
MAPP International Productions "In seeking an African identity, Maqoma strikes a universal chord."
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Contemporary dance from Africa may be one of the final fields for exploration by outsiders. Fortunately, Bay Area audiences have already sampled the work of significant figures from that continent, like Vincent Mantsoe and Faustin Linyekula. ...

MAPP International Productions Great Bay Area review of Greg's show. West Coast people-- there are two more shows in SF and then he's on to Seattle-- don't miss it!
Source: www.insidebayarea.com

MAPP International Productions Our friend Rha's great blog post about working in Rwanda recently (ht to 651 Arts)
Facing History-The Rwandan Genocide (final blog) - RHA GODDESS - MUSIC PAGE's MySpace Blog | RHA GOD
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Read Facing History-The Rwandan Genocide (final blog) by RHA GODDESS - MUSIC PAGE on MySpace Blogs! New blogTopics added every minute. ...............

MAPP International Productions DC area friends: Check out Disfarmer at CSPAC-- tomorrow night's show will be preceeded by an illustrated lecture by gallerist and Disfarmer expert Steven Kasher!
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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will host performances of Disfarmer tomorrow and Friday. The puppet show originally debuted at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y. this past January.

MAPP International Productions This just in: Michael Cunningham (Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours) will be the guest artist in Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell at the Bay Street Theater November 28!
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Spalding Gray, one of the most revered and irreverent storytellers of our time, became an indelible image: sitting alone at a desk on a bare stage, delivering hilarious and moving monologues. But what ...

MAPP International Productions Right on for the return of individual artist support and funding (controversial) hip-hop. Less right on for bowing to "decency standards." Hard to imagine how he'll reconcile these things-- what do you think?
Rocco Landesman, Controversial New Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts | By Lee Rosenbau
Source: online.wsj.com
The brashly candid new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts would open up funding to rap and graffiti artists.

MAPP International Productions Bay Area folks: MBJ is reading new writing at Berkeley Rep tonight! We can't be there-- let us know what you think!
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More than a triple threat, Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran and internationally acclaimed hip-hop theater pioneer whose "the break/s" broke new ground in "mix-tape ...

MAPP International Productions Co-Director Cathy Zimmerman will be returning next week from a two-week research trip in DR Congo where she has been spending intensive time with artist Faustin Liinyekula in his home country. Check out the blog next week to hear what Cathy has to say about the remarkable work Linyekula is creating there.

MAPP International Productions Tonight Only! Marc Bamuthi Joseph's "multimedia excursion" in Pittsburgh.
Location:August Wilson Center for African American Culture
Time:8:00PM Thursday, October 29th

MAPP International Productions check out this amazing pic of Gregory (shout out to Antoine! Congrats on the exhibition!)
Exhibition Dancers of Africa • Faces of Africa • African Journey (Excerpts) Opening reception: 5 November 2009 from 7-9pm Exhibition from 6 November 2009 - 30 January 2010 Open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 7pm.

MAPP International Productions "Expect sly humor, astounding physical grace and compelling tales of growing up in the midst of hip hop as it formed and solidified itself as a true art form."
The mercurially versatile Marc Bamuthi Joseph breaks down hip-hop culture at the Wilson Center. - On
Source: www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws
"That's like, super-black. It's a strike."

MAPP International Productions And another really interesting take by Tedd Bale! This is I think very representative of many people's experience.
Source: www.ballet-dance.com
Ballet-Dance Monthly Magazine : an inclusive site for ballet, modern and performance dance : dance reviews

MAPP International Productions Eva Yaa Asantewaa on Rousseve!
Source: infinitebody.blogspot.com
Arts journalist published since 1976. Psychic counselor specializing in Tarot as a transformative modality. For information on psychic services, contact Eva at http://tinyurl.com/pz5fzr.

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Last weekend, I was warmly welcomed into the community at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis for “Singing the Legacy of Sekou Sundiata” — a citizenship potluck dinner and community sing inspired ...

MAPP International Productions Greg and co. are, as we speak, on their way from LA to Albuquerque.
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The latest dance installation at REDCAT through Oct. 25, called “Beautiful Me,” may seem intimidating. Gregory Maqoma and Vuyani Dance Theatre hale from South Africa, and this evening-length piece - on its first U.S. ...





















