Work-in-Progress: Theater
May 3 + 4, 2018
MASS MoCA

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William Kentridge — a remarkably versatile artist whose evocative vision combines the political with the poetic, while combining elements of visual and performative arts — brings a troupe of more than 50 performers for a two-week residency culminating in a work-in-progress performance of The Head and The Load — which deals with subjects as sobering as apartheid, colonialism, and totalitarianism. Kentridge’s highly personal work is often imbued with lyrical undertones in his critical examination of aspects of his native South African society.

The Head and the Load
William Kentridge, Concept & Director
Phillip Miller, Composer
Thuthuka Sibisi, Music Director
Catherine Meyburgh, Video Designer
Gregory Maqoma, Choreographer
Greta Goiris, Costume Designer
Sabine Theunissen, Set Designer
Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Design
Luc De Wit, Assistant Director
Mark Grey, Sound Designer

PERFORMED AND CREATED BY
Ayanda Aleki, Julia Zenzie Burnham, Mhlaba Buthelezi, Thulani Chauke, Luc De Wit, Xolani Dlamini, Joanna Dudley, Lungile Halam, N’faly Kouyate, Grace Magubane, Ncokwane Lydia Manyama, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Tlale Makhene, Ann Masina, Tshegofatso Moeng, Mapule Moloi, Bham Ntabeni, Vincenzo Pasquariello, Mncedisi Shabangu, Sipho Seroto, Lindokuhle Thabede, and The Knights.

This program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.