Open Dans 2013

Been dazed and confused for so long, it's not true
Wanted a woman, never bargained for you
Take it easy baby, let them say what they will
Will your tongue wag so much when I send you the bill

Tapdance: Janne Eraker
Bass: Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva

A cover of the legendary song Dazed and Confused, using rock music and culture to inspire a contemporary tapdance concert.  

Dazed and Confused performed by Led Zeppelin: http://youtu.be/PiRkmTv2u2k

Janne Eraker // Tapdancer

Her dancing life started with Balkan folkdances, went on to all kinds of jazzdance, brought her to modern dance, before it finally led her to tapdance. She studied dance at School for Contemporary Dance in Oslo, Codarts in Rotterdam and Dance New Amsterdam in New York. To Janne, music has always been the main inspiration and reason to dance, and tapdancing is her way of expressing music.

She loves to improvise with musicians from all genres and sees no boundaries to which types of music one can tapdance to, whether it is folkmusic, swing, tango, contemporary music, soundscapes, pop or rock music. Janne tapdances in projects like City Sounds, VANG!, MaLeBago and Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva’s project Ventriloquism. She has had the honor of playing with musicians like Stian Carstensen, Kouame Sereba, Ferial Karamat Ali, Rene ten Cate, Zoltan Migovics and bands like Acid Folk Five, The Weathertown Bigband, Dzônk, Stöma and Fuse. www.janneeraker.com

Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva // Electric Bassplayer - Improvisor

He is devoted to his bass guitar and uses it in combination with bow, sampling and various effects. You can label his music as funk, jazz, hip hop, avant-garde, electronic, ambient, progressive rock, experimental, drum ’n bass... 

Bruno is active in the impro scene, theater and clubcircuit. He plays solo and with different bands (VANG, Stöma, Doodoo’s Coffee, Doktor Schnitt, Mulabanda) and is a member of the Danish band and danscompany WE GO. Bruno has performed internationally in cities like Tokyo, Copenhagen, New York, Moskow and London. In 2011 he won the public prize of the prestigious Jur Naessens Muziekprijs, one of the biggest Dutch music prizes for young and innovative talent. He has worked with with artists like Elliott Sharp, Pierre Bastien, Oene Van Geel, Mark Tuinstra, 
Theo Loevendie, Fred Lonberg Holm, Kato Hideki, Niti Ranjan Biswas, Marije Nie, Jorgen Teller, Ben Stokes, Hillary Jeffry, Cor Fuhler, Jaap Blonk, Rene van Barneveld, Bong Ra, Coolhaven, 
Liana Flu Winks, Jamie Fennelly, Lukas Simonis, Gerard van Dongen, Burton Greene, eNi-LesS,
Elle Bandita, YobKiss, Vanita & Joe Monk, Tok Tek, Prins Nitram and Harry Merry. Albums have been released on different labels (Tocado Records, Laterax) and independently. www.brunoferroxavierdasilva.com  

Review from 3voor12, from a performance at Burgerweeshuis in Deventer

Het trio Vang! tenslotte, is vanmiddag een duo bestaande uit (tap)danseres Janne Eraker en bassist-met-de-klinkende-naam Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva. Dat danseres Marije vandaag verhinderd is mag de pret geenszins drukken: de lieden zorgen voor een onbevangen en aanstekelijk coda. Bruno bouwt met behulp van looppedalen aan baslijnen als zoemende insecten die de danseres met graagte tracht te pletten onder de metalen schoenzolen. Het is ook Janne die de middag de finale geeft waar zij recht op heeft door ritmisch met de laarsjes aan in een bakje water te stampen. Een prachtige vondst, vinden ook de kids, die hardop blijk geven het allemaal nogal ‘vet’ te vinden. En zo is het.