{"id":19475,"date":"2024-04-17T18:42:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/?post_type=mec-events&p=19475"},"modified":"2024-04-17T18:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T15:44:28","slug":"windows-of-displacement-akeim-toussaint-buck-2","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/en\/events\/windows-of-displacement-akeim-toussaint-buck-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows of displacement – Akeim Toussaint Buck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamaica \u2013 UK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Issues surrounding migration, home, borders, and identity pose some of the biggest questions of our time. Akeim Toussaint Buck addresses these and more in his timely, dance theatre solo show:\u00a0Windows\u00a0of\u00a0Displacement. Through the contextual lens of imperialism, colonialism and global\u00a0displacement, he weaves a story that speaks to the lived experiences and human lives that are entangled in the politics of power and oppression.<\/p>\n

It always sounds a bit pompous to describe a show as being \u2018important\u2019, but that\u2019s exactly what<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Windows<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>of<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Displacement<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>is. The fact that it manages to deliver its message while still being accessible, thought-provoking and immensely uplifting is a tribute to its creator.
\n<\/em>John Murphy, taken from a review written for Exeunt Magazine 2018<\/p>\n

Using his own journey of migration from Jamaica to the UK as a catalyst, Akeim Toussaint Buck brings together dance, spoken word and song to tell a story that is both deeply personal and universal. Through delving into his own journey, the audience is presented with a recent history of humanity. In this way, Toussaint Buck presents the threads connecting oppression, from the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the current mining and exploitation of the Congo, from the micro to the macro, from the past to present.<\/p>\n

Credits<\/strong>
\nWritten and Performed<\/strong> by Akeim Toussaint Buck.
\nDramaturge and Co Writer:<\/strong> Zodwa Nyoni
\nGold Dust Director:<\/strong> Amanda Huxtable
\nSound:<\/strong>
\nAkeim Toussaint Buck: Maroon (voice)
\nOtis Jones: Congas
\nDizaya Khupe: Child (voice)
\nOtis Jones: Guitar
\nFuraha Mussanzi: Congo (voice)
\nBurning Spear: Jordan River
\nVisual Designer:<\/strong> Akeelah Bertram
\nLighting Designer:<\/strong> Mark Baker & Matthew Rose Radway<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/strong> 54 min.
\nTrailer:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qt91e2s32zU&t=1s<\/a><\/p>\n

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