Launching Refugee Week 2024, this performance brought together an ensemble of people from Iran, Colombia, Afghanistan, Congo, Peru, Cameroon and Ukraine.
During a three-week project at The Place, participants came together to sing, dance, express their creativity and share their individual stories and collective resilience.
There and Here is dedicated to the over 100 million people worldwide forcibly displaced because of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, or disasters of climate change.
Winner of The Stage Awards 2023 for Community Project of the Year, There and Here is part of Protein’s inclusion programme, Real Life Real Dance.
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Reviews
"Thank you so much for this amazing show. It brought tears to my eyes and also hope that one day this world can be one." Audience member
"I was very moved by the honest energy of each one of you. You are beautiful There and Here." Audience member
"Such a beautiful performance. So moving, emotional while also being a celebration of culture." Audience member
Rachele Rapisardi graduated from CODARTS (NL) and then relocated to London where she joined EDge11. Since leaving EDge Rachele has worked with companies and independent choreographers such as Lost Dog (Ben Duke), Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, ilDance, Clod Ensemble, Gwyn Emberton Dance, Emma Martin Dance, Theo Clinkard, Quang Kien Van, Emanuel Gat, Jorge Crecis, Jose Agudo, James Finnemore, Christopher Evans and Neus Gil Cortes, spanning across the UK, Sweden, Israel and Ireland. Since obtaining her MA in Performing Arts in 2015, Rapisardi has been also developing her freelance career as a teacher, rehearsal director and associate director in particular with Protein Dance.
Work with Luca Silvestrini’s Protein (2014 onwards): As a performer Rachele has been part of Invisible Dancing (2014-2018). As a teacher and co-leader she has been working with professionals and students (from GCSE to MA) as part of Protein’s educational programme for Border Tales in 2017-2018. As an Associate Director in 2018 for the rural touring of ʻMay Contain food, May Contain Youʼ in theatres, community halls and care homes.
She has also been very involved co-leading and delivering community-based projects as part of Protein’s RLRD programme ‘There and Here’ 2015 – performance with refugees and asylum seekers from the Islington Centre in London. ‘XOXO’ (2016) and ‘These is Us’ (2017, 2019) – performances with Pupils in Referral Units (PRU) in South East London and Stockton-on-Tees
Anthar Kharana is a well-known Colombian musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist from the small town Ocaña. He comes from a line of musicians and is self-taught from the early age of eight. Anthar delivers a wide range of music styles and has a deep understanding of melody and complex rhythms, thanks to his passion for music from the world wide over.
He has been sharing traditions from his homeland in Europe for over fourteen years, as well as directing music projects and bands. Anthar runs musical workshops and performances, and collaborates with dancers and choreographers including Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, Vocab Dance and SinMan Dance. He is also a regular music accompanist at London Contemporary Dance School in London.
Uniquely, Anthar has mastered a wide range of vocal abilities from mellow feminine tones to deep growled Mongolian throat singing. Further to this, he is also a Sound Therapy Practitioner (British Academy of Sound Therapy) using his understanding of music and sound as a healing tool. He runs workshops, sacred music concerts, traditional ceremonies, private sessions and musical retreats worldwide.
Anthar is the Director of Tribal Sound Healing UK and Colombia, and is Co-Director of the first school of Sound Healing in Scotland: ANSU School of Sound and Tribal Healing Arts.
Currently Anthar can be seen performing with Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in Border Tales.
Kenny Wing Tao Ho is a performer and artist based in London. He began training and competing in breakdance and then went on to study at London Contemporary Dance School.
Kenny began his career, on the stage of the 2012 London Olympics, with Akram Khan, and has since gone on to work with Hofesh Shechter Company and Gecko Theatre. He continues to work with these companies, as a performer, teacher and creator. More recently with Jose Agudo and Dickson Mbi.
Kenny performs with Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in Border Tales and is part of Protein 21 Reimagine, creating works across the UK in response to Protein’s repertoire.
Ramin is an Iranian born multidisciplinary artist specializing in music, painting, and calligraphy. He began his artistic journey during his teenage years and has been working professionally in these fields since 2004. Ramin continues to create art and perform music, collaborating with the music group Delband on musical productions and performances. Additionally, he remains actively engaged in producing paintings and calligraphy pieces as part of his ongoing artistic practice.
Ramin has been collaborating with Protein since 2021 and took part in numerous projects as both a participant, team member and guest artist.
Protein would like to thank the following for their generosity and support of this project:
Maria Ryan, Eddie Nixon, Marco Cifre and staff at The Place; Rosemary J Brown from Care4Calais; Izzie Kott, Andy Ruiz Palma and staff and volunteers at Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants; Andrew Coombe, Samantha Mcneil from Camden Council; Charlotte Horsley and Neena Kumar from Hopscotch; Jane Lucas from Young Roots; Jenny Noé-Nordberg and Anastasiia Haman from Families4Peace; Annabel Bennett from City Bridge Foundation; work placement artists Joseph Jeffers, Eve Walker, Anna Marie Des Clayes, Xenoula Eleftheriades.
A special thank you to Mustafa Chaglar at The Place Café for providing us with lunches throughout the project.
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