Lowry Partner company Far From the Norm Presents
Botis Seva’s latest Hip Hop theatre production, Until We Sleep, is a journey underlined with a resistance to change.
Amidst the oppression of leadership, a lone warrior yearns for faith as they lead a wandering community through shifting passages of time. With a celestial blend of percussion and guttural sounds, music bleeds effortlessly into an undulating style of movement performed by Far From The Norm. Feathered costumes give glimpses of kindred spirits transcending above their former identities, whilst piercing light interrupts the stage as a pitiless testing ground, reminding us of a higher power that carves our reality.
Until We Sleep displays the heaviness of hope against the burden of responsibility, yet within the conflict, there exists a softness that breathes life into existence.
Additional information
Duration: 62 minutes
Age Guidance: 12+
Warning: Contains strobes, loud music, haze and mild violence.
Gallery
Trailer
Rehearsal
Credits
Choreographer & Director: Botis Seva
Composer: Torben Sylvest
Costume Designer: Ryan Dawson-Laight
Lighting Designer : Tom Visser
Dancers: Jordan Douglas, Shangomola Edunjobi, Larissa Koopman, Joshua Nash, Rose Sall Sao, Joshua Shanny-Wynter, Victoria Shulungu
Rehearsal Support: Hayleigh Sellors
Touring Production Manager: Andrej Gubanov, Chris Burr, Seth Rook Williams
Mix & Mastering: Pär Carlsson
Music Collaborators: Pär Carlsson, Chief Chebe, Charlotte Clark, Moustapha Gadiaga, Mohamed Gueye, Eric Mauricia, Paul Shofolahan, Teodor Sjöqvist, That Colombian songbird
Costume supervisor: Rosie Whiting
Costume Makers: Sophie Lincoln, Izzy Pellow, Klara Landin Larsson, Isobel Williams, Chantal Short
Prop Maker: Bek Palmer
Set Build: Matter Design
Photography: Camilla Greenwell, Tom Visser
Film: Ben Williams
Visual Design: Daniel C Ferro
Far From The Norm Team
Artistic Director: Botis Seva
Executive Producer: Lee Griffiths
Production Manager: Andy Downie
Tour Manager: Gabija Capelyte
With thanks to Shiloh Seva and Lou Cope.
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Until We Sleep is co-produced by DanceEast, DE SINGEL, Points Communs – Nouvelle Scène nationale of Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise, Rum för Dans, Sadler’s Wells, schrit_tmacher Festival, Tanz Köln (Cologne), Théâtre de la Ville – Paris, The Joyce Theater and The Lowry.
Commissioned by Brighton Dome & Festival and Warwick Arts Centre. Supported by FABRIC and University of East London Dance: Urban Practice.
Funded by Arts Council England, The Linbury Trust, Cockayne Grants for the Arts, PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund and The London Community Foundation.
