Blue nile to the galaxy around olodumare-JEREMY NEDD & IMPILO MAPANTSULA

An Afrofuturist experience with South African dances set to Alice Coltrane's cosmic jazz.

Spiritual jazz fromAlice Coltrane and Bheki Mseleku to pantsula, the South African dance that gave a generation a voice during apartheid. With "blue nile to the galaxy around olodumare", the choreographer and dancer Jeremy Nedd explores the black diaspora and immerses us in a cosmic and Afrofuturist experience.

In collaboration with the dance collective Impilo Mapantsula, Nedd links jazz, an expression of African-American self-determination, to pantsula, a powerful gesture language known for its virtuoso footwork. Improvisation is at the heart of both music and dance.

The show is inspired by cosmic phenomena: from the birth of a galaxy to the death of a star. Combining the energetic and lyrical jive style of pantsula with echoes of past protests against oppression, the performers reflect on the compression of space and time, and our illusions of progress towards the future.