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The Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois (TROIS C-L) and Neumünster Abbey are hosting a special edition Aerowaves Dance Festival Luxembourg.
Neumünster Abbey in Luxembourg-Grund and Banannefabrik in Luxembourg-Bonnevoie will host the 2021 edition for which eight contemporary dance shows have been chosen from some 600 pieces from the Aerowaves network, to perform over four evenings, showcasing emerging talents of European dance.
The festival will kick-off on Tuesday 31 August and will also have performances on Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 September; each day, performances start at 19:00, with the Day 3 conference starting at 17:00. The festival takes place at two venues: at Neumünster Abbey on 31 August and on 2 and 4 September and Banannefabrik on 3 September.
PROGRAMME
DAY ONE: 31 August @ neimënster @ 19:00
Rattling | Evrim Akyay & Su Güzey
Turkey invites itself into the neimënster enclosure with this residency release piece, developed by two laureates of the Aerowaves programme. A first for the Luxembourg festival!
Tanzanweisungen | Moritz Ostruschnujak
Youth culture and performance offer an explosive mix, which leads to an endless race ... The portrait of a stylised masculinity that carries the dancer to exhaustion.
DAY TWO: 2 September @ neimënster @ 19:00
The Housewife | Rebecca Journo
A feminist piece that explores the relationship between the body and work. Rebecca Journo explores how the execution of female archetypes and the repetition of tasks impact the dominated body.
POSTMODERN COOL | Ines Belli
The nostalgia for jazz dance and its aesthetics, prevalent in the '80s and '90s, are revisited here to reveal a contemporary vision full of humour.
DAY THREE: 3 September @ TROIS C-L @ 17:00 / 19:00
Practice Conference | Yuval Pick
Warrior | Anne-Mareike Hess
MASTERWORK | Emese Cuhorka & Csaba Molnàr
DAY FOUR: 4 September @ neimënster @ 19:00
The ephemeral life of an octopus | Lea Tirabasso
An ode to a vibrant life force that is steeped in chaos and dysfunction. Léa Tirabasso offers a complete vision of the body, from its interior to its exterior.
Babae | Joy Alpuerto Ritter
A solo that articulates the parallels between the Filipino roots and the artist's classical training, while using a vocabulary imbued with hip-hop culture and voguing
Prior reservation is necessary to attend. CovidCheck will be in operation.
For full details, see www.danse.lu.
Venue: Neumünster Abbey
Organiser: TROIS C-L; Neumünster Abbey
Price: See website
Reservations: See website
