NEVE (they/(s)he) ) and Rana San (she/her) discovered their shared love of the ancient, ritualistic, and folkloric dances of their respective and related peoples during NEVE’s Wildest Dreams class at Velocity Dance Center in 2018. Together they responded to the oft-cited phrase “I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams” through dance improvisation, composition, collaborative experimentation, storytelling, and dream interpretation. For NEVE and Rana, it was love at first dance. They subscribe to the notion of a global indigeneity, of which they are a part. Their research will fuse Rana's curiosity with the embodiment and expression of Anatolian folk dances and traditions in her waking and sleeping dreams with NEVE's exploration of the ritual dance Zar which has roots in their native Sudan, Rana’s native Turkey, as well as Egypt, Ethiopia, and Iran.

Please join us at Base on Saturday February 25 at 6pm for NEVE & Rana San’s Base Residency Open House followed by a discussion and a reception to celebrate the 2022/23 resident artists. Food and drink will be provided at the reception. 

Space is limited– please reserve a free ticket in advance

Base Residency Open House with NEVE & Rana San
Saturday, February 25 at 6pm
Reserve tickets here

Photos provided by Sunita Martini and Olga Rabtskaya

[Left Image Description: NEVE, a Black Indigenous disabled multigender dancer, raises their right arm over their head, fingers splayed, in a port de bras. He has curly dark hair, brown skin, many tattoos, and a soft, neutral expression. She is seated on her wheelchair, a tree growing up behind her. NEVE is wearing a fuzzy pink crop top and cream colored wide leg pants. ]

[Right Image Description: Rana smiles big with her long dark curls tossed to one side, wearing a strappy blush velvet top and large aqua sunburst earrings in front of a brick-walled Brooklyn warehouse covered in creeping ivy.]