Vuyani Dance Theatre

Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro

APR 12-16

Physically charged and visually striking, Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro is a powerful work featuring live singing, choreographed by South African star Gregory Vuyani Maqoma. Set in a graveyard filled with the haunting music of Isicathamiya singers—an a cappella style originating from the Zulu people— the production draws inspiration from Zakes Mda’s novel Cion and Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. In Maqoma’s words, the show is “a lament, a requiem required to awaken a part of us, the connection to the departed souls.”

SCHEDULE

Wed Thu-Fri Sat Sun

7:30pm 8pm 2pm & 8pm 2pm

Curtain Chat

Thu, Apr 13

CHOOSE

This engagement of Vuyani Dance Theatre is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Support for The Joyce’s presentation of international dance provided by the R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance.