24 > 28.06.19
CN D Pantin
Born in Mutare (Zimbabwe), Nora Chipaumire moved to New York after studying dance in Africa, Cuba and Jamaica. Ever since her first piece, Chimurenga in 2003, her work has deconstructed stereotypes of the black body and examined its emancipation on the stage. Often drawing on her private life, her pieces (Dark Swan, Portrait of Myself as my Father, Rite Riot…) have won her a number of prizes in the USA, including three Bessie Awards. She has also carried out research at University, in partnership with prestigious American institutions. She presented #PUNK at the CN D in Camping 2018.
NHAKA Practice & Process
Nora Chipaumire has been developing a living technique, a physical manifesto called NHAKA — inheritance legacy — in her Shona language. The work and philosophy owes its genealogy to Shona culture and Shona spiritual practices. Animist technologies, strategies and philosophy can only be useful to those who are willing to reinvigorate their own art practising honesty and rigor. Participants are therefore asked to prepare the workshop by defining what might be missing from their own practice, so they can lead the direction of inquiry during the experimental work.
