Inspired by a rapper’s copyright lawsuit against a video game company, Basel-based choreographer Jeremy Nedd’s latest work explores a dance move known as “the Milly Rock.” Five performers (including the multi- talented Brandy Butler, Zen Jefferson, Nasheeka Nedsreal and Serge Desroches) examine the Milly Rock, a dance move inspired by the rapper 2 Milly. In doing so, they search for the hidden poetry and virtuosic freedom found in social and viral dance moves. Taking a look into the “algorhythm” of marginalized movement languages one asks: can a dance move belong to anyone? And, when yes, who actually profits from it?
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Credits
Concept/Choreography/Performance: Jeremy Nedd
Performance: Brandy Butler, Nasheeka Nedsreal, Zen Jefferson, Jeremy Guyton
Technical Management & Lighting Design: Sebastian Sommer
Stage Design: Laura Knüsel, Jeremy Nedd
Sound Design: Fabrizio Di Salvo, Rej Deproc, Xzavier Stone
Dramaturgy: Anta Helena Recke
Choreographic Assistant: Kihako Narisawa
Production: Caroline Froelich (Moin Moin Productions)
Touring: Caroline Froelich (Moin Moin Productions), Arina Frölich
In coproduction with Kaserne Basel, De Singel Antwerp, DDD – Festival Dias da Dança Porto, Gessnerallee Zürich, Les Halles de Schaerbeek
With the kind support of Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater BS/BL, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Jacqueline Spengler Stiftung
Fierce Says
We love Jeremy Nedd, who did a digital residency with us back in October 2023. We’re suckers for repetitive movements in performance, but from rock to rock takes variations on the viral Milly Rock dance and conjures something consciousness-altering, expansive, joyous, and irresistible.