Talk Dance host Justin Jones speaks with MAPP International Productions codirector Cathy Zimmerman in her role as producer of Voices of Strength and choreographers Nelisiwe Xaba and Kettly Noël about their work as part of this mini-festival of contemporary dance and theater by women from Africa.
PART 1: Producer Cathy Zimmerman
1:30 / MAPP International Productions and the Creation of Voices of Strength
4:00 / Curating Voices of Strength
6:00 / Life & Death and Dance-making in Africa
8:30 / Contemporary Dance in Africa
12:10 / What Audiences May Experience
PART 2: Choreographers Nelisiwe Xaba and Kettly Noël
15:10 / Meetings
17:30 / Classical Ballet
21:30 / Talking Politics as Character Research
24:00 / Identity
28:45 / Humor
33:00 / High Heels
37:00 / Music & Globalization
Get Walker Reader in your inbox. Sign up to receive first word about our original videos, commissioned essays, curatorial perspectives, and artist interviews.
)
)