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On Being Human as Praxis

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Donaueschinger Musiktage 2020

Ieva Navickaite & Tommaso Petrolo — dance
Dam Van Huynh — choreography
Elaine Mitchener — voice

Elaine Mitchener

Elaine Mitchener

Manufaktur für Aktuelle Musik
Richard Haynes — clarinet
Paul Hübner — trumpet
Sabrina Ma — percussion
Sarah Saviet — violin
Caleb Salgado — bass

Manufaktur für Aktuelle Musik

Manufaktur für Aktuelle Musik

On Being Human As Praxis

George Lewis — H. narrans (2020) for voice and ensemble WP
Tansy Davies — The rule is love (2020) for voice and ensemble WP
Jason Yarde — THE PROBLEM WITH HUMANS Volume 1 – An Overview From Under (2020) WP
Laure M. Hiendl — White Radiance (2020) for voice and ensemble WP
Matana Roberts — Gasping for air, considering your purpose, dissolving (2020) WP

On Being Human as Praxis is taken from the title of a critical genealogy of works of Jamaican feminist writer and cultural theorist Sylvia Wynter and edited by Katherine McKittrick. Inspired by Wynter’s insights on how race, location, and time together inform what it means to be human, vocal-movement artist Elaine Mitchener has invited five composers to creatively respond to Wynter’s startling reconceptualization of the human and her attempts to rehistoricize humanness as praxis. For this journey Mitchener’s long-term collaborator, Vietnamese American choreographer Dam Van Huynh, will direct her with members of his dance company and the ensemble Manufaktur für Aktuelle Musik.

https://www.donaueschingen.de/Veranstaltungen/Veranstaltung?view=publish&item=eventDate&id=9094

Earlier Event: 16 October
On Being Human as Praxis
Later Event: 17 October
On Being Human as Praxis