Fábio [Krayze] Januário

MUSSEQUE, before being a piece for four dancers, is home, a meeting place, a way of being. The titel refers to the suburban neighbourhoods of Luanda, Angola — areas mostly inhabited by the poorer population and where “Kuduro” was born, a style of music and dance marginalized by many but loved by the people. It emerged as a way to claim space and freedom during the civil war that broke out in 1975. Against the backdrop of war, the four performers on stage free themselves through rhythm, precision and resistance towards freedom. It is the continuation of what has been lived and felt, transforming past experiences that were never forgotten into a dance of the present. Speeches become a revolution and bodies become resistance. The hallucinating rhythm of movements displays the resilience of those who endure beyond war.