Philly Fringe 2025: FringeArts presents nora chipaumire’s Dambudzo
Is nora chipaumire’s Dambudzo an immersive work that defies genre, or a dance installation through which the audience moves? The show was selected for the 2025 Fringe Festival Curated lineup, but the description varied. Dambudzo is designed to resemble a 1980s Zimbabwean shabini, or pop-up bar/gathering space, before apartheid’s end and communism’s fall. Attending puts the viewer in the midst of a fever dream in which colonialism, resistance, performer, and viewer collide.
By Melissa Strong
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