Yeye at GLoBe
Rohiet Tjon Poen Gie
On Sunday 25 August, DansBrabant will open its doors during the neighbourhood festival GLoBe. You can join us then for the dance performance Yeye.
Sunday 25 August, 18:00 - 18:30
DansBrabant, Club SoDa, Tilburg, the Netherlands
In Yeye, Suriname-raised dancer Rohiet Tjon Poen Gie explores how his own Catholic beliefs relate to the traditional Afro-Surinamese Winti religion. Should the 'known' be let go first to make way for 'new' spirituality or can the two stand side by side? In what ways are consequences of slavery felt in this regard? Rohiet merges Hip Hop and contemporary dance with Yeye. Together with Ibrah Silas Jackson, he explores the relationship between denial and recognition, between push and pull.
Rohiet Tjon Poen Gie (1990) grew up in Suriname. A Hip Hop dancer, he is known for his own dance style, complementing breaking and popping with other kinds of influences. At a young age, he started street dancing and Hip Hop styles as a self-taught dancer. He travelled abroad for performances and battles and won several awards.
After studying dance in Tilburg, he worked with choreographers such as Erik Kaiel, Kalpana Raghuraman, Shailesh Bharon, Farida Nabibaks, Paul Röttger and Olivier Diepenhorst.
With his own work, he prefers to seek the underexposed perspective within social issues.