STUCK‍

In her first work as a choreographer, international whacking icon Mounia Nassangar explores the ability of dance to take over from speech when words are stuck.

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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE‍

Waacking, originally written “Whacking” has its roots in the 1970s in Los Angeles as a dance style of the LGBTQ disco scene. At a time when queer people were predominantly invisible and stigmatised, waacking offered them a platform for expression and visibility. The style developed from so-called punking, a reinterpretation of the pejorative term ‘punk’, and is characterised by dynamic, accentuated arm movements to the beat of the music.

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In STUCK, five dancers approach waacking in their own individual way, with the urgency of dance and expression that resists all oppression. In STUCK, dance becomes a means of transforming inner and outer constraints into freedom and self-determination and transcending language.

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ABOUT MOUNIA NASSANGAR

A leading figure in whacking in France and internationally, Mounia Nassangar is a choreographer, dancer, actress, model, DJ, event producer and director of her own dance company. Dancing since the age of 5, she went through popping, locking, new style, house dance, dancehall and street jazz before specializing in whacking. In 2018, Mounia was revealed to the general public thanks to Jean-Paul Gaultier’s touching Fashion Freak Show at the Folies Bergère and Gaspar Noé’s film Climax, which won an award at the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

CREDITS

Choreography: Mounia Nassangar

Interpretation: Suzanne Degennaro, Serena Freira, Oumrata Konan, Nicole Kufeld, Carla Parcianello

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Assistant choreographer: Sofia Staníc

Beatmaker: Maclarnaque

Mix: Mounia Nassangar aka Djasra Leggo

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Set design, lights: Xavier Lescat

‍Costume & stylism: Lydie Tarragon, Mounia Nassangar

‍Sound designer: Lucie Béguin

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Role-taker: Tess Selgi, Sofia Staníc

Repetitor: Rémi Bajrami aka Waabee

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Production direction: Céline Gallet

Tour manager: Marion Roger

Production assistants: Jahlys Denis, Seynabou Diaw

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A creation by Cie Nassangar

Deputy production: collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne. An association that receives grants from the Ministry of Culture. (Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles / Bretagne), the city of Rennes, the Regional of Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine Departement (FR).

‍Coproduction: CCN-Ballet national de Marseille in the framework of Accueil studio / ministère de la Culture, La Villette - Paris, La Place - Paris

Support: Ville de Rennes in the framework of Appel à projet Accueil en résidence artistique.

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Presented by Malmö Dance Week, Iver & Dansstationen