WhyNot x Bimhuis: Meral Polat Trio, Ropes Aligned

An innovative evening with exciting encounters between music, dance and audience.

Location: Bimhuis, Amsterdam
Date: 30 Augustus 2023

Entrance: €18-€21
Tickets via Bimhuis.nl

Dancers hanging with ropes on the ceiling and circling dervishes: this evening at BIMHUIS promises to be again breathtaking. The vertical dance collective Ropes Aligned welcomes you to the foyer of Het Muziekgebouw with Unfolding Multitudeand leads you upstairs to BIMHUIS for Ez Kî Me, in which a Kurdish and Iranian dancer immerse themselves in the rituals of their ancestors, inspired by Meral Polat and her trio. The source of inspiration is the Alevi Semah, a dance in circles that can be compared to a whirling dervish dance. Innovative music is linked to adventurous dance and sound, body and space merge into a physically tangible experience.

Credits

Meral Polat Trio
Vocals: Meral Polat
Piano: Chris Doyle
Drums: Jens Bouttery
Dancers: t.b.a.c

Ropes Aligned
Choreography: Ropes Aligned | Isabel Cordeiro
Composer/music: Gemma Luz Bosch
Musician: Mees Siderius
Artistic advice: Keren Levi, Marjolein Vogels
Choreographic advice: Keren Levi
Light: Theun Mosk
Co producing partners: EKWC, Panama Pictures, Space is the Place, WhyNot, Motorblok Zaandam
Rigger: Tim Halussy, Roan Lo-a-Njoe

Unfolding Multitude is made with the support of AFK, FPK, van Bylandt Stichting, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds NH, Stichting Stokroos, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, SITP