Videos
Corpuscular Cores by Layla Zami
Commissioned work for The Kitchen L.A.B. Research Residency in response to Romi Morrison’s graphic score for the project Songbook: The Quotient of Desire
Composed by Layla Zami in collaboration with dancer Oxana Chi
All music performed live by Layla Zami (saxophone, loops, bells, wood drum)
Except drums performed by Hervé Hartock, composed and recorded by Layla Zami
Sound Engineer: Heidrun Schramm
Recorded on September 7, 2023 at the KulturKirche Nikodemus Church, Berlin, Germany
Frida Kahlo Boléro
Choreography, Dance: Oxana Chi
Music composed and performed by Layla Zami (saxophone)
Featuring Julius Heise (vibraphone)
Visual art by Betty Stürmer
Recorded in Berlin, Germany on 18.08.2021 at the Transitions Festival
An Autumn Day in Berlin
Improvisation around the "Blue Bossa" Theme
Layla Zami (saxophone), Oxana Chi (dance), Peter Schindler (piano)
Recorded in Berlin, Germany on 21.11.2020
Screened at the Dixon Place Year-End Celebration on 30.12.2020
feelingJAZZ
Dance, Choreography: Oxana Chi
Saxophone, Live-Loops: Layla Zami
Concept, Choreography, Dance: Oxana Chi
Live-Music (saxophone, loops): Layla Zami
This work was made possible in part by an AIRspace Grant for Performing Artists from the Abrons Arts Center.
I Step On Air
Oxana Chi: Director, Choreographer, Dancer
Layla Zami: Actress, Music composition & improvisation (Saxophone, Kalimba, Sounds)
Text written by May Ayim and translated by Layla Zami and Prof. Marion Kraft
A musical dance-theater tribute to the Afro-German poet, activist, and performer May Ayim.
Oxana Chi: Concept, Choreography, Dance
Layla Zami: Text (May Ayim), Saxophone, Kalimba, Sounds (inspired by Haruka Fujii)
Produced in Cooperation with EDEWA 2012.