FROM ROCK TO ROCK
HOW MAGNOLIA WAS TAKEN FOR GRANITE
2023
Jeremy Nedd
Kaserne Basel
Concept/Choreography/Performance: Jeremy Nedd
Performance: Nasheeka Nedsreal | Zen Jefferson | Serge Desroches | Brandy Butler
Technical direction/Lighting design: Sebastian Sommer
Stage design: Laura Knüsel | Jeremy Nedd
Sound Design: Fabrizio Di Salvo | Rej Deproc | Xzavier Stone
Production Management: Caroline Froelich (Moin Moin Productions)
Dramaturgy: Anta Helena Recke
Choreography assistance: Kihako Narisawa
Co-production: Kaserne Basel | De Singel Antwerp | DDD - Festival Dias da Dança Porto | Gessnerallee Zurich | Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Support from: Fachausschuss Tanz & Theater BS/BL | Ernst Göhner Stiftung | JacquelineSpengler-Stiftung
Inspired by a rapper's copyright lawsuit against a video game company, Jeremy Nedd explores the viral dance phenomenon «The Milly Rock»: five performers examine the Milly Rock, a dance «move» inspired by the rapper 2 Milly. They explore the hidden poetry and virtuoso freedom found in social and viral dance movements. They take a look at the «algorhythm» of marginalised movement languages in a not-too-distant surreal future, where one asks: can a «move» belong to someone? And, if so, who actually owns which «move» here and who can or should earn money
with it?