Performance
'It Begins in Darkness' by Seke Chimutengwende
20 Oct 2023
Regular hours
- Fri, 20 Oct
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Adult £16.00
Under 26/Student con £12.00
Wheelchair User con £16.00
Essential Companion con £0.00
Under 26/Student 2-for-1 con £6.00
Address
- Lancaster University, Great Hall Complex, N Spine, Bailrigg
- Lancaster
England - LA1 4YW
- United Kingdom
It begins in darkness is a dance full of ghosts. It is an environment for processing the fear, anger and confusion which arise from the histories of slavery and colonialism that haunt the present.
About
In this stark, stripped back performance, five dancers move through a series of mysterious and experimental rites of passage, channelling past, present and future tensions through their bodies and voices. As if to exorcise the haunted house of history, the dancers whisper, jump, wrestle, shiver, wail and laugh, filling the space with horrors, both real and imagined.
Seke Chimutengwende is a choreographer, performer, movement director and teacher, and has been researching the connections between horror and the histories of slavery and colonialism since 2019. You can also see him perform in Forced Entertainment’s If All Else Fails later in our season.
Seke Chimutengwende is a choreographer, performer, movement director and teacher. Seke uses choreography to experiment with collectivity and alternative approaches to authorship and governance; playing with form to shift and question hierarchies. Since 2004 Seke has performed for numerous dance companies including DV8 Physical Theatre and Lost Dog. He is currently working as a performer with Forced Entertainment in a new work, If All Else Fails, which will premiered Spring 2023. Since 2018 Seke has also worked as a movement director for theatre productions at The Yard Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre and The Gate Theatre. Seke is a visiting lecturer in improvisation at various institutions, most recently at LCDS and P.A.R.T.S.sekechimutengwende.com
Follow Seke on Instagram @sekechim
Conceived and directed by: Seke Chimutengwende
Choreography and text: Seke Chimutengwende with the dancers
Dancers: Isaac Ouro-Gnao, Adrienne Ming, Mayowa Ogunnaike, Kassichana Okene-Jameson and Natifah White
Created with input from Alethia Antonia
Original cast: Rhys Dennis and Rose Sall Sao
Dramaturgy: Charlie Ashwell
Lighting design: Marty Langthorne
Costume design: Annie Pender
Composer: Aisha Orazbayeva
Double-bass on soundscore: Hugo Abraham
Sound technician: Michael Picknett
Vocal coaching: Randolph Matthews
Research consultant for the R&D phase: Sita Balani
Production manager: Michael Picknett
Technical manager in Lancaster: PJ Davy
Production: Lucia Fortune-Ely, Metal and Water
Producer 2022 and 2023 Tour Planning: Eve Veglio-Hüner
