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

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SEASON 3 | 12 April performances | Video Excerpt

In April 2018 The Centre for the Less Good Idea hosted Season 3.

https://vimeo.com/269149490

This extract is from WRITING FOR THE EAR, WRITING FOR THE EYE
by Bettina Malcomess and Bhavisha Panchia

12 April 2018
Abri de Swardt
WORDS BENEATH BRIDGES 
WRITTEN BY | Abri de Swardt
PERFORMERS | Quinton Manning and Danie Putter
LIGHTING DESIGN | by Gretchen Blegen
SOUND INTERVENTION | Dion Monti

Dion Monti
LOST LOVER 1 
MUSIC | Dion Monti
PERFORMER | Dion Monti
CHOREOGRAPHER | Llewellyn Mnguni
VIDEO PROCESSING AND PROJECTION | Meghan Judge
LIGHTING DESIGN | Gretchen Blegen

Anne Historical
NEGLECT( 
LIGHTING DESIGN | Gretchen Blegen

CINEMATOGRAPHER | Boitumelo Moroka
EDITING | Noah Cohen
SOUND | SoulFire Studios