Opera between Cultures

“I am telling you how importance it is to tell, hear, know the old stories told by our grandfathers and grandmothers, because in them you can know how we can live now.” @loezasocorro Beautiful memories 🤍 Ancient Stories for modern times in Mexico 🤍 Workshops in collaboration with @teatrodelarendija & @popolnajiloob 🤍 Workshop facilitators: Socorro Loza @loezasocorro Nursalim Yadi Anugerah @nursalimyadi_ Miranda Lakerveld @miranda_lakerveld Raquel Araujo @raquel.araujo.madera 🤍 Production @la_mecedora @marijke_de_schepper 🤍 Production in Mexico Alex Benavides @alexwchr 🤍 Thank you!! 🤍🤍🤍 • Audiovisual production Gonzalo Herrera @tekolotmx Brayan González @brayangz

Hijos de la lluvia 💙 El arte de las reservas naturales 💙 Encuentro artístico intercultural en Mérida 💙 * Este domingo * Hijos de la lluvia es un encuentro artístico sobre patrimonio cultural y recursos naturales. Artistas de distintas disciplinas hablarán sobre la conservación de las artes antiguas y la naturaleza, debatiendo sobre prácticas innovadoras que incluyen a las comunidades, la conservación de la naturaleza y la memoria cultural. La velada cierra un mes de colaboraciones, diálogos artísticos e investigaciones en Yucatán, llevadas a cabo por World Opera Lab, Popolnajilo’ob, Ja’ kanules, Tapanco Centro Cultural, UNAY, Casa de la Cultura Maya Nachi Cocom y Teatro de La Rendija. Será un espacio para compartir y provocar ideas a través de la discusión alrededor de los temas y la presentación de algunas escenas del taller ‘Historias antiguas para tiempos modernos’. Invitan: World Opera Lab, Casa Creativa y Teatro de la Rendija 💙 @miranda_lakerveld @alexwchr @la_mecedora @teatrodelarendija @unayteatro @unayucatan @tapancocentrocultural @loezasocorro @nursalimyadi_ @raquel.araujo.madera @unayucatan @marijke_de_schepper @hadamarielcg @castillo_rojo_nachi_cocom @casa_creativa_mid 💙

Mañana 💙 Interdisciplinary workshops at the University of Yucatán @unayucatan @unayteatro in proud collaboration with @teatrodelarendija 💙 With @nursalimyadi_ @miranda_lakerveld @alexwchr @raquel.araujo.madera 💙 Thank you @bayardo.diana @ulivargas @eliaspuc @la_mecedora @marijke_de_schepper 💙

New year - New website!! 💙 Thank you @ondergrond.agency for the beautiful work 💙 Link in bio! 💙

Blessings for the new year for all of you 🤍 May 2024 bring peace, inspiration and harmony 🤍 The Ifa scriptures say that once upon a time, there was chaos in the world There were droughts and epidemics and hunger This lead to conflict and wars The male deities went to heaven Olodumare told the deities that they had forgotten about Oshun Oshun, who not only brings rain but also kindness and compassion, the gods didn’t believe it What good could one goddess do? Thus, the fighting continued, until they understood Oshun was brought back to the world and the other deities had to seek her forgiveness After that, it rained and the earth was made whole again 🤍 🤍 Story as told to us by Toyin Ajayi, custodian of Oshun’s shrine 🤍 Video of the mornings prayers at Oshun shrine 🤍

This was 2023 🤍 New places and connections with so many shared stories, gorgeous melodies and beautiful people 🤍 Thank you for being part of our journey 🤍 May the new year bring peace, kindness and clarity!

Inspiring dialogues during the workshops at Tapanco cultural centre in Merida 🌟 Two intense days of work on creation myths resulted in some beautiful scenes; about water, the deity Tlaltecutli, the sound at the beginning of time and the birds in the creation 🌟 Thank you @tapancocentrocultural for having us, @sabiduriafelino and @ariaescenica @alexwchr for the good care and inspiration, @la_mecedora for making the connections 🌟 pictures by @nursalimyadi_ and @miranda_lakerveld 🌟 @ramblersteatro_ @adren_alinaaaa

Tomorrow 💜 Workshops in Merida - Yucatán 💜 Historias antiguas para los tiempos modernos 💜 Artistic dialogues on mythology, music and natural resources 💜 in proud collaboration with @tapancocentrocultural @sofialondraleon @ariaescenica @alexwchr @nursalimyadi_ @miranda_lakerveld @la_mecedora design @marijke_de_schepper #merida #yucatan #tallerartistico #dialogos #myth #mythologia #mayan

Prayers to the rivers of the world 💙 Songs and dances for the river-goddess Oshun 💙 Filmed in the sacred grove of Oshun 💙 Osogbo 💙 Nigeria 💙 Sẹ’lẹru agbo, agbara agbo, l’ọsun fi n wo’mọ rẹ, ki dọkita o to de Abiyamo ma danle Osun l’an powemo Stream with herbal medicine Stream of herbs that flows far and wide Osun cures her children Before the emergence of doctors She doesn’t do any harm Praise given to Osun She comes with good fortune Let us all be peaceful @miranda_lakerveld @lordtrois @thegiftchikere @ifayeni_akinyola @ogbenisunkanmi @emir_nation1 @apeke_ewedola01 @abdurroheemlepen #oshun #oshungoddess #rivers #sacredwater #nigeria #culturalheritage #culturalexchange #yorube #osogbo #oshungrove #opera

Prayers for the rivers of the world 💙 Winti-priestess Nana Efua’s prayer at the Oshun River 💙 Song for Mama Wenu 💙 Liba mama djaweh, Iya Iya Liba mama djaweh Liba mama djaweh, Iya Iya Na mi Tobosi liba mama djaweh Iya Mother of the water I honor you You are my father My protector, Iya Camera @miranda_lakerveld #oshun #mamiwatra #winti #nigeria #water #rivers #dialogue

Sacred rivers 💛 Ancient stories for modern times 💛 Workshops and lecture/performance 💛 Centre for black culture and international understanding 💛 Osogbo - Osun State 💛 24 - 28 October 2023 💛

Throwback to Va Pensiero - The Euphrates and her histories 💙 In collaboration with @gadogadofilm, we are creating a film-version of the opera 💙 Here is a little taste of the beautiful filmed scenes 💙 Shout out to our funders @fedoraplatform @afk020 @fondspodiumkunsten @gieskesstrijbisfonds 💙💙💙 @sabra__singer__ @miranda_lakerveld @haythamsafia @wimamsterdam @vincentmartigmusic @museumvanloon @marijke_de_schepper @bloemenband

So many blessings 🌟Building bridges during the first days in Lagos 🌟 Research with Winti-priestess Nana Efue, Oshun Yeye in Okepopo and Babalawo Anipopo in Lekki🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Photo’s by @marijke_de_schepper 🌟 #artsticresearch #dialogue #spritualtraditions #buildingbridges #lagos #nigeria #oshun #ifa @miranda_lakerveld @marijke_de_schepper @thegiftchikere

Special guest 💙 Salman Khairella, one of the leading water-activists in Iraq, will be our special guest at the 13th of September. He and artistic director Miranda Lakerveld will talk about the current situation of the water in the Middle-East and how artists and activists can collaborate to raise awareness 💙 The discussion will be moderator by Diederik Burgersdijk, lecturer in the ancient literature of the Middle-East ànd opera. — The talk will start after the 19:30 performance on the 13th of september. . . . . . Va Pensiero 💙 The Euphrates and her stories - Museum van Loon 💙 from the 11th till the 16th of september, 17:30 & 19:30 💙@miranda_lakerveld @abudijlahs @humatdijlah @dburgersdijk @museumvanloon @hetgrotemiddenoostenplatform @sylvavanrosse #rivers #mesopotamia #sumerian #heritage #water #tigris #euphrates #crisis #artactivism #opera #vapensiero #dialogue #uitinamsterdam #uitinams

Va Pensiero 💙 The Euphrates and her stories 💙 opera about archeology and water in the Middle-East 💙 with a phenomenal cast: soprano Sabra en Bahri-Khatri, Clarinetist and actor Vincent Martig, ud-player Haytham Safia, pianist Wim Dijkstra and singer/saz player Shwan Sulaiman 💙 directed by Miranda Lakerveld 💙 11 till 16 September in Museum van Loon 💙 ticket link in bio 💙

Va Pensiero 💙 De Eufraat en haar verhalen 💙 Opera over archeologie en water in het Midden-Oosten 💙 Met Sabra el Bahri-Khatri (sopraan) Haytham Safia (ud) Vincent Martig (spel/klarinet) Shwan Sulaiman (zang/saz) en Wim Dijkstra (piano) in een regie van Miranda Lakerveld . . Museum van Loon - 11 - 16 september 💙 17:30 - 19:30u . Ticket-link in bio 💙 @miranda_lakerveld @museumvanloon @sabra__singer__ @vincentmartigmusic @haythamsafia @wimamsterdam

Incredibly honored and humbled to be featured in @hamiddabashi ‘s last book The Persian Prince. Hamid writes about the @hollandfestival premiere of Turan Dokht in 2019 in his closing chapter: “a transhistorical, peaceful, joyous, celebratory, and deeply moving performing art. “ He comes to this beautiful conclusion: “Cultures do not borrow from one another-cultures come together to form invisible sites of tertiary spaces in which they cohabit to imagine horizons beyond their immediate reach. From Nezami's Haft Peykar to Puccini's Turandot and before and beyond, we are witness to the loving memories of such moments when cultures dream of their alterities. The Persian Prince thus emerged from one world and submerged into another- afloat an archaic imagination to which there is no East or West, North or South.” Thank you @hamiddabashi for your beautiful work! It brings back so many memories 💙 @miranda_lakerveld @aftab.darvishi @stanfordupress

Daughters of Inanna هذا انا أتيت من هناااك  لكي احكي لكم حكايتي  عندما كانت عيناي غابتا نخيل ساعة السحر  او شرفتان راح ينئ عنهم القمر  قبل زمن بعيد التقى عاشقين في مكان معروف من الأرض  واثمر عن حبهم وعشقهم شي جميل وساحر  كان يتغزل به العشاق ويتقابلون بقربة الاحبة  كان الفرح والسرور يعم المكان  لانه ثمرةُ حب صادقة  ولكن حدث ماحدث  ونحن كنا جزء مما حدث  انقطع شريان المحبة وانقطع الأحبة عن مواكبة هذا المكان  ذلك لانه شاخ وهرم  بدت عليه علامات التعب  تجردت منه العاطفة والأمان  وطفت الملوحة فوق ملامحة التي كانت صافية  هذا انا ملتقى نهري دجلة والفرات  الابن البار (شط العرب) Text: @elaf.ar 💙💙💙 #water #iraq #basra #dialogue #heritage #music #nature #inanna #goddess #inanna #dummuzi #watergoddess #river #drought #mena

‎Daughters of Tiamat منذ الأزل ونحن البشر احفاد تيامات وابناء انانا. نمثل قصة مأساوية لا تنتهي. روحنا الفضولية دفعتنا إلى استكشاف العالم والبحث في اسراره، ولكن فضولنا صار سيف ذو حدين. اذ اوصلنا الى مرحلة مختلفة، حيث بدأنا نسيء إلى الطبيعة، التي كانت تحتضننا بكل حنانها ورعايتها. ‎أصبحت هذه الأرض الجميلة، ساحة للحروب والنزاعات، انتهكنا بلا رحمة كل خيراتها وعطاياها، ماتت انهارها من العطش، وقتل الجفاف اراضيها الخضراء المثمرة، وصارت الجبال ضريحاً للذكريات الماضية. ‎نسينا معنى السلام، و حاصرتنا الطموحات الشريرة والجشع الأعمى، وهاجمنا حضن الطبيعة الدافئ الذي ما زال يحتضننا برغم كل شيء. ‎تيامات... التي ذاقت مرارة الخيانة مرتين، لا زالت تبكي بحرقة، وتصرخ طالبة للعون. ‎ولكن... في قلب هذه الفوضى والدمار، يظهر الضياء الخافت للأمل. شباب وشابات، من أحفاد تيامات الطيبين، يقفون بقوة لينقذوا ما تبقى من هذه الطبيعة الخلابة، ويحموها بكل قوتهم. يؤمنون بأن تيامات لا تزال تنتظرهم، تترقب عودتهم لاحيائها وانقاذها. ‎يصممون على إعادة هذا العالم إلى ما كان عليه، حيث يعم الهواء النقي وتجري المياه الصافية، والطبيعة تنبض بالحياة والصحة. ‎وهذا نداء لكم لتشاركونا رحلتنا.. لان الأمل لا يزال موجوداً، وتيامات ما تزال تنتظرنا بفارغ الصبر. Text: Anwar Ahmed @0_0v.v Video: Hussein Alharbi @irtq_ Music: Syabend Kurdi @worldoperalab in collaboration with @humatdijlah and @hetgrotemiddenoostenplatform #tiamat #heritage #iraq #kurdistan #sulaymaniyah #music #dialogue #nature #water #goddess #creationmyth #poetry #myth #enumaelish

Workshops about water, heritage and music 💙 An amazing collaboration with NGO’s and musicians from Basra, Baghdad en Duhok 💙 more soon!