A relatively unannotated listing for a week strong in performance art:
FOOFWA D'IMOBILITE DANCE EVENTS (REPEATED FROM LAST WEEK)
1: THE MAKING OF SPECTACLES
Acclaimed Swiss contemporary dance artist Foofwa d'Imobilité and his company of dancers present two shows in Cape Town from Monday 13. In The Making of Spectacles the audience is " the audience is invited to collaborate with the artistic team in order to compose a unique performance. The elements presented ie. dance phrases, dramatic scenarios, music, lighting design, and costuming are carefully crafted in advance and offered as tools to the spectators for the creation of a dance to their taste. After playful, democratic voting, where humor is invited, the spectators can enjoy the synthesis of their group decisions." (Sounds like Theatre Sports but I've never seen it applied to dance !)
Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 20h00
Little Theatre Hiddingh Campus 021 4807129
2: PINA JACKSON IN MERCEMORIAM
"A choreographic comedy" by Foofwa d'Imobilite to look forward to next week. The dancer explains:
"Since, within one month, three Greats of Dance died and since this dismal fate brought them together, I decided to evoke altogether the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, the Queen of Tanztheater, Pina Bausch, and the Emperor of Dance Revolution, Merce Cunningham, in a triple « humoriscritic » and vivifying tribute."
Wednesday 15 20h15 Theatre Arts Admin Collective Methodist Church Observatory 021 4473683
Thursday 16: Hiddingh Hall (details still to be published by Gipca)
(www.foofwa.com)
MOLLY BLOOM AT THE BAXTER
"Molly is the wife of Leopold Bloom in James Joyce's classic novel Ulysses. In the final section of the book, lying in bed next to her snoring husband, she muses over her marriage, her lovers, her body and her children, among other topics. Acclaimed South African actress Jennifer Steyn performs Molly Bloom's erotic, witty, bawdy, sensual, shocking, moving and highly entertaining stream-of-consciousness monologue, which has been condensed and adapted for the stage, as well as directed, by Nicky Rebelo."
Baxter Studio
from Tuesday 14 20h15
ARTWORKS IN PROGRESS
On Wednesday is the opening of the Michaelis School of Fine Art's exhibition of works showcasing the creative activity of the school's academic staff.
Michaelis Galleries Hiddingh Campus
Opening Wednesday 15 Sept 18h00 for 18h30
Till 6 October Tue - Fri 10h00 to 15h00 Sat 10h00 to 12h00
ART: BLISSFUL DISTURBANCE
Already open at the Michaelis Galleries and on until 2 October is an exhibition of works by the Wits University Fine Art Masters students, curated by Portia Malatjie.
Michaelis Galleries Hiddingh Campus
Till 2 October Tue - Fri 10h00 to 15h00 Sat 10h00 to 12h00
AFRICAN HIP HOP INDABA
For two days on Friday and Saturday is the "African qualifier for the World Break dance Championships which will see various forms of dance including Nu Skool, Popping, Krump and U13 b-boy battles"
Good Hope Centre Sir Lowry Rd
Friday 17 to Saturday 18 19h00
Cost: R 50
www.africanhiphopindaba.co.za
THEATRE: QAPHELA CAESAR
Opening on Saturday, Jay Pather’s contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar takes the audience through 14 rooms of the historic City Hall, alternating between installation and performing art while incorporating dance, spoken text, multimedia and opera. Each of the five performances of Qaphela Caesar are limited to an audience of 50 people.
City Hall Saturday 18 19h45 Sunday 19 to Wednesday 22 20h00
078 4060 509 ameejay@ananzi.co.za www.gipca.uct.ac.za
Tickets are R65, available from Computicket www.computicket.com
PIANESSENCE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Swiss musician Petra Ronner returns to South Africa to perform new pieces for piano and electronics. One show only, in Stellenbosch this Sunday.
Konservatorium Fismer Hall Stellenbosch University Victoria St Stellenbosch
Sunday 19 16h00 R65 - R85
021 465 9033 communications@prohelvetia.org.za
LAST WEEK FOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AT THE CASTLE
The recent conference on South African documentary photography was accompanied by this major exhibition "featuring the work of 56 photographers and more than 60 photographic essays."
Castle of Good Hope
till 18 September
