From the Tony Award winning Broadway musical FELA! – a provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, exploring the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti – the ‘FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording’ documents the magic of the hit Broadway musical.
Verbalized – a dynamic journey through the streets of Johannesburg, Leeds, London & Cape Town. An international collaboration between South African & British poets, exploring new ways of creating, devising & discussing poetry.
With Hollywood visitors Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the lead roles, August Wilson’s play, ‘Fences’ is currently enjoying a notable vogue in its first Broadway revival since the original production in 1987, but off-stage as well as on, this ‘Fences’ is a cautionary tale.
Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), FELA! explores Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist and revolutionary musician.
In 1955, he became the first African-American male dancer to become a permanent member of a major ballet company, in his case, the School of American Ballet. In 1969, Arthur Mitchell co-founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
