Jessica Nupen
Reparation Nation
What ghosts hide in empty showcases? REPARATION NATION by Jessica Nupen, Hamburg choreographer with South African roots, is a dance theater production that deals with the empty spaces of looted cultural assets on the African continent. In an interactive installation of dance, opera, visual art, live soundscapes and polyrhythmic beats, a new space is created in the performance space in which existing rules of ownership, hierarchies, value and attribution are redefined. REPARATION NATION is a production by and with artists and dancers from Senegal, Namibia, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana, Sri Lanka and Hamburg.
Performance / Dance and Choreography Baidy Bay, Amadou Diop, Dieynaba Ndoye, “Mady” Estelle Menguoloune Toupka, Oupa Sibeko, Caroline Nkwe Artistic Director / Choreography Jessica Nupen Curator Vitjitua Ndjiharine Direction / Dramaturgy Maria Isabel Hagen Music Sasha Perera Stage- / Lightdesign Wilhelm Disbergen Visuals / Video Jonas Nellissen, Pascale Neuschäfer Costume / Prop Joel Janse van Vuuren Production Management Jill Addo Production Assistance Ana Salcido Technical Management Lars Kracht Press and public relations Julia Kulla Graphic Studio Nonsens Photography Steve Thomas Finances Florian Hemmerlein
REPARATION NATION is produced by Jessica Nupen Contemporary Arts & Dance Theatre – in co-production with Kampnagel and École des Sables, funded by the Elbkulturfonds of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, the Mara and Holger Cassens-Foundation, ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, the support fund of Wiese eG and the Movement Metropolitan e.V.