Nora Chipaumire

NORA CHIPAUMIRE: LIONS WILL ROAR , SWANS WILL FLY , ANGELS WILL WRESTLE HEAVEN , RAINS WILL BREAK:

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Posted by Amanda Abra ams on Feb. 24 4, 2011 at 3:34 pm

With the M Middle East roiling with citizens who’v ve had enoug gh of their re of free sp peech—or lac ck thereof—a and what it m means to be a a prisoner of moved, o once again, to o front and ce enter. That mak kes Nora Chi ipaumire’s t timing uncanny. The Zimb babwean-bor self-imposed exile in t the U.S. is sh howing her w work tonight a and tomorrow Maryland d’s Clarice Sm mith Center. T Though she’s worked all over this cou internatio onally known dance comp pany Urban B Bush Women n, Chipaumire difficult is ssues of living g outside her r native coun ntry, which is currently on the world. Her piece e, “lions will r roar, swans w will fly, angels s will wrestle e heaven, rain focuses d directly on fre eedom of exp pression in Zimbabwe; it’s s a dance, sh displacem ment, trauma a.” Live acco ompaniment t to Chipaumir re’s piece wil ll be provided d by Thomas Unlimited d. A towering figure in the Afro-pop wo orld and crea ator and popu Mapfumo o also lives in n exile in the U.S. His mus sic is banned d in Zimbabw will do wh hat art is ultim mately meant t for: to trans smit, from one e individual d expressio on of a unique experience e. In this case e, it’s the exp perience of c even free edom of thought is a given n. A couple of free and intriguing eve ents have bee en scheduled d around the p.m., UMD ethnomusicology profe essor Fernan ndo Rios willl host a prep Leah M. S Smith Lectur re Hall to disc cuss chimure enga music a and its early d the Zimba abwean liber ration struggle, as well as s its successfful exportatio the efforts s of musician ns like Mapfu umo. orrow night at 7 p.m., the university pr resents a scrreening of the and David H Hinton, also in the Leah M M. Smith Lectture Hall. Sh an original s score by Map pfumo, the film m uses perfo ormance and d memories a and history to o life. ormance is to onight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. $3 30. pressive rule ers, the conc your own co ounty have rn choreogra w night at the untry and is a e still grapple e of the mos ns will break he says, “abo

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