Festival

Around The Great YES, The Great NO, by William Kentridge

Performed discussion · Dance · Music · Theatre · Video

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Location: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, view access map
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About the event

As part of The Centre for the Less Good Idea's residency at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.

As part of an activation inviting audiences into The Centre’s working processes, this performance will be a showing of the processes and strategies behind William Kentridge’s The Great YES, The Great NO. Produced by William Kentridge and THE OFFICE performing arts + film, and developed at The Centre for the Less Good Idea, The Great YES, The Great NO centres around a historical escape from France by, among others, the surrealist André Breton, the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, the communist novelist Victor Serge, and the author Anna Seghers. Performers Thulani Chauke, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Teresa Phuti Mojela, Neo Muyanga, Asanda Hanabe, Tony Miyambo, and Anathi Conjwa will participate in the performance, led by Kentridge.

Performers | Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Anathi Conjwa, Asanda Hanabe, Thulani Chauke, Teresa Phuti Mojela, Neo Muyanga, Luc de Wit & Tony Miyambo


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Estimated duration: 2h.
Doors open at 2pm.
Seated show, subject to availability.
English and French.
Shows begin at the time indicated: latecomers will only be allowed entry if this does not disturb the show.
This event will be filmed by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain teams for distribution on our digital communication platforms and those of third parties authorized by us. The audience may appear in the produced content. If a person appears in the produced content and wishes to be removed, please contact the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain at contact@fondation.cartier.com.

The Less Good Lounge
Documentation space Moments of Making (archives, documentary film and sound installation).
Bookshop space in collaboration with The Centre for the Less Good Idea and the Fondation Cartier.

Bar
Cafeteria Soré (African cuisine), open every day and evenings of performances.