Echoing the hashtag #Never21 coined by the Black Lives Matter movement, this dance show wishes to pay tribute to the victims of gun violence in New York, Rio or Johannesburg… who will never turn 21 years old. Through their graffitied bodies, three dancers embody both the words of the victims and their families, and the evils they have suffered. Like wandering spirits, they tell us about these stolen and broken lives. Moving from krump to electro, popping to contemporary dance, different energies slowly come through to bring out their invisible presence and name their unspeakable pain.
Never Twenty One in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands Book nowSmaïl Kanouté presents ‘Never Twenty One’ at ‘The Artists Are Present’ Festival at ICK Dans Amsterdam on 11 November, 2022.