Noura Mint Seymali
MUSIC
Noura Mint Seymali
Sat 11 July at 8pm
Event Details
Times & Dates:
Sat 11 July at 8pm
Duration:
70 min
Event Categories:
Music
Admission:
€25
Age Suitability:
All Ages
Venue:
Hawk’s Well Theatre
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2025 Womex Artist Award winner Noura Mint Seymali brings a sound as vast and elemental as the Sahara itself – a hypnotic fusion of ancient Moorish tradition and electrified desert rock. Rooted in the griot lineage of poet-historians and cultural custodians, Seymali is both a commanding vocalist and a virtuoso of the ardine, a harp-like instrument unique to Mauritania and traditionally played by women. Live, her music surges from meditative, echo-drenched passages into thunderous grooves driven by electric guitar, bass and drums, creating a trance-inducing sonic storm.
Presented in collaboration with Earagail Arts Festival and Hawk’s Well Theatre
“A full blown sandstorm of hypnotic grooves, melding traditional Mauritanian instruments with an electrified psychedelic rock band.”
THE QUIETUS (UK)
“Beautifully marries hundreds of years of tradition with a defiantly modern sense of experimentation.”
FAR OUT MAGAZINE
“Mauritanian blues for the 21st century.”
THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Artist Bio
Polina Shapkina is a Russian-born Irish-reared artist, aerialist and emerging director. The inspirational core of Polina’s work comes from cultural folk elements especially where identities and traditions from separate parts of the world bear unmistakable similarities and cross-overs. Themes explored in Polina’s work are often psychological, mythological and existential. Her passion lies in creating fusions of art forms as much as connecting to audiences through her personal experience of the world. Since 2019, Polina has created and presented various solo works and 5 shows with her company Erebidae Circus In 2024 the final version of her most ambitious project to date: MAKOSH was completed in collaboration with Designer Bridget Ni Dhuinn under their new company name VolkiDana. MAKOSH was directed by Fidget Feet’s Chantal McCormick and has featured at Irish festivals such as Earagail Arts Festival, Pitch’d Circus Festival, Irish Aerial Dance Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival.
MAKOSH Team
Chantal McCormick: Director
Polina Shapkina: writer, performer
Bridget Ni Dhuinn: set design
Hannah Scully: performer
Ruairi O'Sea: performer, composer, musician
Sean Doyle: sound design, production manager
Counterweight: Jenny Tufts