Ibrah Silas Jackson is going international. He has already shown his play The Hereditary in six locations in Europe as part of the European program Attitudes, but now he is even crossing the European border. Lloyds company supported him at the beginning of his career. Now he's joining the lineup of the Afrovibes Festival and the San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest.

Lloydscompany supported Ibrah Silas Jackson in creating the piece Until the Quiet Comes, with which he was selected for Attitudes. In this European co-creation program, he worked on his new play The Hereditary and showcased it in six European cities. In this duet, dancers Angel Gonzalez Felix and Joao Balde Arias explore the weight of toxic masculinity passed down from generation to generation. What follows is a physical conversation about memory, masculinity, and healing through explosive movements.

Afrovibes and the San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest

Now he can also show this piece three times in Amsterdam at the international festival Afrovibes from October 2nd to 12th. The Hereditary is also part of the lineup for the San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest on November 8th and 9th at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.

ABOUT IBRAH SILAS JACKSON

Ibrah Silas Jackson (born 2000) is a director and choreographer from Rotterdam with roots in Uganda. His background is in hip-hop culture, but he has also gained knowledge of various movement disciplines, such as contemporary dance, funk styles, and African cultural styles. The core of his work is storytelling through visual art and movement. As a director, Ibrah has made several short films and music videos, is a dancer with the Ghetto Funk Collective, and began choreographing theatre pieces in 2021.