WHAT do you get if you mix ballet with contemporary and African dance?

The answer is a stunning, evocative new production called Africarmen, a sumptuous dance production loosely based on Georges Bizet’s popular opera Carmen.

Bawren Tavaziva’s powerful choreography is performed by a cast of outstanding dancers. Played out through the entanglement of desire, deceit and corruption in a township of oil-laden Equatorial Guinea, lingering ancestral voices are at work here amongst the dreams of a better life.

With a new score composed and arranged by Fayyaz Virji of the acclaimed Warriors International, Africarmen is Bawren Tavaziva’s most ambitious work to date.

Set up in 2004 by Bawren Tavaziva, Tavaziva Dance is a national touring company that presents cutting-edge new work representing the diversity of Black British Dance. The company specialises in fusing African and contemporary dance, creating a unique dance style that is both contemporary and rooted in African cultures.

Since its inception, the company has established itself as a significant presence in the UK dance landscape, bringing Bawren’s unique artistic vision and inspiration to a growing and national audience through high quality and innovative artistic product, touring performances, commissions, residencies and education workshops.

Tacchi-Morris, Taunton. Wednesday September 30 at 7.30pm. £12 / £10 Concessions / £8 Students. Box: 01823 414141.

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