Quijerema performs at: Cafe Leila, Thursday, October 20 7 p.m., 1724 San Pablo Ave Berkeley CA Visit http://www.quijerema.com/
Maria, one of the members of this ensemble, is going to visit the class at some point this semester (smile). If you attend this evening, say hi to her and mention our class.
Desdemona (Wed.-Sat., Oct. 26-29)
Also think about attending one of the workshops for Desdemona next week: October 27, 5 PM and Friday, October 28, 12-2 PM. Visit http://www.calperformances.org/performances/2011-12/theater/desdemona.php
Cal Performances brings you the U.S. premiere of an extraordinary theatrical collaboration!
In response to Peter Sellars's 2009 Othello, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré, and Peter Sellars join forces to create an intimate and profound conversation from beyond the grave between Shakespeare's Desdemona and Barbary, the woman Shakespeare identifies as the African nurse who raised her. After centuries of colonialism and racism, the two women share stories, songs, determination, and hope for a different future. Morrison has written an unforgettable, incisive, and compelling script, and writing the music and singing the role of Barbary is Rokia Traoré, one of Africa's greatest vocalists. Traoré plays off the griot tradition, transforming and extending classic Malian music into a "truly mesmerizing" (USA Today) sound. Peter Sellars, the creative, penetrating, and influential voice in the world of opera and theater, directs.
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