Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja & Tschuku Tschuku
Ondaanisa yo Pomudhime (The Dance of the Rubber Tree)
Republic of Namibia
The performer, theatre theorist and musician Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja presents two works at this year’s festival. The sound performance «Ondaanias yo Pomudhime (The Dance of the Rubber Tree)» is the result of his long-term research on restitution. It reveals sounds from archives and collections and makes them accessible for the future of new generations. The work is presented again as a Collective Listening. «Zilin», a concert with his band Tschuku Tschuku, pursues a similar intent: to restitute forgotten sounds to new audiences. (mvh)
Artistic direction and cast
| Kuratorisches Konzept & Songwriting | Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja |
|---|---|
| Mit | Tschuku Tschuku: Samuel Batola (Leadgitarre), Mutsa Lairdman (Drums, Perkussion, Produktion), Raymond Tatenda Mapfumira (Keyboards, Bass), Lovisa the Superstar (Vocals), Sanelisiwe Yakeni (Spoken Word, Poetry), Chris Eiseb (Perkussion), Tapuwanashe Munyayi (Mbira), Ovakwanangobe, Oshikwiyu, Endola (Vocals), Jackson Wahengo (Vocals, guitar on odalate naiteke) |
| Ethnografische Aufnahmen | Ernest und Ruth Dammann (1953, Omaruru, Usakhos und Okahandja, Zentralnamibia), gefunden in den Basler Afrika Bibliographien |
| Leadgesang | Lena Fender, Elifas Eiseb und Adam Horeib |
| Foto | Hemen Heidari / Basler Afrika Bibliographien |
Landiwiese
Collective Listening
Co-production
Language
Englisch, Oshiwambo, Khoekhoegowab, Shona and isiXhosa
An inclusive event
Collective Listening
Collective Listening is one of the formats we have developed in response to the pandemic last year. The audience listens to listening pieces created by artists from our international network on radios distributed on picnic blankets on the Landiwiese
Safety Concept
For this event, there is no obligation to wear masks and no COVID certificate is needed. See here for more information about your visit to the Theater Spektakel
Open-air performance
In case of adverse weather, the performance will be cancelled. Information on potential cancellation on theaterspektakel.ch and Facebook no later than 2 hours before the start of performance
On demand
The listening piece is made available on theaterspektakel.ch > Digital for free the day after the performance
Thanks
The performances at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel are supported by Ernst Göhner Stiftung and Max Kohler Stiftung