ShebeenDUB
ShebeenDUB is a performance by nora chipaumire with a group of dancers performing “within” the afternow sound system installation. It is usually combined with a Dubnight. Part gig, part dance performance, part social, ShebeenDUB celebrates the creative and law-defying possibilities of dub, a musical style that emerged in the late 60s and early 70s –… Continue reading ShebeenDUB
NEHANDA
protest, legal gathering, world making. 1890, Cecil John Rhodes, then Prime Minister of Cape Colonies, advanced the Union Jack past the Limpopo River, making way for further industrial development and encouraging colonialism and immigration. Three years later, these encounters resulted in conflicts with the Ndebele people residing in modern-day Zimbabwe. Again in 1896, led by… Continue reading NEHANDA
NOT waiting…
Choreographers nora chipaumire and Germaine Acogny put forth an act of refusal, of intergenerational conversation and transmission, and of sorority and solidarity—a political statement and gesture that promotes ongoing practices found in Senegal and Zimbabwe. Drawing inspiration from the history of the Lébou community and the central place that women have in the traditional Ndeup… Continue reading NOT waiting…
Dambudzo
Dambudzo is a bold, anti-genre collapse of sound, painting, sculpture, and performance. In Shona, dambudzo means “trouble,” and it is also the name of Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera, who, along with other radical African thinkers, inspires nora’s exploration of the relationship between knowledge and language shaped under colonial rule. A glorious celebration of radical African presences, Dambudzo shatters...
acontinua – an obituary, a manual for a life lived chasing LIFE
This work was - is provoked by a refusal to participate in “retrospective“ activities. now - nowness - live - liveness - as the only possible options have led me to this preoccupation — as all our experiences become muscle; breath, footfall, backbend — and knowledge is shared through proximity to other bodies. the word acontinua - is a celebration of Andre Lepecki‘s continued work with liberatory choreographies as...