How do Hip Hop and Islam connect? In the 90s, journalist Harry Allen claimed Islam to be the official religion of Hip Hop. Protagonists of HipHop-Culture as well as the US civil rights movement during the 60s and 70s felt a connection to Islam and it thusly became an integral part of youth culture. Hip Hop and Islam turned into meaningful elements of life for young people on a global scale - although a negative connotation added over the course of the younger past can hardly be denied. How can it be that a cultural movement that longed for equality and justice can be instrumentalized by groups of radicals? When do aesthetic and religious practices turn into terrorism?

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Each and every action in islamic everyday life should be started with the Basmala-formula so that ALLAH blesses it and rewards it as a service to God. What will these actions look like in the future?

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Choreography, Stage design, Costume: Neco Çelik Dance: Sefa Erdik, Milad Samim, Said Gamal, Ibrahima Biaye, Freddy Houndekindo, Janis Heldmann Production management: Zekai Fenerci Concept: Julia Figdor Light design: Jens Piske

 

World Premiere: 10.03.2016, ZECHE 1 / Zentrum für urbane Kunst, Bochum
Guest performance: u.a. tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Theaterfestival FAVORITEN Dortmund, FORUM Leverkusen, tanz nrw 2017 Köln