Mandraking 2002

Choreographed and performed improvisation with M. Voorter, C. Parkinson, A. Thery
Music by Liza Minelli, Sandro, and remixes from Alfred Hitchock films

Together with an international cast of dancers, David Zambrano creates an evening full of performances with choreographed and improvised structures.

‘I made up the verb mandraking Mandrake, who was a famous mogicion in comic books when / was growing up in Venezuela. During my childhood (1960’s) when something seemed impossible, people would say: . ‘only Mandrake can do it’ 1. Mandraking is for me the action festing physically what one can imagine

Concept and direction: David Zambrano
Dance: Chrysa Parkinson (USA), Alexandre Thery (F), Mat Voorter (NL), David Zambrano (NIV[).
Light and set: Simon Siegmann
Costumes: Mat Voorter

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“The one outstanding piece was David Zambrano’s 1987 solo Fetiche, based on Venezuelan folklore. Zambrano conveyed the imagery of his native culture, it’s people and it’s flora and fauna with refreshing modernity and orginality. He invested his dancing with a precision and dynamic vitality that were quite breathtaking.”
Rose Anne Thom, Dance Magazine