Watch behind the poem that inspired the creation of
Ouroboros
here

                                                                                

Ouroboros by Nejla Yatkin is an evening length interactive theatrical solo dance presented in the round. The dance piece resurrects and centers the ancient healing symbol of Ouroboros through personal story telling including multiple languages  English, German, Turkish and ASL, dance (contemporary and Middle Eastern dance), original composition by Shamou, song (cabaret style, sung live by Nejla), dramaturg Joanna Furnans, costume by Katrin Schnabl, lighting designer Giau Truong, set designer Delena Bradley, sound designer Sathapat Sangsuwan, deaf artist Susan Elizabeth Rangel.
 

                        National Tour 2025

February 28th- March 1st, 2025, Studio 5 Evanston, IL
March 14th-15th, 2025 Dance Place, Washington, DC
March 22nd-23rd, 2025 Dance Complex, Boston, MA
​March 28th-30th, 2025 Stageworks presented by Art2Action, Tampa, FL
April 4nd-5th, 2025 The Ensemble Theater presented by MECA, Houston, TX
(Details TBA soon)
 

Preview performance supported by Links Hall Co-Commissioning Fellowship, Sybil Shearer Fellowship Award from the Morrison Shearer Foundation, Finalist Grant from the National Dance Project, DCASE Esteemed Artist Award.

Ouroboros  premiere is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co- commissioned by MECA, Art2Action, Dance Complex and NPN. More information: www.npnweb.org.

Ouroboros premiere is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.