' SEASON SOUTH AFRICA >>> September 2004 to January 2005
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In the decade since the advent of democracy, a generation of artists who are challenging the frontiers of artistic expression, both visually and intellectually, has come to the fore.

From mid-September to early January, Season South Africa, a visual and performing arts program, is being presented by the Museum for African Art and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York that will challenge general perceptions of South African art practice and performance.

Visual Arts: Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, features works from 17 South African contemporary artists, commissioned specifically for the exhibition and mainly created as site-specific works.

Performing Arts: The celebrated lyric theater company Dimpho Di Kopane will be staging five weeks of performances of four different productions.

NEW YORK CRITICS AND AUDIENCES RAVE ABOUT DIMPHO DI KOPANE:

The New York Times calls DDK's productions "...sheer theatrical and musical pleasure..." with "...drama that lives and breathes..." in which "the acting is pure and gestural" and "the harmonies are glorious". "Don't miss them"! (read full NYT review)

PERFORMANCES REMAINING:

At 8pm unless otherwise noted

Thu 11 Nov - IKumkanikazi yeKhephu The Snow Queen (preview)
Fri 12 Nov - IKumkanikazi yeKhephu The Snow Queen
Sat 13 Nov - IKumkanikazi yeKhephu The Snow Queen (gala)
Sun 14 Nov - U-Carmen (3pm matinee)
Tue 16 Nov - Ibali looTsotsi The Beggar's Opera
Wed 17 Nov - Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries
Thu 18 Nov - Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries
Fri 19 Nov - IKumkanikazi yeKhephu The Snow Queen
Sat 20 Nov - Ibali looTsotsi The Beggar's Opera
Sun 21 Nov - Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries (3pm matinee)
Tue 23 Nov - Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries
Wed 24 Nov - Ibali looTsotsi The Beggar's Opera
Thu 25 Nov - U-Carmen
Fri 26 Nov - IKumkanikazi yeKhephu The Snow Queen
Sat 27 Nov - Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries
Sun 28 Nov - Yiimimangaliso The Mysteries (3pm matinee)

Performances at Synod Hall
110th Street and Amsterdam Avenue

Tickets: CityTix (212) 581 1212 or www.nycitycenter.org
$50 ($30 for previews). Seniors, students and children half price

Season South Africa Telephone Hotline
(718) 784 7700

For a detailed program with descriptions of productions, click here.

Press Contacts

Season South Africa (and Personal Affects)
Antoine Vigne
Blue Medium
+1 212 675 1800
antoine@bluemedium.com

Dimpho Di Kopane
Helene Davis
Cohn Davis Associates
+1 917 339 7189
hdavis@cohndavis.com