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A sporadic record of what happens in William Kentridge’s studio, in video, words and images

Polychromatic Geometry

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Polychromatic Geometry

Polychromatic Geometry ...

Tomorrow? But already this today is escaping me

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Tomorrow? But already this today is escaping me

Tomorrow? But already this today is escaping me ...

Testing Pepper’s Ghost for Dresden next year

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Testing Pepper’s Ghost for Dresden next year

Testing Pepper’s Ghost for Dresden next year ...

“The Great Yes, The Great No”
Burgtheater, Vienna
16 to 19 July, 2024

The new chamber opera by William Kentridge, commissioned by LUMA Foundation, in partnership with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is being performed in Vienna as part of the Impulstanz Festival 2024.

Creative team
Concept | Director: William Kentridge
Associate Directors: Nhlanhla Mahlangu | Phala O. Phala
Choral Composer: Nhlanhla Mahlangu
Music Director: Tlale Makhene
Dramaturg: Mwenya Kabwe
Costume Design: Greta Goiris
Set Design: Sabine Theunissen
Lighting Design: Urs Schönebaum | Elena Gui
Projection Editing | Compositing: Žana Marović | Janus Fouché | Joshua Trappler
Cinematography: Duško Marović
Video Control: Kim Gunning

Performed and created by
Performers: Xolisile Bongwana, Hamilton Dhlamini, William Harding, Tony Miyambo, Nancy Nkusi, Luc de Wit
Dancers: Thulani Chauke & Teresa Phuti Mojela
Chorus: Anathi Conjwa, Asanda Hanabe, Zandile Hlatshwayo, Khokho Madlala, Nokuthula Magubane, Mapule Moloi,Nomathamsanqa Ngoma
Musicians: Marika Hughes (Cello), Nathan Koci (Accordion | Banjo), Tlale Makhene (Percussion), Thandi Ntuli (Piano)

Produced by
THE OFFICE performing arts + film
A project of the Centre for the Less Good Idea
Lead commissioner
LUMA Foundation, Arles, France
Co-Commissioners
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami USA; CAL Performances, Berkeley USA; Centre d’Art Battat, Montreal Canada.

Foundational commissioning support for the development and creation of “The Great Yes, The Great No” is provided by Brown Arts Institute at Brown University.
Toured in partnership Quaternaire

Photograph: Stella Olivier

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“The Great Yes, The Great No” Burgtheater, Vienna 16 to 19 July, 2024 The new chamber opera by William Kentridge, commissioned by LUMA Foundation, in partnership with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is being performed in Vienna as part of the Impulstanz Festival 2024. Creative team Concept | Director: William Kentridge Associate Directors: Nhlanhla Mahlangu | Phala O. Phala Choral Composer: Nhlanhla Mahlangu Music Director: Tlale Makhene Dramaturg: Mwenya Kabwe Costume Design: Greta Goiris Set Design: Sabine Theunissen Lighting Design: Urs Schönebaum | Elena Gui Projection Editing | Compositing: Žana Marović | Janus Fouché | Joshua Trappler Cinematography: Duško Marović Video Control: Kim Gunning Performed and created by Performers: Xolisile Bongwana, Hamilton Dhlamini, William Harding, Tony Miyambo, Nancy Nkusi, Luc de Wit Dancers: Thulani Chauke & Teresa Phuti Mojela Chorus: Anathi Conjwa, Asanda Hanabe, Zandile Hlatshwayo, Khokho Madlala, Nokuthula Magubane, Mapule Moloi,Nomathamsanqa Ngoma Musicians: Marika Hughes (Cello), Nathan Koci (Accordion | Banjo), Tlale Makhene (Percussion), Thandi Ntuli (Piano) Produced by THE OFFICE performing arts + film A project of the Centre for the Less Good Idea Lead commissioner LUMA Foundation, Arles, France Co-Commissioners Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami USA; CAL Performances, Berkeley USA; Centre d’Art Battat, Montreal Canada. Foundational commissioning support for the development and creation of “The Great Yes, The Great No” is provided by Brown Arts Institute at Brown University. Toured in partnership Quaternaire Photograph: Stella Olivier

“The Great Yes, The Great No”
Burgtheater, Vienna
16 to 19 July, 2024

The new chamber opera by William Kentridge, commissioned by LUMA Foundation, in partnership with the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is being performed in Vienna as part of the Impulstanz Festival 2024.

Creative team
Concept | Director: William Kentridge
Associate Directors: Nhlanhla Mahlangu | Phala O. Phala
Choral Composer: Nhlanhla Mahlangu
Music Director: Tlale Makhene
Dramaturg: Mwenya Kabwe
Costume Design: Greta Goiris
Set Design: Sabine Theunissen
Lighting Design: Urs Schönebaum | Elena Gui
Projection Editing | Compositing: Žana Marović | Janus Fouché | Joshua Trappler
Cinematography: Duško Marović
Video Control: Kim Gunning

Performed and created by
Performers: Xolisile Bongwana, Hamilton Dhlamini, William Harding, Tony Miyambo, Nancy Nkusi, Luc de Wit
Dancers: Thulani Chauke & Teresa Phuti Mojela
Chorus: Anathi Conjwa, Asanda Hanabe, Zandile Hlatshwayo, Khokho Madlala, Nokuthula Magubane, Mapule Moloi,Nomathamsanqa Ngoma
Musicians: Marika Hughes (Cello), Nathan Koci (Accordion | Banjo), Tlale Makhene (Percussion), Thandi Ntuli (Piano)

Produced by
THE OFFICE performing arts + film
A project of the Centre for the Less Good Idea
Lead commissioner
LUMA Foundation, Arles, France
Co-Commissioners
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami USA; CAL Performances, Berkeley USA; Centre d’Art Battat, Montreal Canada.

Foundational commissioning support for the development and creation of “The Great Yes, The Great No” is provided by Brown Arts Institute at Brown University.
Toured in partnership Quaternaire

Photograph: Stella Olivier ...

PERFORMANCE TONIGHT
“Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters is to be performed by William Kentridge as part of the Impulstanz Festival.
Odeon Theater, Vienna
July 17, 2024 at 19h30

Schwitters’ “Ursonate” (1922 - 1932) is widely regarded as the greatest sound poem of the 20th century. Schwitters also made Dadaist collages and visual artworks but the “Ursonate” is perhaps his most important and influential work.

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PERFORMANCE TONIGHT “Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters is to be performed by William Kentridge as part of the Impulstanz Festival. Odeon Theater, Vienna July 17, 2024 at 19h30 Schwitters’ “Ursonate” (1922 - 1932) is widely regarded as the greatest sound poem of the 20th century. Schwitters also made Dadaist collages and visual artworks but the “Ursonate” is perhaps his most important and influential work.

PERFORMANCE TONIGHT
“Ursonate” by Kurt Schwitters is to be performed by William Kentridge as part of the Impulstanz Festival.
Odeon Theater, Vienna
July 17, 2024 at 19h30

Schwitters’ “Ursonate” (1922 - 1932) is widely regarded as the greatest sound poem of the 20th century. Schwitters also made Dadaist collages and visual artworks but the “Ursonate” is perhaps his most important and influential work. ...