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Botis Seva I Far From The Norm

Tanz / Theater

Until We Sleep

Until We Sleep, the latest hip-hop dance piece by renowned London choreographer Botis Seva, is a dark, atmospheric journey through resistance, transformation, and survival. Against a backdrop of authoritarian power, a lone nomad searches for faith as he leads a restless community through shifting planes of time. With Seva's signature blend of hip-hop physicality and free movement, the dancers of Far From The Norm navigate a world marked by struggle and resilience. Driven by a haunting soundscape of percussion and throaty textures, the choreography pulsates with urgency. In their feather- and scale-adorned costumes, they resemble warriors shedding their former identities, while harsh lighting transforms the stage into an unstable arena—an arena where a higher power looms, relentless and divine. Until We Sleep explores the tension between hope and responsibility and asks what we cling to in order to carry on. Visceral and poetic, it is a powerful evocation of the human spirit's struggle to remain awake in a world that wants to force it to sleep.

“Botis Seva, the most influential artist in contemporary dance today, is a phenomenal artist of unlimited emotional intelligence, innovative, demanding and exhausting physicality, but also unparalleled hard work that inspires the modern generations of dancers and choreographers.” National Herald – Greece

Choreography & Direction: Botis Seva / Composition: Torben Sylvest / Costume Design: Ryan Dawson-Laight / Lighting Design: Tom Visser

Dancers: Jordan Douglas, Shangomola Edunjobi, Larissa Koopman, Joshua Nash, Rose Sall Sao, Joshua Shanny-Wynter, Victoria Shulungu, Margaux Pourpoint

Until We Sleep was co-produced by DanceEast, DE SINGEL, Points Communs - Nouvelle Scène nationale of Cergy-Pontoise / Val d'Oise, Rum för Dans, Sadler's Wells, schrit_tmacher Festival, Tanz Köln, Théâtre de la Ville - Paris, The Joyce Theater, and The Lowry.

Commissioned by Brighton Dome & Festival and Warwick Arts Centre.
Supported by FABRIC and the University of East London Dance: Urban Practice.

Funded by Arts Council England, The Linbury Trust, Cockayne Grants for the Arts, PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund, and The London Community Foundation.

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