Sun Eaters is contemporary folk dance which originates in the intimate relationship between the mythological nature of oil and the viscous darkness that is hidden in ancient dances. It is inspired by the magical realism associated with oil, horror poetry and revenge dance.

What happens when folk culture and folk dance are used to embrace the darkness of our era? Oil and folk dance are both collective ruins – divided, collective memories. Sun Eaters is an attempt to portray what kind of folklore and folk dance could belong in the current political landscape. The folk dance is darkly expressed through other media: it is alive, exhumed, incarnate, waving back at us.

Choreographer and musician Jassem Hindi and visual artist Sina Seifee blend pre-Islamic iconography, West Asian music, Doom Metal and Norwegian folk melodies to create a gruesome narrative: Oil is a deadly pearl, a viscous poem hidden in a dark abyss. It is a master of camouflage, mutating from hard fossil to nylon tights, from volatile organic gases to microplastics. Oil and folk dance both survive by betraying us: They charm us and draw us into their darkness.