ZIEL | ROUH
ICK, AAO & Meervaart (2018)
'ZIEL' is a production by ICK Dance Amsterdam and Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra in co-production with Meervaart.
In ZIEL of ROUH (the Arabic word for ‘soul’), two divergent disciplines confront each other: music from Al-Andalus and contemporary dance collide, rub against, seek and find each other in this performance. Two disciplines, two civilizations, two frameworks of thought, two traditions together make a sum that far exceeds a simple addition.
ZIEL is a triptych in which three choreographers from ICK work with each a different current from the repertoire: the tarab (classical), sufi andalusi (mystically spiritual), and the chaabi andalusi (contemporary folk music). For this last 'folk' current, the AAO has commissioned a piece to be composed by guest composer Abderrahim Semlali specifically for the performance.
Credits
Choreography: Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten, Nacera Belaza, Vincent Colomes
Music: Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra (Karima El Fillali, Abderrahim Semlali, Avishai Darash, Mehmet Polat, Modar Salama, Daniël van Huffelen, Marianne Noordink)
Composition: Abderrahim Semlali
Dancers: Helena Volkov, Edward Lloyd, Arad Inbar, Sedrig Verwoert, Sophia Dinkel
Costumes: Clifford Portier
Light: Henk Danner, Maarten Heijdra
Technical: Maarten Heijdra, Hugo van der Veldt
Production: ICK & AAO (Amsterdam Andalusian
Orchestra)
Coproductie: Meervaart
Image by Alwin Poiana.