| MANCC: Nora Chipamure |
 Informal Showing followed by dialogue with the artist
Thursday June 5 6:00 PM Montgomery Hall studio 404 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Informal showing of Nora Chipaumire's newest work-in-progress, "“Zambezi/limpopo: anatomy of a revolution and the spirit of Zimbabwean resistance and survival”. Nora was at MANCC as part of the Urban Bush Women/Compagnie JANT-BI residency in Jun 2007 and the fundraiser performance in Jan 2008. She is now returning as a recipient of our Choreographic Fellowship program to develop her own work from May 18 - June 7. Informal Showing followed by dialogue with the artist Thursday June 5, 6:00 PM FSU Department of Dance, Montgomery Hall studio 404 To reserve your seat, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Parking available directly behind Montgomery Hall or in the Faculty/Staff lot off of Woodward Avenue (From TN Street, Turn Left on Copeland, Turn Right on Jefferson, Turn Right on Woodward and the lot is on the right, directly past the FSU Police station). Nora won a 2007 Bessie Performer Award for her performances during Urban Bush Women's Joyce season. In Dance Magazine's May 2008 issue, Eva Yaa Asantewaa writes, "Nora Chipaumire is a lioness--a regal, iconic presence hailed for her performances with Urban Bush Women as well as her own solo creations." The article continues to comment on Nora's law school degree and her decision to switch to contemporary dance so that she can take charge of how Africans are seen. Nora says, "Art can be transformative, reach a higher place in humanity without being dogmatic...for Africans, dance is a fundamental, democratic way to communicate." Nora's collaborators during the residency are Thomas Mapfumo, a composer and musician from Zimbabwe and three musicians from Mapfumo's band the "Blacks Unlimited". For more information about the residency and full bios on Nora Chipaumire and Thomas Mapfumo please visit www.mancc.org |