Hear & Now* | Danced Jazztunes

Hear & Now* | Danced Jazztunes is a performance by dancer Naïma Mazić, musician Golnar Shahyar and a record player. The piece is based on jazz compositions written by or named after wives and lovers of musicians.
Each a place of encounter – played, danced and/or listened to- moving between connotations of the deeply intimate and the performatively public. Naïma Mazić has been investigating a (poly)rhythmical communication and thinking between dancers and musicians, asking questions such as “What is Jazz-apprehension of time? How can a choreographic score be developed out of the form of a leadsheet?” Golnar and Naïma are performing together for the first time. Playing, dancing and sounding to their own feminine album together with Naima, Nefertiti, Beatrice and others.

*Don Cherry, 1976

My Research Is A Jazztune.
♩ = Let Yourself Be Surprised By The Result
Mode: A Position Of Trust

Concept, Choreography, Dance: Naïma Mazić / n ï m company
Guitar, Voice, Keys, Percussion: Golnar Shahyar
Dramaturgy: Fergus Johnson
Stage: Hanna Naske
Music by a.o.: John Coltrane, Sam Rivers, Golnar Shahyar, Carla Bley

The guest performance is supported by: