Program B - Sepember 21 – 22 with Maria Helena Pinto (Mozambique) in Sombra, and Bouchra Ouizguen (Morocco) in Madame Plaza.
What else should could be expected from such a well-thoughtout!? The women at MAPP and the many presenters that said yes to this project deserve all the kudos that they could possibly get. The house at NYLA was again packed with folks waiting and waiting to see what these wonderful African had in store, and they produced. The first, Sombra by Maria Helena Pinto was literally a tour de force! Amidst a stage filled with large black plastic pails (two were white), and later, tin drums descending from the ceiling, Pinto, who for the entire piece donned one of these pails, moved ever so formally. She danced on top of the pails, stuffed in the pails, or like the pail. An arm or a leg here and there just seemed so beautiful. As much as I wanted to see her face at the beginning, when the piece came to a closer, it was definitely more poignant to stay with her on her journey. No, don't take the pail of your head...and she didn't, but to take her bow. Bravo! The four women is Madame Plaza (featured three Aïta vocalists -Kabboura Aït Ben Hmad, Fatima Elhanna and Naïma Sahmoud ) and lead by dancer and creator Bouchra Ouizguen were sculptural, whitty and transforming in their delivery. More bravo!
What else should could be expected from such a well-thoughtout!? The women at MAPP and the many presenters that said yes to this project deserve all the kudos that they could possibly get. The house at NYLA was again packed with folks waiting and waiting to see what these wonderful African had in store, and they produced. The first, Sombra by Maria Helena Pinto was literally a tour de force! Amidst a stage filled with large black plastic pails (two were white), and later, tin drums descending from the ceiling, Pinto, who for the entire piece donned one of these pails, moved ever so formally. She danced on top of the pails, stuffed in the pails, or like the pail. An arm or a leg here and there just seemed so beautiful. As much as I wanted to see her face at the beginning, when the piece came to a closer, it was definitely more poignant to stay with her on her journey. No, don't take the pail of your head...and she didn't, but to take her bow. Bravo! The four women is Madame Plaza (featured three Aïta vocalists -Kabboura Aït Ben Hmad, Fatima Elhanna and Naïma Sahmoud ) and lead by dancer and creator Bouchra Ouizguen were sculptural, whitty and transforming in their delivery. More bravo!
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