Missa Mama Nova

A deconstructed choir concert on the Divine Feminine, freeing the archetypical Mother energy out of her Holy Mary corset.

​​​Missa Mama Nova (literally: 'mass about the lonely mother; mass about only the mother') is a music theatre mass by multi-talent Timo Tembuyser. It focuses on the mother figure, flanked by a choir of six ‘sons’ on their way to a mature voice. In collaboration with dance legend Fumiyo Ikeda (co-founder of Rosas) as the mother of the community of performers, the performers explore the mother-son relationship as a physical act of giving and receiving, of carrying and being carried. Accompanied by a flautist, they strive towards a new Stabat Mater Gloriosa. "Missa Mama Nova is a musical performance that touches. An ode to the feminine, to life in all its softness, nuance and ambiguity." (Theatre Price Jury) 

Credits

Concept, composition & libretto: Timo Tembuyser
Dramaturgy: Lena Meyskens
Choreography: Timo Tembuyser & Fumiyo Ikeda
Mother’s body (dance): Fumiyo Ikeda
Mother’s breath (recorder): Dodó Kis
A body of sons (choir): Timo Tembuyser, Sonia-Sheridan Jacquelin, Charlotte 
Dommershausen, Mara Snip, Dominic Kraemer, Damani Leidsman
Sound design: Jo Thielemans
Light design: Gilles Pollak
Styling & MUA: Sjaïd Foncé & Sara Schoon
Final direction: Khadija El Kharraz Alami