September 13th – 14th, 2024 Theater Bellevue, Amsterdam
September 17th, 2024 Theater Kikker, Utrecht
September 20th, 2024 Theater a/h Spui, The Hague
September 27th – 28th, 2024 De Singel, Antwerp
October 4th, 2024 Grand Theatre, Groningen
October 8th – 9th, 2024 Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
October 29th – 3oth, 2024 Frascati, Amsterdam
November 4th, 2024 Teater Luwes, Jakarta
60 minutes
About Dance and Censorship
This is not a dance forces you to reflect on the foundations of dance, in definition and effect.
Iris Spanbroek
In Iran, dancing has been officially prohibited since the start of the Islamitic Revolution. All dance companies have been forced to cease their activities. Many dancers and choreographers have fled abroad. Those who still live there have to be very resourceful. How are they keeping their art form alive? Theatre maker Nastaran Razawi Khorasani presents the performance This is not a dance a dance performance that deals with censorship. What can be shown, what must remain hidden? As the music and lights build towards a frenzy, Nastaran attempts to keep her dancing body in check.