In a world full of distractions, where screen time demands our attention, Atemporal offers a vibrant performance in which choreographer Yentl de Werdt engages in a dialogue with musician Matchume Zango from Mozambique.
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The performance is an invitation to experience the power of music and dance, to feel the connection between generations, cultures, and hearts. Atemporal brings people together through the unique sounds of Chopi music, a living heritage from Mozambique that has been passed down for generations.
The Chopi, recognized as World Heritage by UNESCO, use traditional instruments such as the timbila, or large wooden xylophones. Their music transcends time and speaks to the imagination. Atemporal is more than a performance; it is an invitation to dialogue, a bridge between artists, cultures, and audiences.
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Atemporal challenges children to tap into their creativity, to let go, to move, and to discover. The piece allows them to use the other side of their brains and stimulates their imagination in a time when the digital world often takes over.
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Preceding workshops make the unique experience of Atemporal accessible to everyone: an intense experience of music, dance, and connection, carried by the unique sounds of Chopi music from Mozambique.
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Choreography & Dance Yentl de Werdt Composition & Music Matchume Zango
Licht Focus on Light Photo's Moa Karlberg Video Roel Estievenart
Production AYU Co-production ECRU en HET LAB
With support from de Vlaamse Gemeenschap Thanks to Internationaal Comité
WORKSHOPS
Ben jij klaar om je creativiteit te ontdekken? Duik dan met ons in de wereld van Chopi-muziek en dans tijdens onze interactieve workshops. Laat je inspireren door de unieke klanken van Mozambique en leer de basis van onze voorstelling kennen. Matchume en Yentl, de drijvende krachten achter Atemporal, delen graag hun passie met jou. Op een speelse manier leren ze je ritmes en bewegingen, waarmee je samen met de groep unieke bewegingen en muziek ontwikkelt. Ontplooi je creativiteit en creëer een blijvende indruk. Wie weet, komt jullie zelfs terug in de voorstelling!
Artists
Matchume Zango has been dedicated to traditional Mozambican music and dance since he was six years old. He is considered one of the new masters of Timbila. His parents and grandparents come from Zavala, Inhambane province, the center of the Timbila tradition in Mozambique. Inspired by this long and passionate history of music and percussion, he started playing, studying music and making instruments such as xitende, African drums, etc. Over the past twenty years, Matchume has traveled the world as a musician and composer of traditional, experimental and fusion music.
Yentl de Werdt studied at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp and is the only Limburger who graduated in 2006 from PARTS, the internationally renowned dance training of Anne-Teresa De Keersmaeker. Since 2007 she has been active as a dancer & choreographer in the Flemish and international dance field. She worked on a number of performances with, among others: Benjamin Vandewalle, fABULEUS and Akram Khan for the Olympic Games in London. In 2016, after a career in Brussels and in the international dance field, she consciously returned to her roots in Limburg. Since then she has been developing her projects under the wings of AYU.