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HIFA 2012 – Day 5
A busy day it started with the National Ballet show which despite its name included a huge variety of styles; ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and probably some others that I’ve forgotten. Visually very...
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Africa light
“Do you know what the diplomats call Zimbabwe?” Mark asked. “Africa light” he answered without letting me respond. “Much though our infrastructure has degenerated we still actually HAVE one and it does...
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HIFA 2013 – day 5
A day of dance – mainly. The National Ballet put on When They Are Gone. Lots of colour and fun with a serious message highlighting the plight of the desperately endangered rhino. A great performance...
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Alice in Bollywood
Yes, you read that correctly. Not Wonderland, Bollywood. This was a National Ballet production and is essentially the start of the ballet season here in Harare. I saw a rehearsal last Friday and was...
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The election part 2 – where to now?
As Helen said to me on Saturday; “If it’s such a landslide victory for ZANU-PF where are the celebrating crowds?”. They certainly weren’t on the street in Harare. Or anywhere else that I have heard. A...
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HIFA 2014 – Day 3
Right, now that the internet is back I can post! Hopefully it will last long enough… Day 3 was Coca-Cola day and quite a busy one for me. First off a play, The Maids, a French written tragi-comedy...
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HIFA 2014 – Day 4
Friday was Day 4, also known as Golden Pilsner Day (a local brand of beer). I re-attended the DFC Baobab Shadows to get some photos that had eluded me the first time around. That done I watched Short...
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HIFA 2014 – Day 6
HIFA is now over of course. My internet did not work for a full 3 days which is why these posts are late. It took an hour on the phone to a support centre and the good fortune to be chatting to a...
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Ballet
There are consequences of an economy in a tailspin. One of the first sectors to feel the pinch is the arts and dance is no exception. Symmetry As a trustee of the Dance Trust of Zimbabwe I am all too...
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