MAMAZA (Switzerland) at the 18th JOMBA ! CONTEMPORARY DANCE 2016.

“EIFO EFI”

Concept / choreography / dance: Ioannis Mandafounis and Fabrice Mazliah

Dramaturgical support: Liz Waterhouse and David Kern

Technical director: Harry Schulz

Production management: Johanna Milz

A coproduction of: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, The Forsythe Company, kunstenfestivaldesarts, and PACT Zollverein Essen

Funded by the Fonds Doppelpass of the German Federal Cultural Foundation.

Supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

With thanks to Dorothee Merg

In “EIFO EFI”, the performers offer their understanding of two people, and the endless algorithms of what two people can be. The performers fill the performance space with versions or echoes of themselves. While only two bodies appear, reflective and diverting tools (including mirrors, clothes and light) enhance the visual to stimulate the sensorial, making the ‘just two’ reveal others’ presences. The performers, performing performers, are watching a performer, and performing watchers, and moving together. Personal meets public, becomes hidden and reappears; two among the you, we, here, there and now.

About MAMAZA:

MAMAZA met at the Forsythe Company to which they have been related differently. In 2007 Mandafounis and Mazliah created their duet P.A.D. and the group work HUE. Their collaboration with May Zarhy began in 2009 and together they have created the stage works Z.E.R.O. and COVER UP, PAUSING, THE NIKEL PROJECT — SONGS & POEMS, GARDEN STATE, ASINGELINE and EIFO EFI, which have been invited to numerous international festivals.