Roxette Chikua
performanceWipcoop & beyond
#WIPCOOP 2020Roxette Chikua creates her own PARADIS. Carpe Diem, car l’amour est compliqué! An Afro-futuristique dance performance about the search for love, about life. Carpe Diem ‘L’amour est compliqué’
What is the right relationship? How do you recognize the true one? Carpe Diem “L’amour est compliqué” is a dance performance about the search for love. A dance performance in an Afro-futuristic atmosphere, about the triangle: us, me and the other – placed in the(mathematical) Fibonacci series and inspired by Anne Theresa De Keersmaeker’s dance theory: repetition, tempo, time and circular movements Roxette also explores her song writing & singing skills in this performance.
Concept, dance and vocals: Roxette Chikua / Scenography: Steven Brys and Mario Leko / Technique: Louai Hashem / Costume: Amber Saegers / Sound: Alec De Bruyne / Coaching choreography: Tijen Lawton / Coaching: Duraid Abbas Gaieb / Mentor: Greet Vissers, artZ / With support from: WIPCOOP/MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM
Roxette Chikua worked as a performer at kunstZ, Mouving Ground, … She also gives workshops/coaching to children and adults, including at kunstZ, Mouving Ground, Hakuna Fitness, …
Paradis to be seen during: WIPCOOP 2020 Plan B(ehind doors) – November 2021 Work In Progres @ Arenberg – April 2021 Work In Progress @ HETPALEIS artZ hijacks Rataplan – December 14 – 17, 2021.
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Video: Hussein Shabeeb