Nowhere is a place (Nulle part est un endroit)

“Nowhere is a Place” pays tribute to krumping, a dance style that originated in the Afro-American community of south-central Los Angeles. Known by the backronym for Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise, it involves artful face paintings as well as freestyle dance movements and is usually performed in groups, as a battle.

Spurred on by her communicative delight in experimentation with various performative forms, bringing together dance and lecture, archival images and anthropological research into all aspects of the Krump community, Nach has created a danced lecture, interweaving the many and various threads of her artistic practice as a dancer and choreographer. It tells of her encounter with the highly encoded world of Krump, its battles, its freestyle sessions in the streets and its powerful energies.

Concept and Performance: Nach
Technical supervisor: Vincent Hoppe
Production: Nach Van Van Dance Company

A production by Nach Van Van Dance Company. Coproduced by ESPACES PLURIELS scène conventionnée danse / Pau (FR). The Nach Van Van Dance Company is supported by the French Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – D.R.A.C. Auvergne Rhône-Alpes. It is associated with the Maison de la Danse de Lyon (FR).

A guest performance by HAU Hebbel am Ufer as part of Purple – International Festival for Young Audiences.
Supported by: Institut français and the French Ministery for Culture.