after participating in the Seminário Internacional de Dança de Brasília. She then studied at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, a university for the performing arts in Mannheim, Germany.

After participating in the Prix de Lausanne, she joined Badischen Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she danced from 2013 to 2016. Lima left the company to become a soloist with the Staatstheater Augsburg until 2018. She then became a member of the Gauthier Dance Company, where she remained until 2020. Currently, Lima is a member of the Ballet of Difference company at Schauspiel Köln.

ABOUT NICOLAS HUCHARD Nicolas Huchard has been dancing his whole life. He was only six when he choreographed his first dance. Since then, he’s danced for the world’s greats: Jean Paul Gaultier, Marion Motin, Madonna, Maurice Béjart. He became one of the queens of Christine and the Queens fame, and he’s worked with musicians Angèle, Suzane and Aya Nakamura. Each collaboration is an exploration of boundaries – between softness and strength, between feminine and masculine, between continents and disciplines. Nicolas Huchard likes rough edges – which create uniqueness. The launch of his company in 2018 embodies this exploration, its values and its struggles. It’s a political terrain where dance inscribes activism in bodies: in “social dance”.

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Presented by Malmö Dance Week, Iver & Inkonst Supported by: Kulturrådet, Region Skåne & Malmö Stad, Institut Francais Suède, Co-funded by the European Union