Dorchester ARTS spring programme kicks off with stunning contemporary dance company - Tavaziva Dance - with a performance performance of their extraordinary new show Double Take at Dorchester’s Corn Exchange on Friday 21 January.
Eight wonderfully exuberant dancers unravel an inspirational soundtrack by musician and choreorgapher Bawren Tavaziva with the sweet sounds of African vocalist Tsungai Tsikirai.
This intense performance explores the idea that there are two sides to every story…through adversity there comes triumph, through pain there comes love, after a storm comes a calm.
The show is a celebration of culture, hardship, agony and joy and demonstrates the impact of black dance choreographer Bawren Tavaziva on contemporary dance in Britain.
Bawren Tavaziva grew up in Harare in Zimbabwe where football, Michael Jackson, and Kung Fu movies provided his artistic inspiration. He practiced the dance styles, karate moves and football skills in the neighbourhood streets where the children gathered.
In his teens he joined a dance programme created by The National Ballet targeting talented under-privileged youngsters. It was the start of a dance career where he went on to tour extensively the African sub-continent and Euroope. In 1998 he moved to the UK where he worked with Sakaba Dance Theatre, JazzXchange, Carol Brown, Phoenix Dance and Union Dance Compahy. He formed Tavaziava Dance in 2004.
Tsungai Tskirai appeared in the BBC’s Last Choir Standing and has performed with Slyaya at the Glastonbury Festival and is currently working on her own album. She joins Tavaziva Dance as a guest vocalist for their spring season and sites her musical influences as Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekala, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Nina Simone.
There will be a post-show discussion with the audience. Tickets £10 / £8 members / £6 under 18s. BOX OFFICE: 01305 266926. www.dorchesterarts.org.uk
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