In Dreamers, Mami Izumi reflects on our society through the view of the entertainment industry with its abundance of joy and supposed happiness. How can we find our identity in a world where we constantly have to assume superficial roles and join social circles to be accepted? With powerful elements of the entertainment industry, movement, sound and image create a platform for the authentic journey of five individuals: five break dancers with their personal stories, experiences, struggles, wishes, dreams and the desire to find their own place in our society. .

Credits
Concept, direction and choreography Mami Izumi
Team management and choreography Jop Vermeesch
Music (production and composition) Brendan Gijzen
Dance HFC crew (Joey, Marciano, Diego, Luc and Gianni)
Outside eye Roshanak Morrowatian
Lighting design Jean-Lou Caglar
Text Merlijn Huntjens
Producer of the HFC Crew Foundation
Co-producers Cultura Nova and VIA ZUID
Subsidiary Prince Bernhard Cultuurfonds Limburg
With thanks to Cultuurhuis Heerlen

Mami Izumi (Japan, 1987) studied at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in Austria. She danced with various international dance companies before moving to Maastricht in 2015. There she danced in various choreographies by GOTRA. In collaboration with VIA ZUID she developed as a choreographer and she created Cotton (2017), Blind Walk (2018), Fukan – Bird’s Eye (2019) and the daring dance solo Polished (2019), for which she won the BNG Bank Dance Prize together with Roshanak Morrowatian. won. “The jury believes that Polished is a key work in the growing oeuvre of these women who also operate separately. Expressive, original, daring. With an interpersonal subject that you can talk about for a long time after the performance, ”said the jury.

With Dreamers, Mami deepens her collaboration with break dancers from HFC Dancestudio. As a choreographer she previously worked with them on Romeo and Juliette, the opening performance of Cultura Nova 2019 by Toneelgroep Maastricht. She created Dreamers in collaboration with VIA SOUTH and Cultura Nova.

VIA ZUID – Talent development performing arts Limburg
VIA ZUID supports young performing artists on their way to professional professional practice. In and from Limburg. Together with partners like Cultura Nova, talented makers are given the opportunity to surprise and enrich the world with their performances and projects. During Cultura Nova 2020, VIA ZUID creators Reggy van Bakel, Mami Izumi, Silke van Kamp, Hendrik Kegels and Lieke van der Vegt will present their latest work.

Source : PLT website