Brigel Gjoka Rauf « RubberLegz » Yasit Ruşan Filiztek
Neighbours
© Neighbours, RubberLegz et Brigel Gjoka © Brian Ca ©
© Neighbours, RubberLegz et Brigel Gjoka © Brian Ca ©
© Neighbours, RubberLegz et Brigel Gjoka © Brian Ca ©
Choreography and performance, Brigel Gjoka, Rauf “RubberLegz” Yasit
in collaboration with William Forsythe
Composition and music, Ruşan Filiztek, Accords Croisés
Lights, Zeynep Kepekli
Costumes, Ryan Dawson Laight
Sadler's Wells
Artistic and General Director, Sir Alistair Spalding
Executive Producer, Suzanne Walker
Director of Production and Distribution, Bia Oliveira
Production Manager, Florent Trioux
Production Manager, Molly Jones
Technical Director of Production, Adam Carrée
Technical Manager, Pete Maxey
Marketing Manager, Jordan Archer
Press Manager, Laura Neil
Produced by Sadler’s Wells (London)
Île-de-France tour produced by Festival d’Automne à Paris
Co-produced by PACT Zollverein (Essen); Pôle européen de création – Maison de la Danse Lyon; Biennale de la danse de Lyon; Cndc – Angers; TAP – Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers; Sydney Festival; Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris); La Filature, Scène nationale (Mulhouse); Julidans (Amsterdam); Théâtre de Liège; MC2 Maison de la Culture de Grenoble; Teatro Municipal do Porto; KDF/Kalamata Dance Festival; Torinodanza Festival; Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale; Festival d’Automne à Paris; Centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie
Co-directed by Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris); Festival d’Automne à Paris for productions at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris)
With support from Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Two virtuoso performers from seemingly opposing artistic universes shed new light on the codes of hip-hop, classical and contemporary dance, thereby inventing a new language for the body. Under the supportive gaze of William Forsythe, they draw upon their personal and cultural memories in a dance piece which is forthright, playful, and joyous.
Brigel Gjoka trained as a classical dancer in his native Albania, and then went on to become a contemporary dancer. Rauf « RubberLegz » Yasit grew up in Germany, where he participated in Kurdish family festivities prior to indulging in his passion for hip-hop. They met while working as performers on William Forsythe’s A quiet evening of dance, an outstanding piece which outlined a new vision of ballet. Following on from this, their artistic exchanges with the composer, instrumentalist and musicologist, Ruşan Filiztek, helped them invent a near-fusional choreographic language, nourished by their respective traditions and openness to the different forms of contemporary, experimental expression. The body becomes a fertile feeding ground for the merging of memories going back to their childhood and youth – where neighbours become friends and the articulations spar with each other, as if their virtuosity was nothing more than a childhood game. Pushed to the limits, their movements embody the adage of their cultural traditions, by which “you don’t buy a house, but the neighbours”.
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