Brett Bailey
House of the Holy Afro
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House of the Holy Afro
Director, Brett Bailey
With Odidiva and Xoliswa Tom, Brinsley Motsepa, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Mapumba Cilombo, Fundile Mbeka, Nonthutuzelo Nyiki, Zanele Mbizo
Scenography, Brett Bailey
Choreography, Natalie Fisher
Poetry, Odidi Mfenyana, Brett Bailey
Track Arrangements , Dino Moran
Vocal Arrangements, Bongile Mantsai, Bongani Magatyana, Terence Nojila
Lightning Design and Technical Manager, Kobus Rossouw
Stage and company Management, Justin Green
Producer and Third World Bunfight Management, Barbara Mathers
United Kingdom Producer and International Consultant: UK ARTS
Production A Third World Bunfight / Recast for the CENTQUATRE (Paris) and Festival d’Automne à Paris //
Manifestation organisée dans le cadre des Saisons Afrique du Sud-France 2012 & 2013 www.france-southafrica.com //
Premiered on 2004 at Sharp Sharp Festival (Berne)
The work of South African stage director and artist Brett Bailey and his company, Third World Bunfight, questions Africa’s post-colonial transformations and probe its multiple
cultures. House of the Holy Afro combines street dance, gospel and shamanic rituals, being based on Bailey’s recordings of tribal ceremonies reworked with electronic beats.
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