Nora Chipaumire - 100% POP
10 May 2019 - 12 May 2019
The performance of 10.05 will be followed by a party
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La Raffinerie / Charleroi danse - 21 Rue de Manchester 1080
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100% POP is a tribute to Grace Jones, the famous Jamaican singer, actress and model. As a black superstar, she has had a far-reaching influence on pop culture and introduced a new, shifting image of the black body. In a monologue bursting with infectious energy that combines voice, dance and music, Nora Chipaumire talks about how her discovery of Grace Jones and about her own youth in Zimbabwe, her longing for independence and the rise of music on television. 100% POP is the second part of a triptych about the emancipation of the black body in which Chipaumire embraces and challenges stereotypes. Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga music, dub, Black Noise and of course tracks by Grace Jones are mixed live to form an explosive cocktail.
Credits
Performed by: Nora Chipaumire, Shamar Watt, Atiyyah Khan, Philip White
Sound concept & direction: Nora Chipaumire
Vinyl DJ: Atiyyah Khan
Digital DJ: Shamar Watt
Sound design: Philip White
Technical direction: Heidi Eckwall, Sean Seago
Text & lyrics: Nora Chipaumire
Set design: Ari Marcopoulos, Kara Walker, Matt Jackson Studio
Light design: Nora Chipaumire
Costume concept: Nora Chipaumire
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Charleroi danse
Coproduction: The Kitchen, Crossing the Line Festival, Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University
With the support of: the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès within the framework of the New Settings Program
Additional support by: the Guggenheim Foundation, Institute for Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, American Dance Abroad
Credits
Performed by: Nora Chipaumire, Shamar Watt, Atiyyah Khan, Philip White
Sound concept & direction: Nora Chipaumire
Vinyl DJ: Atiyyah Khan
Digital DJ: Shamar Watt
Sound design: Philip White
Technical direction: Heidi Eckwall, Sean Seago
Text & lyrics: Nora Chipaumire
Set design: Ari Marcopoulos, Kara Walker, Matt Jackson Studio
Light design: Nora Chipaumire
Costume concept: Nora Chipaumire
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Charleroi danse
Coproduction: The Kitchen, Crossing the Line Festival, Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University
With the support of: the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès within the framework of the New Settings Program
Additional support by: the Guggenheim Foundation, Institute for Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, American Dance Abroad
La Raffinerie / Charleroi danse
21 Rue de Manchester 1080
Gebouwd in het midden van de 19de eeuw, vormt de voormalige suikerraffinaderij Gräffe, met zijn bakstenen muren en geraamte uit ijzer en gietijzer, en belangrijke getuige van het industriëel verlenden van de Hertogin van Brabantwijk. In 1979, kreeg het geheel van gebouwen een culturele bestemming. Het Plan K organiseerde er talloze theater en dansvoorstellingen, concerten, films, tentoonstelligen. In La Raffineriej, die ondertussen werd gerenoveerd, is thans de Brusselse afdeling van Charleroi Danses, Choreografisch Centrum van de Federatie Wallonië-Brussel ondergebracht.
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