WIRED is an interdisciplinary dance & music performance focused on rhythm, soul and emancipation. It has been developed by an international & intergenerational cast with powerful personalities, masterful skill sets and informed viewpoints.
The soundtrack, performed live, includes Black electronic music, soul, beatmaking, body-percussion, singing & poetry, and honors the full span of grit and grace.
The title refers to the electronic drum and the interconnectedness of the global African diaspora with various expressions over oceans of time, playfully explored through the African-American dance languages of House, Hip Hop & Poppin, centering the relation between music & dance as intelligent languages.
Marie Kaae is an internationally known performer, educator and choreographer with over 25 years of experience, with significant victories in the global battle scene and as a facilitator of cultural and artistic events. Her practice is anchored in the cultural ways of Afro- American club culture, and her main dance language is House. With a background in social science much of her work falls in the intersection of academia and Black arts.
The performance is available in a 60 minute version as well, and can be performed outdoors for festival settings. To support sustainable touring and to embrace local/regional talent, a re-production replacing 1-3 members of the original team is possible with a partner who will co-produce the rearrangement.
Workshops can be offered as well: House Dance with Marie Kaae, Popping or Body percussion with Damon Frost, Hip Hop with Claudio Fernandez aka Comics and Beat production with Johan Klinkvort aka Shatterhands.
The company also offers panel talks related to subjects of decolonisation, legitimate representation and inclusion related to the African Diaspora with Damon Frost and Marie Kaae.
Choreography, dramaturgy, dance & poetry:: Marie Kaae (DK/CM/Kurdistan)
Dance, vocals & music: Damon Frost (US/SE), Josephin Bovien (DK/GH/UK) and Raffael “Black Forest” Bender (DE/DK/US)
Dance: Claudio “Comics” Fernando (P/NO/CPV)
Music: Johan “Shatter Hands” Klinkvort (DK)
Artwork on costumes: Jupiter Child
Costume design and set design: Leïla Belangeon Bouaziz & SUBETĒ agency
Pictures: Helena Fernández Cavada, Mishael Oladipo Fapohunda
