Dance Performance with Live Music by Cíntia Rangel & Theater o.N. | for everyone aged 2 and up
One of the myths about the Baobab says that the Orishas created it so large (a Baobab can grow up to 30 metres high) that it could be seen from afar and could itself see for great distances. Its trunk is hollow and thick (it can reach a diameter of up to 11 metres) and can store not only water, but also knowledge over its lifetime of more than a thousand years.
The legend says that when the Baobab saw its reflection in the water of a lake, it began to ask the Orishas why it was so different from the other trees. The Orishas then turned it upside down so that it could focus on itself and realise that it was just as special as all the other trees with leaves, fruit or flowers. This is why the branches of a Baobab resemble roots.
In this way, the Baobab became the tree of life, an ancient link between past and future, a symbol of resilience in the face of time and challenges, a keeper of knowledge that is passed down through generations.
This is the story that inspired the dance performance BAOBAB.
By using the Baobab as a metaphor for resistance and diversity, this project describes a ritualistic journey in which the relationship to time, the diversity and richness of Afro-diasporic cultures and the transmission of knowledge through the body.
BAOBAB is a celebration of the ancestral experience. A performance that offers children a journey between the past and the future from an Afrofuturistic perspective.
Additional information
Concept, direction, choreography and performance: Cíntia Rangel
Music and performance: K'boko (Fabiano Lima)
Dramaturgy and assistant director: Guilherme Moraes
Set design, video and documentation: Zé de Paiva and Kathleen Kunath
Costume design: Michelle Ferreira
Lighting design: Raquel Rosildete
Lighting design co-work: Aslı Atasoy Öner
Project management: Vera Strobel
Administration and project accounting: Yaser Mohammad
Public relations and marketing: Sophie Braun, Nele Riepl, Silke Saalfrank
Music and performance: K'boko (Fabiano Lima)
Dramaturgy and assistant director: Guilherme Moraes
Set design, video and documentation: Zé de Paiva and Kathleen Kunath
Costume design: Michelle Ferreira
Lighting design: Raquel Rosildete
Lighting design co-work: Aslı Atasoy Öner
Project management: Vera Strobel
Administration and project accounting: Yaser Mohammad
Public relations and marketing: Sophie Braun, Nele Riepl, Silke Saalfrank
Dates
May 2025
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