19:30 - 21:00
Rıhtım 4, Kassel
MOVES is an artistic residency programme for dance artists who seek dedicated time, space and exchange to deepen their practice. In this Closing event the two artists of round 2, kemelo nozipho sehlapelo and Sophite Sengle give glimpses into their artistic practice and research from their residency phase.
Sanatçı: kemelo nozipho sehlapelo
dance performance | 30 dakika
a Native princess sitting Pretty
Hayır, they were not inhuman. Well, you know, that was the worst of it – this suspicion of their not being inhuman. It would come slowly to one. They howled and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was just your remote kinship with
this wild and passionate uproar. All my homies told me you’re a Jezebel. MASS APPEAL, Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt
What do Sarah Baartman, Afrikaner women in post-apartheid south Völkerschauen have in common? a Native princess sitting Pretty uses the form of the “non sequitur,” a narrative device that makes abrupt thematic leaps, as a Personal dramaturgical mapping of gestures and glitches and figures and fissures within a black cosmology.
Kredi:
Concept, choreography, ses: kemelo nozipho
Ancestral guidance: Sarah Baartman, Josephine Baker
Mentor: Vanessa Macaulay
Photo credit – Jennifer Rohrbacher
Sanatçı: Sophite Sengle
playful performance lab | 45 dakika
my red swim shorts
Welcome – this place is under construction. Here is trying on the in between, a woman, both, neither, or a man under construction. Bodies, roles, gestures and identities can
shift, overlap and transform. You can play with them, try them on, leave them behind and pick them up again. The space is constantly being rearranged. Games are invented, changed and forgotten. Mist – or my red swim shorts invites children, young people and adults into this playful, fluid world. You can watch, join in, follow the rules or leave. Maybe you will recognize something familiar. Maybe something will feel strange or exactly very right.
Kredi:
Concept, creation, choreography and performance:
Sophite Sengle
Mentors: Juno Mahla and Ilana Reynolds
Müzik: metamorphosis, Gene Shinozaki
Credit List round 2
Direction: Tanzwerk Kassel e.V.
Project Management & Curation: Duo Branco & Piwonka
Artistic Concept: Gab Beyaz
Press: Katja Ferger and Verena Piwonka
Media Coordination & Graphic Design: Gab Beyaz
Sanatçılar: kemelo nozipho sehlapelo and Sophite Sengle
Mentors: Vanessa Macaulay, Juno Mahla and Ilana Reynolds
Tecnichian: Kültür Dock Kültürü 4 – Technician Team
Technical Assistance: Tanzwerk Kassel
Photographer: Karl-Heinz Mierke
Videography: Naemi Fajgel
Filming – Social Media: Esther Kassenda
Residency Location: Sozo Visions in Motion & Kültür Dock Kültürü 4
Entrance is free of charge!
Reserve your seat under: https://www.dock4.de/cms/de/263-closing-event-m-o-v-e-s-residency-programme-round-2/2026-10-20-19-30
More infos about the programme: https://www.tanzwerk-kassel.org/residenzen
image by Gab Branco