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a twerk symphony
bump. by dkfash
You will see buttocks and rhythm
“a booty symphony”
a celebration of movement within the hips, around the waist, and through the pelvic floor
performance art thrusts us into spaces where women are scuttling monsters, gliding damsels, armoured heroes and growling villains of their own making!
just like the respectability politics & shame fuelled battle within twerk space, the form of VW will unleash this struggle as a machine that purges the different emotions, feelings and experiences fearlessly.
the gilded cage of the female form is Moulded. Stretched. And smashed to pieces throughout by the "booty clan"
development history
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Shortlisted among last six of CPT’s Outside The Box 2022 seed commission callout
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Awarded CPT Seed Commission for 2023
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Shortlisted among last eight of Barbican’s OSBTTA 2023 commission callout, with additional R&D support coming soon
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Supported by Studio Wayne McGregor as part of RESIDENT 6
Part PLAY, Part DANCE, Part SPECTACLE!!
riches concept video by dkfash
this isn’t pleading for understanding. it is
RAUCOUS REBELLION!!
a declaration of sensuality, power, vulnerability and riot through physical theatre
interested collaborators
As well as organisations listed above the project has garnered interest from a number of creative makers including:
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PATIENCE JAMES | Strictly Come Dancing’s first Afrobeats choreographer and Founder of Afro in Heels, James is an accomplished: dancer, choreographer, actress, and teacher. Credits include: Nike, Adidas, Adobe, Facebook and Twitter UK, X Factor, ITV NTA Awards '20, Wembley arena, Sadlers Well
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RACHEL RIDLEY | Singer, Actress and Dancer. She’s worked with Afrobeats phenome Rema (BRITS 2024); Wayne McGregor (RESET Programme); starred as principal dancer in several ballet short films and was Dance & Movement Director on Reaching Higher.
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SELINA JONES | Award winning multi-hyphenate (actor, dancer, singer, model, writer and producer. Credits include: HBO Max, Best Female Actress BBTA22, The Yard
Twerk N V!be concept workshop by dkfash
Vulgar Women is looking for collaborators - partners, producers, sound creatives etc to get a deeper understanding of the project click here
ELEMENTS
Grotesque theatre • Classical Music • Verbatim Experiences
Buttocks focused dance ("twerk")
Monologues & Chorus • Surreal & Fantasy
A crooked rebellion.
shame & liberation.
Horror. Reflection. Machine.
Classical Music
meets Twerk C u l t u r e
in a riot vehicle of the taboo
Let us rage.
creatively led & conceived by dkfash
Fashola is a multidisciplinary performer, director and theatre maker who specialises in multi-form storytelling; fusing movement, poetic multi-layered text and theatre in unexpected ways. She’s excited about instinctual, imaginative and provocative work.
Credits include:
MOVEMENT DIRECTION: Hot Wing King for National Theatre, We Could All Be Perfect, (Sheffield Theatres), Much Ado About Nothing (RSC); The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Royal Exchange Manchester); Lava (Bush Theatre); Othello (NYTRep 21); Birds & Bees (Theatre Centre); 846Live (TRSE); Scalped (National Tour); Little Baby Jesus (Orange Tree Theatre - Mvmt).The Kola Nut Does Not Speak English (Bush Theatre), Hoizon (Bush Theatre).
CHOREOGRAPHY Includes Music videos for Dj Spinall & Grammy Award Winning artist Wizkid, Mr Eazi; Tiwa Savage; Shakka and Flavour N’abania @ One Africa Fest (Zinnarts), Wembley Arena. DANCER: The Brits Stormzy+Burna Boy, Wizkid, Big Freedia, Wande Coal, D'Banji, Mr Eazi