Co-presented with FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival
Sur les traces de Dinozord (In Search of Dinozord) is an adaptation of a 2006 work that paid homage to the murdered Congolese political prisoner Antoine Vumilia Muhindo. Set to Mozart’s Requiem performed live by rising opera star Serge Kakudji, dancers and actors move through a landscape of ruins in the post-apocalyptic Congo, looking for remainders of their dreams. In spoken word and solo dances, they delve into the wrenching history of the Congo, recounting legends from their childhoods and mourning the loss of a friend.
Date + Time
Date + Time
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Friday Sep 22, 20177:30 PMPost-show Talk
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Saturday Sep 23, 20177:30 PM
About
About
Performed in French with English supertitles.
- Fri Sep 22 – Sat Sep 23, 2017
- 7:30 PM
- $40
Language
Performed in French with English supertitles.
Gallery
Gallery
The artist
The artist
Faustin Linyekula
Faustin Linyekula is an artist with a “live-wire intensity” (The New York Times). His riveting work often addresses themes of memory, forgetting, and dreams. With his country’s history as a catalyst, he considers the impact that decades of war, trauma, and economic uncertainty have on people’s lives.
Support
Support
Part of BRIDGING, an initiative co-developed and supported by The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation.
Details Direction: Faustin Linyekula With: Serge Kakudji (singer), Jean Kumbonyeki Deba, Papy Ebotani, Yves Mwamba Bakadiasa, Faustin Linyekula (dancers), Papy Maurice Mbwiti, Antoine Vumilia Muhindo (actors) Text: Richard Kabako, Antoine Vumilia Muhindo Music: WA Mozart (Requiem, excerpts), Charles Lwanga Choir of Kisangani Joachim Montessuis (Nierica), Arvo Pärt (Pari Intervallo, Redeuntes in mi, Trivium, Annum per Annum), Jimi Hendrix (Voodoo Chile) Production: Studios Kabako / Virginie Dupray Co-production: KVS Theater, Brussels. With support from the DRAC Ile-de-France / French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Faustin Linyekula at NYU Skirball is co-sponsored by the Department of NYU Tisch Dance and the Department of NYU Africana Studies.
