MOUNIA NASSANGAR

Mounia NassangarFR

Multiple shows

Can you dance through burnout and the feeling of being stuck? Join in for a maximalist disco performance as French waacking star makes the attempt

  • Wednesday 3 July
    21:15, Platform
  • Thursday 4 July
    17:15, Platform

'STUCK' is the title of this new performance by Mounia Nassangar, one of today's prominent waacking dancers, both in her home country of France and internationally.

Waacking is a street dance stemming from the style punking developed in the LGBTQ+ clubs of Los Angeles during the disco and funk era of the 1970s. The dance is characterized by fast, rotating arm movements, expressive posing, and plenty of attitude.

For Mounia Nassangar, waacking serves as both a protest against homophobia and racism and a key to liberation. In 'STUCK,' she explores how one can accept the limitations of the body—and life—using dance as a tool to overcome challenges and the feeling of being trapped.

The French talent has previously appeared as a dancer in the music video for the song 'Modern Jam' by the American rapper Travis Scott and in designer Jean Paul Gaultier's musical 'Fashion Freak Show.' In 2023, Mounia Nassangar started her own dance company, cie.nassanger, and was recognized as the 'Talent of Tomorrow' by the progressive French magazine Konbini in 2024.

'STUCK' is produced for Roskilde Festival in collaboration with Detour Dance Festival.