Agenda 15 - 21 Juli 2012

In this show South African choreographer and dancer Gregory Maqoma breathes new life into his Xhosa past. He summons up ancestors who have departed this world but who live on in him, linking the past and present in a unique blend of traditional movement and contemporary dance. He is joined on stage by four exceptional South African singers and Italian guitarist Giuliano Modarelli, performing songs by Simphiwe Dana, a singer and composer from Maqoma's native province of the Eastern Cape. The performance is set against a rich visual landscape created by the Johannesburg-based artist Nicholas Hlobo.

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Malian singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, two women of African and African American origin, come together to create Desdemona, an intimate and profound conversation between Shakespeare’s Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary, from beyond the grave. Moving beyond centuries of colonialism and racism, two women share stories, songs and hope for a different future.

london2012festival barbican

This rollercoaster epic saga is told by the people of the South African townships and the South Wales Valleys in a cross-cultural performance mixing drama, music, circus and dance. Set in South Africa and Wales, this classic love story of loss and separation takes us from 1964 and the film Zulu to the present day, set against the historic backdrop of South Africa's struggle for freedom and democracy.

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Malian singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, two women of African and African American origin, come together to create Desdemona, an intimate and profound conversation between Shakespeare’s Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary, from beyond the grave. Moving beyond centuries of colonialism and racism, two women share stories, songs and hope for a different future.

london2012festival barbican

This rollercoaster epic saga is told by the people of the South African townships and the South Wales Valleys in a cross-cultural performance mixing drama, music, circus and dance. Set in South Africa and Wales, this classic love story of loss and separation takes us from 1964 and the film Zulu to the present day, set against the historic backdrop of South Africa's struggle for freedom and democracy.

london2012festival milleniumcentre