Rigidigidim De Bamba De: Ruptured Calypso
photo: Paul Kopicki
Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theatre takes calypso in and out of the carnival context and layers it with mythology, herstory and dance. It explores music as an agent of Afro-Caribbean cultural, sexual, and gender identity across geographic, national, and aesthetic borders. Be prepared for truth-telling, innuendo, and rawness!
Caryn Hodge & Nehassaiu deGannes in "Windrush"
courtesy of The Painted Bride and COCo Dance Theatre
Caryn Hodge & Nehassaiu deGannes in "Windrush"
courtesy of The Painted Bride and COCo Dance Theatre
And how! These women are sublime.––– The New York Times
Pack Up Pack Up/ deGannes & Co.
photo: Paul Kopicki
A'Keitha Carey, Nehassaiu deGannes, Ithalia Forel, Lisa Green, Caryn Hodge, and Rosamond King make up the multinational cast from Canada, England, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, and Jamaica.
Music and sound design by Jason Finkelman, video by Marcus Behrens, and lighting design by Mandy Ringger.
Music and sound design by Jason Finkelman, video by Marcus Behrens, and lighting design by Mandy Ringger.
PERFORMANCE CALENDAR
photo: Julieta Cervantes & COCo Dance Theatre
Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA:
October 8-10, 2009
Danspace Project, New York City:
October 15-17, 2009
Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, Seattle, WA:
February 19 & 20, 2010
The Dance Place, Washington, DC:
February 26 & 27, 2010
Bates Dance Festival: July/August 2010 dates TBA
International Dates to Follow
In “Rigidigidim De Bamba De: Ruptured Calypso,” which ended Saturday at Danspace Project, Cynthia Oliver delves into the riotously beautiful art of winding, a powerful, erotically charged rhythmic dance named for its sinuous, circular pelvic motion. ––her six chosen interpreters — all Caribbean women— offer tantalizing windows into winding’s shadings, its means and methods.
––– Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times
Collaborating with Cynthia Oliver and these five amazing women has been divine. It's like Blackalypso meets Jackie Brown in Port of Spain! --- Nehassaiu
October 8-10, 2009
Danspace Project, New York City:
October 15-17, 2009
Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, Seattle, WA:
February 19 & 20, 2010
The Dance Place, Washington, DC:
February 26 & 27, 2010
Bates Dance Festival: July/August 2010 dates TBA
International Dates to Follow
In “Rigidigidim De Bamba De: Ruptured Calypso,” which ended Saturday at Danspace Project, Cynthia Oliver delves into the riotously beautiful art of winding, a powerful, erotically charged rhythmic dance named for its sinuous, circular pelvic motion. ––her six chosen interpreters — all Caribbean women— offer tantalizing windows into winding’s shadings, its means and methods.
––– Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times
Collaborating with Cynthia Oliver and these five amazing women has been divine. It's like Blackalypso meets Jackie Brown in Port of Spain! --- Nehassaiu
