Concert of Gania / Szpura / Zimpel following the screening of the film “Dance of Outlaws”

May 12, Sunday
22:00 | Pardon To Tu, Plac Grzybowski 12/16 |Concert of Gania / Szpura / Zimpel following the screening of the film “Dance of Outlaws” (Kinoteka, 7:30 PM)

Entrance for holders of a valid or not valid ticket for a film of this year’s festival – 10 PLN
Entrance for others – 20 PLN
Pardon To Tu, Plac Grzybowski 12/16

Two seemingly different energies – Gnawa musical ritual and European improvisation – meet to find, through dialogue, common ground. Morocco-born Mokhtar Gania comes from a long line of Maallems, masters of the ritual instrument gimbri. Traditional Gnawa music, especially the lila derdeba rite, is to purify and protect from evil spirits. The most important element is the hypnotic music, leading to deep therapeutic dance trance.

Szpura and Zimpel, by performing with Gania, will not attempt to redo the rite, but to use it for improvising. However, it is not going to be the final goal. It will be the basis for searching of common grounds and contemporary contexts for traditional Gnawa songs.

Performers:
Maallem Mokhtar Gania – gimbri
Paweł Szpura – drums
Wacław Zimpel – clarinets