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Defence of the Less Good Idea / Blind Mass Orchestra / Requiem Request

William Kentridge, João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga, Gregory Maqoma, Nhlanhla Mahlangu

As an introduction, Kentridge himself is on stage with his lecture-performance Defence of the Less Good Idea, an ode to daring to deviate from an initial idea and embracing the moment. This lecture is followed by Blind Mass Orchestra. Accompanied by South African and Dutch musicians, they play a composition by João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga. It consists of freely interpretable instructions for both the players and audience. The programme ends with Gregory Maqoma and Nhlanhla Mahlangu’s Requiem Request, which combines the South African isicathamiya choir Phuphuma Love Minus with dancers Thulani Chauke and Xolisile Bongwana in a music and dance performance based on Ravel’s Bolero. download the programme book

dates

Fri June 7 2019 8:30 PM

Sat June 8 2019 4:30 PM

Sun June 9 2019 8:30 PM

language & duration

  • English

  • Duration of performance unknown (geen pauze)

Frascati programme associate artists

For two weeks Frascati theatre will be the home of associate artists William Kentridge and Faustin Linyekula. Alongside performances by themselves and artists who inspire them, there will be a lot of work from their studios.

Frascati programme associate artists

For two weeks Frascati theatre will be the home of associate artists William Kentridge and Faustin Linyekula. Alongside performances by themselves and artists who inspire them, there will be a lot of work from their studios.

These presentations show the importance of Kentridges The Centre for the Less Good Idea and Linyekula’s Studios Kabako, and how they function. There will be a unique and exciting programme in which the boundaries between various artforms disappear. Also, we will be organising a series of debates, called The Welcome Table, in which themes from the presentations (that are also topical in the Netherlands) are discussed.

Kentridge and Linyekula use The Centre For The Less Good Idea and Studios Kabako to give both young and more experienced (performing) artists the space, opportunities and inspiration to work on their oeuvre. For Amsterdam they selected work using different criteria: Linyekula is giving two young artists the opportunity to test new work on Dutch audiences as works-in-progress; Kentridge selected presentations from all the seasons thus far been organised at The Centre.

Choose one or more parts of the programme and be surprised by performances that not only add a new perspective to Kentridge and Linyekula’s artistry, but also tell new stories – from intensely political reflections, exceptional childhood memories and attempts to create new myths for a new era.

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credits

video editing Zana Marović direction João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga, Gregory Maqoma, Nhlanhla Mahlangu composition João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga chole kulcha harp João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga analog synthesizer João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga electronics João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga double bass Shane Cooper electric guitar Wiek Hijmans French horn Morris Kliphuis violin Diamanda La Berge Dramm percussion Tlale Makhene voice Ann Masina drums Rogier Smal video artworks João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga, William Kentridge, Zana Marović, Janus Fouché dance Xolisile Bongwana, Thulani Chauke performance William Kentridge, Phuphuma Love Minus, Mhlakazeni Myeza, Patrick Majozi, Mqapheleni Ngidi Siyabonga Majozi, Siphesihle Ngidi, Mbongeleni Mafutha Ngidi, Lucky Inunuyamanzi Khumalo, Wiseman Nkusheshe Mthembu, Jabulani Tshitshelimithi Mchunu, Celimpilo Mkaba Ngudi light design Wesley France

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