- By Elaine Walker
Many cultural wonders are coming to The Wallis this month and next – hope you’ll have time to catch a few! THE GREAT YES, THE GREAT NO hits the stage February 5-8, described as part play, part Greek choir, part chamber opera interwoven with breathtaking surreal visuals by William Kentridge. Conceived in collaboration with award-winning theater maker Phala Ookeditse Phala, and choral conductor and dancer Nhlanhla Mahlangu, the plot mixes history with fiction in 1941 Marseille on a liner sailing for Martinique with artists and intellectuals on board fleeing from Vichy France. On February 15, a powerful new oratorio AT WAR WITH OURSELVES – 400 YEARS OF YOU is brought to life by GRAMMY-winning vocal ensemble Tonality and the celebrated Kronos Quartet. On February 21, the powerhouse vocalist of Calle 13 and now GRAMMY-winning solo performer iLe brings a mesmerizing blend of traditional Latin rhythms and cutting-edge electronic sounds to The Wallis. HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES, arriving March 13-30, promises to be a profound theatrical experience. Conceived and directed by Moisés Kaufman, the play is based on very real and recent happenings: in 2007 an album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrives at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. As historians worked to unravel the shocking story behind the images, worldwide media spread news of the discovery and generated conversation that reverberated far beyond the museum walls. This play endeavors to tell the story behind these historical photographs—what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust and, ultimately, about our own humanity.
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