“I am a storyteller, but I’m not here to tell stories. I’m here to dance.” The spare, unpretentious, free and fluttering movements of Linyekula do indeed tell stories in his self-choreographed solo that is both intimate and luminous.

“Le Cargo” tells of his return to home in a search for things lost and the dance, people and music he reclaims in the process. Original music is composed by Obilo drummers and Bessie Award-winning guitarist Flamme Kapaya.

About TALES OF HOME

This two-evening program of intimately scaled dance-theatre features extraordinary contemporary artists from the African continent. Faustin Linyekula and Panaibra Gabriel Canda grapple with the complex histories of their countries through the filtered experiences and relationships with their fathers and their own experiences of dislocation, forced emigration and cultural assimilation. In very different ways these artists share the rigor and passion of contemporary art in Africa.

The North American tour of Tales of Home: Congo/Mozambique is produced by MAPP International Productions in partnership with The Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium. This presentation of TALES OF HOME:Congo/Mozambique was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.