{"id":94182,"date":"2025-11-18T21:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/kinani-celebrates-20-years-at-maputo-festival"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:20:52","slug":"kinani-celebrates-20-years-at-maputo-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/kinani-celebrates-20-years-at-maputo-festival","title":{"rendered":"Kinani Celebrates 20 Years at Maputo Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambican contemporary dance platform Kinani will \u2018occupy\u2019 the chapel of the Sa\u0303o Francisco Xavier (Ronil) Cemetery in central Maputo to mark 20 years of activity, also promising a \u201cworld premiere\u201d in Polana Canic\u0327o, on the outskirts of the capital, alongside dozens of performances and multidisciplinary events during this edition of the Maputo Contemporary Dance Festival, taking place from 24 to 30 November\u2014an international biennial that ranks among the major contemporary dance events on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will hold a world premiere in the Polana Canic\u0327o neighbourhood, which is no small thing; it is significant because the dynamic between the outskirts and the centre becomes much more active. That is the big news,\u201d Idio Chichava, Kinani\u2019s technical coordinator, told Lusa, referring to the premiere of \u2018Herd\/Less Walking on Tin Shells\u2019, by South African choreographer Mamela Nyamza.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the dance festival, running from 24 to 30 November, will also take place in the chapel of the now-closed cemetery of Sa\u0303o Francisco Xavier Cemetery (Cemite\u0301rio da Ronil) in Maputo city, transforming the space into a performance stage.<\/p>\n<p>The performance \u2018When Birds Sing of Loss&#8230;\u2019 by Ane Iselin Brogeland from Norway will take place in the cemetery chapel on 27 November, a day that will also feature four other presentations in venues across Maputo, including \u2018The Substitutes\u2019 at Casa Velha by Mozambican Isabel Jorge, and \u2018Echo, Hollow, Trapped in the Chest\u2019 at Correios de Moc\u0327ambique by Brazilian Maria Emi\u0301lia Gomes.<\/p>\n<p>For Idio Chichava, the 11th edition of Kinani, which means \u201cdance\u201d in a local Mozambican language, will be \u201cvery bold,\u201d bringing together national and international artists, curators, and art lovers, while also serving as a space for creative dialogue and reflection on social challenges through dance.<\/p>\n<p>The programme features eleven national and ten international companies, marking a record presence of Mozambican groups.<\/p>\n<p>Performances and public presentations are scheduled to take place at Jardim Tunduro, Ronil [Sa\u0303o Francisco Xavier] Cemetery, Cine A\u0301frica, Correios de Moc\u0327ambique, the Franco-Mozambican Cultural Centre (CCFM), Pirikitas Gallery, Projecto Utopia, Teatro Avenida, the Polana Canic\u0327o neighbourhood, and the \u20184o Andar\u2019 of an abandoned building opposite the Mozambican Ministry of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have really created an open-door relationship [&#8230;]. Today, after 20 years, Kinani is established as an important platform in the dance world, in the dance club, across Africa, Asia, and Europe,\u201d said the coordinator, while lamenting the \u201cvery high\u201d logistics and investment required to hold the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Kinani biennial \u201chas lived with financial difficulties for 20 years,\u201d said Idio Chichava, noting that \u201ceven without money,\u201d the festival continues thanks to the help of various artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe use spaces that require very high logistics and investment. But even so, even without money, we manage [to sustain Kinani] with the help of many artists who come to help us clean the spaces, to help organise the spaces, and that becomes a relief in what is our logistical management,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n<p>According to the technical coordinator, sustainability continues to rely on direct contributions from artists, considering the \u201ccollective sacrifice\u201d that makes the edition viable, and the event counts on partnership with the French Embassy through the French Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Artistic director Quito Tembe highlighted the biennial\u2019s role as an international market that will \u201cpromote and sell artistic works\u201d and described contemporary dance as one of the arts that currently employs the most people and has \u201cthe most internationalisation worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need the State or Government to give a bit more assistance, not only to this biennial but to all other festivals,\u201d said Tembe, calling for recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The 11th edition of Kinani also includes debates, reflection sessions, and exhibitions at Casa Velha, in the capital of this African country, including a retrospective video showing 20 years of Mozambican contemporary dance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a biennial for the inhabitants of this city of Maputo. This biennial is no longer ours. I think it belongs more to those who live in this city,\u201d noted Quito Tembe, urging public engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have shows here that are world premieres, and these African artists chose to premiere their major projects here in Mozambique. So we are privileged to have these shows premiering here,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Mamela Nyamza (@mamelas_artistic_movement_)<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Ane Iselin Brogeland (@aneiselin)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mozambique<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. 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