Catalogue NO DANCING ALLOWED / 2

NO DANCING ALLOWED / 2, the last exhibition curated by Bogomir Doringer at Garage Rotterdam, explores dance rituals in times of global constraints like the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing wars, and recent bans on raving and protesting in Italy. The exhibition dives into the historical interplay between body politics and dance, unravelling the threads that connect them and asking for thinking reflections on the moving spirit of dance within this evolving narrative.

| Doors open at 20:00
| Performance by Selma Selman at 21:00
| DJ set by smother until late

Selma Selman will say it loud and clear: all spaces are taken, and our selfishness is causing global problems. After that, she speaks to Omer, maybe a fictional character, a deity, an acquaintance, a brother, a lover, or her homme fatale. Evidently, Omer personifies the patriarchy itself as the world we were born into, not the world we ...

1 Feb 2024, 8 p.m., Garage Rotterdam

| Doors open at 20:00
| Performance by Luiz Felipe Lucas at 21:00
| This event is part of Museumnacht 010. Tickets are available via museumnacht010.nl

The criminalization of funk is the starting point for the artists' research into the longstanding suppression of Afro-descendant’s artistic expressions in Brazil. Through looking at institutional prejudices — such as an anti-vagrancy law that resulted in the illegality of capoeira and other cultural manifestations — they tell a story of silencing. ...

2 Mar 2024, 8 p.m., Garage Rotterdam

Natafelen: Redemption - dinner amongst the art
This edition of Natafelen will be completely in the spirit of Mariana Luiza’s work Redemption. The night will feature a presentation and performance by Mariana, in which she elaborates on her work and Brazil's racial whitening policy.