An evening of three dance pieces curated by MIKS
Choreography: MIKS – Frauke Requardt – Athina Vahla

n+ - the evening
n+ is a triple bill based on the old parlour game Chinese Whispers. MIKS created n+1. They handed it over to Frauke Requardt to interpret, comment on and re-create it in her own way. She created n+2 before passing it to Athina Vahla to create n+3.
The whole process results in three distinct but uncannily similar pieces, each of them showing the individuality of the choreographers alongside the best of MIKS’ performers.
n+ premiered at Laban Theatre in October 08.

n+1

n+1 - by MIKS
[An empty theatre… People enter. Dimmed lights show the way. You walk along the aisles, find a place, sit down and settle until the lights go off completely. Silence…]

By exploring the possibilities and expectations of the elements that conform a dance performance, n+1 attempts to find out - through a trial-and-error approach - how much can be said in between lines, in between movement and contemplation.

Choreography and Performance: Anaïs Bouts, Sara Lindström, Ida Uvaas.
Dramaturgy and Sound: Rodrigo Valero-Puertas.
Music: Elvis Presley, Tom Waits and Max Tundra.

n+2

'Flappers’- by Frauke Requardt
Transcending into one character’s lifetime, the ethereal hysteria of ‘Flappers’ distinguishes no past, present or future.

Choreography: Frauke Requardt
Performance: Anaïs Bouts, Sara Lindström, Ida Uvaas
Music: John Zorn

n+3

'Objects Of Friction And Fact' - by Athina Vahla
The work partly draws its inspiration from Kurt Vonnegut’s book, 'A man without a country'. Using the mythological element of the triad and constructing a fictional hermetic world, it attempts a voice in response to the present state of our civilization

Choreography: Athina Vahla
Performance: Anaïs Bouts, Sara Lindström, Ida Uvaas
Sound: Bas Vellekoop, The Third Eye Foundation

Performance dates:
n+1
13 Mar 09 QUAKE09, Deda, Derby; 29 Nov 08 Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton, London; 27 Oct 08 Teatre3, Stockholm (Sweden); 23-24 Oct 08 Atalante, Gothenborg (Sweden); 20 Oct 08 Nottdance, Nottingham; 9 Oct 08 Laban Theatre, London; 6 Jun 08 event curated by MIKS, Chisenhale Dance Space, London; 22 Feb 08 Resolution!, The Place, London; 6-7 Nov 07 Monty Theatre, Antwerp (Belgium)

n+2 'Flappers'
5 Dec 08 gDA Cabaret, London; 29 Nov 08 Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton, London; 27 Oct 08 Teatre3, Stockholm (Sweden); 23-24 Oct 08 Atalante, Gothenborg (Sweden); 20 Oct 08 Nottdance, Nottingham; 18 Oct 08 Richmond Cabaret curated by Temitope Ajose-Cutting; 9 Oct 08 Laban Theatre, London; 9 Aug 08 The Open Space, Siobhan Davies Studios, London; 5 Jul 08 Cloud Dance Festival, Courtyard Theatre, London; 6 Jun 08 event curated by MIKS, Chisenhale Dance Space, London

n+3 'Objects Of Friction And Fact'
6 Dec 08 The Open Space, Siobhan Davies Studios, London; 29 Nov 08 Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton, London; 27 Oct 08 Teatre3, Stockholm (Sweden); 23-24 Oct 08 Atalante, Gothenborg (Sweden); 20 Oct 08 Nottdance, Nottingham; 9 Oct 08 Laban Theatre, London