Vocab Dance Company

Episodes of Blackness is a powerful evening of dynamic interdisciplinary work inspired by aspects of black culture and heritage.

Using dance theatre, music and spoken word, Vocab Dance Company’s first triple bill premieres brand new work ‘Word!’, a choreographic response to headlines around the negative aspects of youth culture and asking “is it in our power to do anything about it?”; ‘Temps Mort’, a powerful quintet which embodies a fierce combination of dance, percussive rhythms of drums, broken beat produced fused for a powerful exploration focused around the theme of polygamy.

Sensitively drawing upon this taboo subject without placing any judgment and allowing the audience to engage with this issue from multiple angles; and a revival of the highly acclaimed ‘Kwenda – Kwenda’, a compelling exploration of a group of women wishing to step away from ones roots yet worried about its future effects.

Choreographer Alesandra Seutin’s combines traditional African dance with Contemporary and Hip Hop dynamics resulting in a distinctly fast paced, athletic evening of Afro-Eclectic Contemporary Dance.

“Seutin’s own spin on the fusing of African, Contemporary, Hip Hop and Physical Theatre, results in a rich eclectic, yet modern, movement language that truly reflects the company’s style”. | Catch a Vibe

“Vocab Dance Company is impressive”. | The Guardian

“Seutin’s work puts me in touch with a feisty inner black/mixed race female self I never even knew I had” | Donald Hutera

Tickets: £12 / £8 (concs) / £10 group tickets on request at Stratford Circus
Booking: You can book tickets in person, on the phone, via the website, or on the door.

Telephone: Stratford Circus on 0844 357 2625
Website: www.stratford-circus. com

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Across The Souvenir by Alesandra Seutin

Alesandra Seutin premieres her  solo Across the Souvenir a collaboration with Congolese visual artiste Michele Magema (former Dak’Art winner) at Rangashankara Theatre in Bangalore, India as part of Attakkalari India Biennal 2011 on January 30th at 7:30pm

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Alesandra leads the Vocab Dancers during an intense rehearsal on January.15th.2011.

Vocab Dance Company is a dynamic and talented young company founded by Alesandra Seutin in 2007 and was created with the vision of fusing traditional and modern African dance, Contemporary dance forms, and Hip Hop dance to create a unique vocabulary named Afro Eclectic Dance.

Vocab Dance Company works with diverse collaborators/artists to create multidisciplinary performances focused around the exploration of subjects which influence our society and with this captures its audience into a journey of compelling and outspoken dance theatre. The choreography is created from the inside out; producing raw and engaging work, driven by the dancer’s energy.

Since its inception Vocab Dance Company has been gaining recognition by performing nationally and internationally, and is progressively emerging as an influential company to watch. Vocab Dance Company is an associate company at East London Dance.