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Gregory Maqoma (South Africa)

Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro

May 4-6

Tickets from $25

“Maqoma has always been expert at conjuring the visionary and the magical.”
— The Guardian

“A gripping dance-opera”
— Financial Times

Gregory Maqoma, one of South Africa’s most celebrated artists, is thrilling critics around the world with his newest music/theater/dance production Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro. Carried by the transformative singing of an African choir, the work weaves a narrative of greed, power, and the pain of mourning with a moving live score interrogating Ravel’s music through South African vocal traditions. Maqoma founded Vuyani Dance Theatre in 1999 with the vision to build a platform for artists in South Africa and beyond—where collaboration could be a catalyst for breaking cultural barriers. Maqoma’s collaborations with top artists from around the globe include William Kentridge’s acclaimed production The Head and the Load and Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new multimedia musical Tree, among others.