UNBROKEN
Nikki RUMMER
Following the success of Knot, the award-winning duet she created with Nikki & JD, Unbroken is the debut solo performance by Nikki Rummer.
One winter day, Nikki receives a phone call from her sister. The family is in crisis, she needs to come home. It is a call that sets in a motion a revelation that will uproot her family tree, exposing its knots and secrets. Ominous and darkly funny, Unbroken is a one-woman romp through grief, the centre of hell and a Dr Seuss poem about 23 boys called Dave.
Combining her talent for storytelling and her unique movement language inspired by acrobatics and capoeira, Unbroken weaves fragments of memories into the body of one performer as she uncovers the skeletons that women often bear. This is a bold tale of heritage, betrayal and the freedom to stand alone.
“Anyone who thinks acrobatics cannot be filled with emotion needs to see this. ”
“Rummer is a warm and open performer, instantly bringing the audience into her family to create a sustained rapport.
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Premiere: 2020
Set-up: Indoor
Running time: 55 minutes
Touring party: 2
Minimum space required: 8.5m wide x 6m deep
Age guidance: 16+ (Contains references to sexual abuse and domestic violence)
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Devised and performed by Nikki Rummer
Dramaturgy by Ben Duke & Jim Manganello
Movement direction by Steph McMann & Temitope Ajose-Cutting
Music by Alberto Ruiz-Soler
Costumes by Loren Elstein
Lighting Design by Seth Rook Williams
Production shot: Camilla Greenwell
Photo montage: Pablo Herrera
Produced by Split Second
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Nikki and JD offer a wide range of wrap-around activities, including: post-show discussions, acrobatics workshops, dance workshops. Available for all ages and levels.
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acrobatic duo Nikki Rummer and Jean-Daniel Broussé with a unique blend of skills in circus and contemporary dance. The company’s mission is to achieve strong storytelling that packs an emotional punch, using high-level circus schools and dance to evoke the feelings and awe that words cannot always touch, and the words that provide a strong narrative arc. Using humour and the accessibility of acrobatic flips and balances, we seek to take people on dark and joyful journeys into the human condition.
Their first show, Knot, premiered in 2016 in London and has toured globally with over a hundred performances in the UK, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Japan, South Korea and Peru. In 2019, Knot was awarded a Herald Angel and the Jacksons Lane and Total Theatre Award for Circus at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In 2021 and 2022, Nikki and JD created solo pieces: Nikki’s Unbroken and JD’s (le) Pain, which toured UK-wide, cementing their reputation as forward-thinking talent in the contemporary circus scene.
www.nikkiandjd.com
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For more information, check availability, please contact Axel Satgé: axel@yelloweverything.com.