(who is in the latter stages of AIDS) and has a quick affair with yuppie Nastassja Kinski. With wry humour and a cheeky grin she propels you into your own personal cartoon.Los Angeles commercial director Wesley Snipes goes to New York to visit dying childhood friend Robert Downey, Jr. Innovative and inspirational, expect a quirky soundtrack of rich folk anthems and eccentric electronica splashed with polka, surf and chiptunes. Her passion for Eastern European and Russian music shines through in the eclectic sets she unleashes on her audiences. The truly anarchic Penny Metal is a DJ extraordinaire, boldly playing tunes no one else dares. But at other times he'll be grinding out fuzzed up riffs from an electric guitar, which shows the two main hooks in their unique sound. Yat Kha is named after the giant zither that lead singer Albert Kuvezin often plucks at on stage. The ensemble is fronted by the expressive stage persona of Maja Rivić, led by Croation composer and saxophonist Mak Murtic and supported by various musicians from London’s jazz and other scenes.įounded in Moscow in 1991 as a collaborative project between Albert Kuvezin (Russian: Альберт Кувезин) formerly of Huun-Huur-Tu and Russian avant-garde, electronic composer Ivan Sokolovsky, Yat Kha (Russian: Ят-Ха) blends traditional Tuvan folk music with post-modern rhythms and electronics. Elements of theatre are obvious in the band's expressive energy when using voices and bodies rather than only instruments. It uses varied instrumentation from brass and woodwinds to percussion, live electronics and voices. Mimika Orchestra is a unique ensemble, in many ways a mixture of a traditional band, prog rock band and a jazz orchestra (big band) with members from the UK, Europe, West Indies and Africa. A theatrical show that uses archaic Slavic languages, the onomatopoeia of Khlebnikov’s futurism and elements of the folk music from the Balkans mixed with Mimika Orchestra’s own brand of alternative jazz-rock.
Mimika Orchestra: Divinities of the Earth and the WatersĢ5 June 2016 | The Courtyard Theatre, Londonĭash Arts and The Courtyard Theatre present the extraordinary Mimika Orchestra with Divinities of the Earth and The Waters, a Kupala Mid Summer Evening of Magical Mystery Madness - bringing together South Slavic folk traditions, live electronics and contemporary jazz into a feast of performance performed by their big band. Journeys Festival Portsmouth| Maya Youssef She combines her extraordinary musical gifts with a generosity of outlook, warmth, humour and optimism. Local refugee/migrant artists were featured as support artists on the evening.Ī virtuoso Syrian kanun player (a traditional Syrian 78-stringed plucked zither), Maya's virtuosity and unique innovative approach to playing the kanun, originally a traditional instrument, have expanded her audiences to international platforms. The Asylum Project was a collaboration between Dash Arts and Journeys Festival International celebrating the artistic talent and incredible stories of exceptional refugee and asylum seeker artists - creating a positive interface with the community, through great art and culture. Headlining the final night of Journeys Festival International Portsmouth for 2017, Maya Youssef treated a sold out audience to an intimate evening performance proving that music is a healer and antidote to what is happening, not only in Syria but across the entire world. In October 2017 the Dash Arts team joined up with Journeys Festival International and The People’s Lounge to present a live performance from the phenomenal Syrian kanun player, Maya Youssef, winner of the Exceptional Talent Award and recent star of the BBC Proms at The Royal Albert Hall and WOMAD. Asylum: Maya Youssef - A Night of Global SoundsĢ7 October 2017 | Coastguard Studios | Portsmouth | Pay What You CanĪSYLUM was launched by Dash Arts at London’s Courtyard Theatre as a response to anti-migrant rhetoric.
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