Simba Dance Ensemble I (SIDE)


Simba Dance Ensemble I

Simba Dance Ensemble I is a newly dance initiative based in Bergen,Norway. Established as part of Simba Arts dance initiative  by Carte Blanche 's dancer Simbarashe  Norman Fulukia a.k.a. Simba...The Company's signature Simba-fusion style blends African ritual, music and dance with softer flowing movements from Western contemporary dance. 

Simba  Dance Ensemble (SIDE).Like the abbreviation of the company '',SIDE'' the company goal is to stand SIDE by SIDE as  One people, with One heart,One love ,One Universe  sharing One vision .

  Simba believes that we're ''One people with different colors living in One Universe there for we need to love one another, share,care for one another /treat each other the same...  by collaborating with different  nationalists Simba is sending a message to the world  that'' Yes we Can'' make a difference for a better tomorrow if only we unite/stand side by side and speak with one voice! Simba choreographed and presented two creations at  Try in House 3 a.k.a TIH (Carte Blanche's open stage initiative) These are;

                                                     

  •  ''Black Gold'' .It was about exploring the duplicity of this metaphor. In one end: the self-worth of black people and Africa as a continent, in the other: oil, capitalism and the weapon industry.

Dancers: Simbarashe Norman Fulukia & Yarden Raz and 

Live Musikk : Erlend Apneseth & Simbarashe Norman Fulukia

Another creation/choreography was a solo of  Yarden namely ''Suffer in Silence''.It was a abstract installation  inspired by my (Simbarashe's) life, as  a web of pain and despair, with the burden of a secret that I dare never want to share in that case chose to suffer in silence.

                                          

Dancer: Yarden Raz and 

Live Musikk by Erlend Apneseth

Fotos:  Sean Meling Murray 

 

Simba  Dance Ensemble

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