In the company, Naïma Mazic with Golnar Shahyar.

We celebrate those women who have written songs.
We celebrate those women who inspired songs.
We celebrate those women who created the spaces where songs were composed.
Based on nine selected pieces that either jazz musicians dedicated to their partners or were composed by women, dancer and choreographer Naïma Mazic performs with singer, composer, and pianist Golnar Shahyar and a turntable.
"Album" follows the dramaturgy of a concert. Between the tracks, narratives emerge that transport the audience to New York jazz clubs, Viennese bedrooms, or even their own living rooms. Bodies, music, and movements transform from song to song, from side A to side B, encompassing relationships that swing from familiar to professional, from inspiring to possessive.
A seductive ballad becomes the melody of another love story. Polyrhythmic choreographies engage with the figure and role of the "Muse," the position of women as artistic inspiration, and illuminate difficulties, struggles, disappointments, and aspirations.
Dancer and choreographer Naïma Mazic founded the Austrian non-profit organization more2rhythm and the international dance and music company n ï m in 2016. Together with a changing team of dancers, musicians, and artists, she explores how movement and (jazz) music meet in a shared language. n ï m - from the German "nehmen" - stands for learning, understanding, and the exchange from which new things emerge.
"A feminist manifesto that showcases their strength, beauty, intelligence, and creativity as a multi-layered work of art..." (Tanz.at)
Direction, concept, choreography, dance: Naïma Mazic
Vocals, piano, guitar, musical arrangements: Golnar Shahyar
Music by Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, mathias rüegg, Golnar Shahyar, Lil' Hardin Armstrong
Dramaturgy, co-concept: Maeve Johnson
Stage design, research: Hanna Naske
Concept development: Is Ali
Artistic consulting: Alaa Alkurdi
Costume design: Naïma Mazic
Costume: Tamara Yael
Movement coaching: Cat Paz Jimenez
Outside eyes: Sara Ostertag, Vera Rivas
Musicological support: Harald Kisiedu
Lighting design: Resi Hausner
Production management: more2rhythm, Naïma Mazic
Co-production with brut Wien
Developed at brut Wien, LAKE Studios Berlin, Bears in the Park, Porgy & Bess – Jazz & Music Club, supported by the Federal Chancellery for Arts, Culture, Public Service, and Sports, Cultural Department of the City of Vienna
Thanks to Evi Filippou, Makisig Akin, Anya Cloud, Dr. Renée Gadsden, Robyn Schulkowsky, Imani Rameses, Meg Stuart, and Doug Weiss
Duration: 110 min
Language: English