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Alexandria Folk Dance TroupE of Egypt
PRESENTED BY THE EMBASSY OF EGYPT
The Alexandria Folk Dance Troupe is always searching for a unique art - an art good enough for
the land and the people it represents. The troupe performs all kinds of folk-dance journeying
from the Alexandria region to the North, East, West, Central desert and South of the great nation
of Egypt.
In addition to original dance pieces, the troupe experiments with folk dances and reproduces
them in new molds. Colourful, full of energy and culture, this performance which has been
presented by the Embassy of Egypt in Zimbabwe, will engage and delight audiences, especially
those experiencing the magic of Egyptian dance for the first time.
WEDNESDAY 01 MAY / CABS DAY / 7ARTS THEATRE / 10:30AM
The Little Ghost Sonata & Miss Me
Inspired by August Strindberg’s ”Spöksonaten”, The Little Ghost Sonata takes the audience
into a haunted world …. Come in - if you dare... Dar es Salaam Dance International (DDI) combine
street dance influences with contemporary choreography, under the creative guidance of Fujo
Makaranga and Aloyce Makonde, Artistic Director of Visa2Dance, Tanzania.
Choreographer: Camilla Ekelof (RTV Dans, Sweden)
Music by: Tomas Elfstadius
Set and costume design by: Tomas Sjöstedt
DDI Dancers: Hassani Muya, Samson Moris, Saidi Choga, Habibu Bajuni, Yacob Zuga,
Abdalah Juma and Fujo Makaranga/Dgembe
Miss Me presented by Muda Africa is a search for help, leading to the discovery of self and the
realisation that the solution is within…. A solo dance piece about a woman who discovers her own
beauty. Muda is short for Music and Dance, and also means “ time” in Swahili.
Performance Director / Choreographer: Aida Colmenero Diaz from Spain.
Muda Africa Directors are Hilda Kiel, former founder and director of the Dhow Music Academy and
Rachel Kessi founder of Mawazo Contemporary Art Centre.
TUESDAY 30 APRIL / BANCABC DAY / ZB BANK REPS THEATRE / 1PM
WEDNESDAY 01 MAY / CABS DAY / ZB BANK REPS THEATRE / 1PM
Moreechika
season of mirage
Presented by Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT)
The third part of this endlessly inventive company’s
investigation into human contact with the natural
world, Morechika is a dance piece fuelled by mirages
and violent histories, and the tremendous courage
and hope of women.
Keeping at its heart artist-activist Ken Saro-Wiwa’s
charge to “Dance your anger/and your joys/dance the
guns to silence”, this piece creates an explosive world,
fuelled by greed over oil and nightmarish schemes of
progress, consistently bringing audiences to their feet
by the end.
Co-directed by Ananya Chatterjea, lauded by Women’s
E News as one of “21 Leaders for the 21st Century,” and
OBIE Award-winning theatre artist Laurie Carlos.
TUESDAY 01 APRIL
BANKABC DAY / 7ARTS THEATRE / 4:15PM
The Wanderoo
by Ketan Nagar
with Kinkini Dance
Company
A dance drama based on
the demise of a species
of monkey known as the
Lion Tailed Macaque. The
choreography emphasizes
the effects of deforestation
on the habitat of this
species and how the
insensitive development
of human civilizations is
affecting the population
of this monkey.
Using a unique mix of Indian, contemporary
and Zimbabwean dance styles, Ketan
Nagar has brought together various dance
professionals from Zimbabwe to create a
unique movement vocabulary achieved
through the collaboration of creative minds
and bodies.
A glamorous and fantastical dance
performance, with elaborate costumes,
atmospheric lighting and dazzling spectacle.
Performance Director/Choreographer:
Ketan Nagar
SUNDAY 05 MAY / OLD MUTUAL DAY / 7ARTS THEATRE / 7PM
Dark Cell
& Point 1,2,3
Dark cell
A multi-media solo by Themba Mbuli, adapted from this South
African choreographer/dancer’s award winning “Dark City” created
in collaboration with Swedish theatre director Kent Ekberg
and British composer Phil Thurston. The worst imprisonment is
in our minds. Once your mind is chained, you’ll forever remain a
prisoner in a lonely Dark Cell of your own thoughts.
POINT 1, 2, 3
rails against societal ills using the body and movements of
the much-admired South African choreographer and dancer
Luky Kele to answer despair and loneliness with hope and
enlightenment.
Contains PARTIAL nudity
WEDNESDAY 01 MAY / CABS DAY / THE STANDARD THEATRE / 3PM
THURSDAY 02 MAY / STANBIC BANK DAY / THE STANDARD THEATRE / 1PM
NO U16