SYLPHIDES
HUMANS — FISHES — BIRDS
DANCE PERFORMANCE SYLPHIDES
BY HANNAH MA DANCE
AT THE MONUMENT
NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
MAKHANDA
2019
» SYLPHIDES- humans-fishes-birds is a dance creation by Hannah Ma in collaboration with her company “The People United”. SYLPHIDES- humans-fishes-birds is inspired by the romantic ballet “Sylphides” and swarm movements of fishes and birds. «
(www.nationalartsfestival.co.za)
SYLPHIDES
HUMANS FISHES BIRDS
NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL MAKHANDA
SOUTH AFRICA, 2019
“Sylphides” was the first non- narrative ballet that featured “dance” only without a storyline and was based on the romantic idea of weightlessness, immortality and an eternal existence. SYLPHIDES- humans-fishes-birds takes these ideas further and is part of Hannah Ma’s ongoing long term research on group movements, archaic rituals, intercultural communication and holistic approaches to connect to a higher self.
(from: https://www.nationalartsfestival.co.za/events/sylphides/ — 07/2019)
Choreographer
Hannah Ma
DANCERS
Christin Braband
Yuri Fortini
Alexandre Goyer
Ritsuko Matsuoka
Sergio Mel
Ileana Orofino
PHOTOS
SEBASTIAN M. PURFÜRST
HUMANS — FISHES — BIRDS
SYLPHIDES I
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SYLPHIDES II
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SYLPHIDES III
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SYLPHIDES IV
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SYLPHIDES V
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SYLPHIDES VI
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SYLPHIDES VII
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SYLPHIDES VIII
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SYLPHIDES X
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SYLPHIDES XI
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