SHADOWS - Danceparty, Live Performances & DJ

  We all feel it. Outside, it’s cold, but inside, it’s boiling hot.Come on in and warm yourself up with us at the festival’s closing night. Expect a steaming hot, hypnotic dance atmosphere somewhere in between heat and cold. What are we doing with our bodies? Moving? Shaking? Growling? Decorating ourselves?In a world where heat meets the cold we will be cooking up something of a stew, seasoned with dance, mystery, music and ambiguity, with a dash of chaos.
Kanema and Luis will bring forward dance, music and performance cultures that often find themselves on the margins, creating a space for them to take over Austurbæjarbíó for one November night. Trembling, drums, singing and soul reading, tattoos, pole dance, and more.Kanema and Luis came together through a shared passion for music from different parts of Africa. They have strong roots and a personal connection to the continent, and over the years they have found a shared language through music, dance and performance.As the DJ duo Choconilla & DJ Lui, they have shared their own sonic world, where amapiano, afrobeat, pop and other influences meet. They are not necessarily looking for perfect execution, but rather for something that happens in the room: atmosphere, energy, connection and freshness.The closing night at Reykjavík Dance Festival grows out of this shared sonic world and their interest in the body, music and what can happen when people come together. The evening explores what happens when music, bodies and people begin to move together. Ritualistic, powerful, sometimes hypnotic, strange and unpredictable. This is not necessarily about seeking perfection or polish, but about creating a feeling and an energy that we all need to release.
The performance is part of the Reykjavík Dance Festival program. The festival program can be found at https://www.reykjavikdancefestival.com/