NO MERCY
For NO MERCY, Noura Seif Hassanein und Salma Abdel Salam, aka nasa4nasa, call on El Naddaha, an Egyptian mythical woman who lures men into the Nile – and thus to their doom. Created during the rise of the #metoo movement in Egypt, the piece explores the limits of sensuality and desire and its interplay with violence and rage. The choreographers invite the audience into the frenzied world of their virtual and non-virtual realities. Following a dynamic playlist featuring pop references to an adolescence in the 1990s and 2000s, they navigate through both alluring and abysmal scenes. Fast-paced, rebellious – and with no mercy.
is a dance collective based in Cairo that was co-founded by dancers Noura Seif Hassanein and Salma Abdel Salam in 2016. Housed primarily on Instagram, the collective’s work explores image-making and online presence as their ongoing dance practice. nasa4nasa’s debut performance SUASH premiered at Next Festival (2018) in Belgium and was later performed at ImPulsTanz [8:tension] Young Choreographer Series (2019). They were most recently awarded by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture for their latest work, Sham3edan (2023).
Credits
Performance, choreography nasa4nasa Light Saber El Sayed Technical support Mido Sadek Costumes Nadine Mos Original music Ismail Hosny DJ set Ismail Hosny, Noura Seif Hassanein Choreography Gimme more Karon Lynn / YouTube, Khadiga El Arkan Production AFAC
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