THE THEATER ...
The passion of all
passions for Dud has been the theatre and the challenge and possibility
of combining the oriental dance with drama and theatrical effects
with the purpose of telling a story.
She has worked on
several shows and plays both as a dancer, actor and instructor, also
outside the ethnic dance community. As a young girl before she started
out her dancing career, she was studying with actors and theatre groups
to get accepted by the National School of Theatre, but shifted her
interest focus to dance instead - but the drama never left her,
and she has later on picked up more theater theory & practise from
workshops and dramaprojects
Dud has managed and
instructed four (oriental) dance plays based on her own choreographies:
"FANTASIES", 1997 - "ORIENTALIA 2000",
1998, "THE DESERT TOUR 2002" and "THE DESERT TOUR II 2004".
In the fall of 2001
Dud taught a long term workshop with the intention of taking the
students through all the aspects that form a dance play on stage. This
workshop finished with a small play called "LUNA OBSCURA -
LUNA LUMINA" 2002.
A similar project "VENUS
& VIRGIN MARY" was launched in the fall of 2006 with Dud as
instructor/teacher.
2005 - Dud produced
her own DVD presenting her very special and entertaining dance theater
together with the Gypsy Mystique Dancers.
In the spring of
2008, Dud presented a work-in-progress "DANCE WOMAN DANCE" in
Malmø Sweden in connection with the woman conference at Skarabe.
The dance production was done together with Gypsy Mystique Dancers.
And in the fall of
2008 Dud/Gypsy Mystique Dancers presented the show "DESERT
MOON SHOW" in Copenhagen together with Lela & Maher/Shams El
Amar.
The duet "GaiaGaia"
was the artistic cooperation between Dud Muurmand and Linda Thorsager.
This new duet was formed during their working together in Gypsy
Mystique Dancers - with a common interest in the tribal fusion style
and theatrical dance. "GAIAGAIA" is the first professional Danish
troupe to present Tribal Fusion Style dance.
2009 also emerged
another tribe under the leadership of Dud - Tribe of Gaia, a group
working with both the American Tribal Style® + tribal fusion style
dance.
December 2009 -
"Cyber Gypsy" a project with experimental dance performance webcasted
live on the internet was the outcome of a creative colaboration between
Charlotte Bank. and Dud. The project was supported by CARLSBERG
IDELEGAT, THE DANISH ART COUNSIL + THE MUNICIPAL of FREDERIKSBERG
November 2010 -
"Cyber Gypsy II - Matrix Expanded" a follow-up project was launched.
This projekt was done together with Tribe of Gaia, elaboraring on the
posibilities for webcasting dance performance in a theatrical setting
for the internet. This project was supported by THE MUNICIPAL of
FREDERIKSBERG.
Since 2010, Dud has
the chairwoman of Tribaldance Denmark been the main organizing power
behind the festival "Dark Weekend Copenhagen" with a focus on dark
fusion dance.
In 2011, another
project emerged with Dud in front: "Tribal CPH" - a summer intensive
with focus on tribal style dances.
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