ShebeenDUB
Past Dates
| Dates | Location |
|---|---|
May 17 - May 18, 2024 |
Harlem Stage, New York, NY, USA |
Feb 16 - Feb 17, 2024 |
Komische Oper, Berlin, Germany |
Jan 28 - Feb 01, 2023 |
PuSh Festival , Vancouver, Canada |
Oct 12 - Oct 13, 2022 |
Dance Umbrella, Bernie Grants Art Centre, London, UK |
“Going to see dance can be a kinaesthetic experience but this prompts a different kind of physical response, feeling vibrations shiver up through the soles of your feet to grip your ribs; a sonic boom in the solar plexus.”
– The Guardian
“What appears as simply an immersive show and monumental party… intentionally and excitingly rejects any semblance of traditional performance viewing, meant to be accessible and active rather than viewed from a distance.”
– The Dance Enthusiast
“The show gives audiences an atmospheric, corporeal experience that could not be obtained by reading a history book.”
– The Stage
ShebeenDUB is a performance by nora chipaumire with a group of dancers performing “within” the afternow sound system installation. It is usually combined with a Dubnight.
Part gig, part dance performance, part social, ShebeenDUB celebrates the creative and law-defying possibilities of dub, a musical style that emerged in the late 60s and early 70s – and remains relevant today. Of the many African diasporic inventions, dub is the most provocative, questioning both empire and the Commonwealth assumptions of aesthetics and human rights.
WiFM ZiFM dub nights is a party format for which chipaumire collaborates with different (local) sound artists and performers. DJ’s, MC’s and performers are invited to bring the mountainous speaker installation to life. The soundshitsystem celebrates the legacy of the sound system in Jamaican culture. The dub nights allow visitors to interact with and respond to the installation, facilitating the kind of collective experience that is essential to chipaumire’s practice. The Dubnights can be produced with real DJs and with playlists.
Duration 3 Hours
Year of Production 2022
Years Performed 2022 – 2024
Premiere Date October 2022
Premiere Venue Dance Umbrella, Bernie Grants Art Centre, London, UK
nora chipaumire, creative direction & performance / Shamar Watt, performance / Marguerite Hemmings, performance / Kei Soares Cobb, performance / Yinka Esi Graves, performance / tyroneisaacstuart, performance / Trojan Sound System, selector / Isabel Lewis, selector/ Luz Mob, selector / Franz Schütte, sound engineer
Installation design by nora chipaumire, Ari Marcopoulos, Kara Walker, and Matthew Jackson Studio
ShebeenDUB was made possible with the initial support of Dance Umbrella UK. This work has been performed in multiple spaces from Berlin to Paris, Vancouver, Marseille, Columbus, Ohio, and Brussels.
