HERE/NOT HERE, combines elements of dance, especially Krump and hip hop, with football, BSL and Visual Vernacular, looking at how movement is language. The setting is a run-down space that three different gangs, footballers, Krumpers and VV-ers all think of as their own.
Funky, funny and thought-provoking, HERE/NOT HERE explores how we all try to find our place. It is set in an urban ‘meantime’ space where different groups competing for use. As well as for broadcast the project is designed for theatrical stages and site-specific outdoor spaces. It showcases a new visual language for story-telling combining sign, dance, music and Visual Vernacular.
Directed by Bim Ajadi, led by disabled artists, and written by Britain’s foremost advocate for Hip Hop, Jonzi D, HERE/NOT HERE can be fully enjoyed by hearing and deaf audiences.
Music by Torben Lars Sylvest
Editor Miikka Leskinen
performed by
Nadeem Islam
Catrina Nisbett
Theophillus ‘Godson’ Oloyade
Ryan Pendley
