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Nora Chipaumire and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Premiere New Dance Theater Work

Choreographers nora chipaumire and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar lend their distinct perspectives and innovative movement styles to visible, a new dance theater work commissioned by Harlem Stage and produced by Zollar’s company Urban Bush Women (UBW) that has its world premiere at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse October 12-15, 2011.   by Gabrielle Sierra

Dancer’s expressive story of her native Zimbabwe

Love for her native Zimbabwe drives expatriate choreographer nora chipaumire in the stinging “Lions Will Roar, Swans Will Fly, Angels Will Wrestle Heaven, Rains Will Break: Gukurahundi,” now receiving its world premiere at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Painstakingly designed and quietly performed, the piece obliquely addresses the Matabeleland Massacres of the early 1980s.

Tanz im August – Eröffnungswochenende

Im stickig-heißen Bühnenhaus der Alten Münze in Berlin-Mitte, zum ersten Mal ein Spielort des Tanzfestivals, hat die Choreografin nora chipaumire ihr Stück “Dambudzo” – “Ärger” – gezeigt, ein Stück voller Lebenslust und Lebensfreude.