Gregory Maqoma’s Vuyani Dance Theatre: Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro

“Intimate and heartfelt“-Culture Spot LA Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro Friday, January 24, 2020 - Saturday, January 25, 2020 The Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater This season, audiences can experience South African star Gregory Maqoma’s choreographic genius at the Kennedy Center for the first time with a rousing dance show. His collaborations with top artists have been making waves across the globe-from William Kentridge’s acclaimed production of The Head and the Load, which made its North American premiere in New York in 2018, to Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new multimedia musical Tree, which will premiere in the UK in June 2019. For his D.C. engagement, Maqoma’s contemporary dance company Vuyani Dance Theatre performs an innovative, visually stunning full-length work that brings literature to life. In Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro, Maqoma draws inspiration from creations