The Centre for the Less Good Idea is an interdisciplinary incubator space for the arts based in Maboneng, Johannesburg

VIDEO COUNTDOWN 6/6

See extracts for upcoming performances hosted in the William Kentridge studio at Arts on Main over the course of the Season.

URSONATE
Performed by Willliam Kentridge
Running Time: 60mins

William Kentridge’s Ursonate is, essentially, a lecture about music and language, in four parts.

Date | 17 October at 8:30pm
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COLLAPSED CONCERT
Performed by Kyle Shepherd and Jill Richards
Running Time: 60mins

This Piano programme is, in some senses, a lecture through the means of performance. Richards, who is a great interpreter of the Western tradition – from Classical through Romantics and Modernists – will perform Pierre Boulez’s Piano Sonata No. 2. A notoriously difficult piece to perform.

This interpretation will be followed by a counter-example – Shepherd’s own Jazz composition. Shepherd’s work will make use of spoken, non-musical, and other aural recordings that both exemplify and challenge his profound history of engagement with the piano.

Date | 18 October at 8:30pm
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DON'T TRUST THE BORDER
Director | Jessica Nupen
Collaborators | Dramaturgy: Phala Ookeditse Phala, Dancers: Themba Mbuli, Thulani Chauke, Jessica Nupen, Lorin Sokol, Thamsanqa Masoka, Olivia Papoli Barawati, Eugene Mashiane, Visual Artist: Peter Mammes, Music Composition: Luca Hinrichs & Lucinee Der KaraPetian, Costume & Prop Design: Joel Janse Van Vuuren, Light & Set: Wilhelm Disbergen, Film & Illustration: Leila El-Kayem, Production Management: Fanny Roy, PR and Marketing: Ulrike Steffel / Kampnage, Photography: Tanya Hall

Associate institutions | Centre for the Less Good Idea, Film recording and post-production: Freeeye-TV, Kampnagel, Lufthansa, Hamburg, Universitat Hamburg, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Moving Into Dance Mophatong and Mantombaz Foundation
Running Time: 60mins

Jessica Nupen’s Dance ensemble work Don’t Trust the Border uses bodies in order to investigate and explore the circumstances of migrancy, relocation, exile; longing and belonging.

Date | 19 October at 8:30pm & 20 October at 12pm
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BLACK PRIVILEGE
Performed by @Mamela Nyamza
Running Time: 50mins

Mamela Nyamza, easily one of the most active and skilled artists in the realms of dance and physical theatre in the country, brings her solo dance piece, Black Privilege to Season 4 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea.

Director and performer | Mamela Nyamza

Collaborators | Sello Pesa | Lighting & Stage Designer: Wilhelm Disbergen, Body Paint Artist & Costume Designer: Linda Mandela-Sejosingoe, and Production Manager: Buntu Tyali

Date | 21 October at 4pm
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