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Dance
N.Y. Premiere!

Compagnie Käfig presents
Wasteland

Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 8pm
Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 3pm

Hip-hop, pop ‘n’ lock, mime, and acrobatics mingle with French, North African, and Andalusian influences in this tribute to the creative possibilities of society’s abandoned spaces. Choreographed by urban dance wunderkind Mourad Merzouki and featuring his hot-blooded Compagnie Käfig, Wasteland takes its cue from the circus as a place of communal spirit and freewheeling creation, where official identities fade into new forms of expression. Around a forlorn lamppost near a housing project, dancers dance as if no one is watching and “give off so much heat that the audience can’t resist” (Le Monde).

Funded in part by FUSED (French-US Exchange in Dance). Additional support comes from Culturesfrance. The BNP Paribas Foundation is proud to support Compagnie Käfig.