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Mimesis, Performance and Colorism

Further deepening tensions that already existed between people who had often been enemies and who were now forced to live as compatriots in territories forced upon them by external forces. The colonizers began to give better treatment to those who were “assimilated” and, even better, those who were lighter and had “fine” features. And so, in a process of mimesis in relation to the concepts that reward the ideology of racism, the ideology of colorism emerges in which, the lighter and with finer features the Black person is the more easily they ascend socially.

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10.05.2024 | by Aoaní d'Alva

ACARTE: Heteropia, heterochrony, and the construction of the common

The questions raised by Ana Bigotte, on the contrary, are not formulated in the strict disciplinary framework of art history, but from the porous and open framework of theory and cultural studies, taking as fundamental references the work of authors such as Luís Trindade or Boaventura de Sousa Santos, whose object goes beyond the specific sphere of the artistic to approach culture as a social process with multiple branches. It does so by following the path opened by André Lepecki, who formulated interesting hypotheses about the construction of the Portuguese social "body" from the study of dance and performance. This is another distinctive specificity of the Portuguese case that contrasts with that of the neighboring country: the focus on the arts of the body and the so-called "living arts", such as theater, dance, and music.

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06.03.2023 | by Jesús Carrillo

The Queen of Choreography: Neliswe Xaba

South Africa´s theatre gains international recognition for its performance arts productions due to applying diverse aesthetics and the search of new stage approaches by many different artists. In addition, regularly scheduled national and international dance, performance art and theater festivals are organized like Invecting the City in Cape Town, Dance Umbrella in Johannesburg, and National Arts Festival in Grahams Town etc.

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07.03.2012 | by Grit Köppen

The Performance “Kawa” of the Dance Company Chatha (Hafiz Dhaou, Aicha M´Bareck)

The stage and the auditorium are darkened. Suddenly a noise of clinking glasses in the audience is to hear. The stage light is slowly moved in, it remains dimmed considerably. The room is bare, dark and corresponds to a black box theatre. One can see a mountain of white cups on the right half of the stage.

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20.10.2011 | by Grit Köppen

Interview with the South African Performer Sello Pesa in Berlin

"I think there are so many misconceptions about African cultures. Besides, I use the ideas of used objects for rituals, but the material is different. Sometimes I abstract additionally the movements of such rituals. Anyway, I feel the need to alienate ritual elements; they mainly serve as an inspiration for me".