12/07/2022
🚨𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗧🚨
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- is seeking artists/performers from the global majority with theatre and dance experience to apply for Research and Development of his new work “Domesteeque.
-The Project in a nutshell:
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The cult of Dandyism is colourful and flamboyant, but also rich in political history from the colonial legacy to the 1960s phenomenon that empowered the Free Democratic Republic of Congo, and the influence that the Dandy style has had and continues to have on generations in the 21st Century.
- The original Congo Dandies took the plantation owners’ cast-off clothes (the English & French Dandies), wore them with more style and used them as a protest against their oppression. The Paris-based Dandies of the 1960’s used their flamboyance to fight for a Free Democratic Republic of Congo.
- More recently the 21st Century Girl Dandies have taken a stance on LGBTQ rights in Africa using their style to raise the profile of their fight against the stereotypical image of the African woman. Through history, Dandyism has been synonymous with representation, community, and being seen and heard.
- Patrick Ziza’s “Dandyism” creates work that, through the Dandy style, challenges perceptions of people of colour in UK society as well as, more generally, explores identity by encouraging people to express their inner Dandy as a statement of “we are here.”
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𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 - 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞.
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 - 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝗴 𝟭𝟮𝗻𝗼𝗼
𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆! 💚💛♥️🖤💙
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Watch this space to keep up to date with the process of Domesteeque; a Work In Progress coming soon to Dandyism Dance. Brought to you by supported by Blueprints commission.
