NEHANDA: College of Arts & Sciences Seminar - Tuesday, September 20 at 4:00 PM

Join Faculty Liaisons: Silvia Marsans-Sakly & Michael Ciavaglia as they walk you through the rehearsal process on the Quick stage, and meet with the performers and the creator, nora chipaumire, to discuss themes of the work through the lens of opera and the colonial body, followed by pizza in the lobby.

September 23 at 6 p.m.

Ticket Prices: $30 | $5 for Fairfield University Students with Stag Card ID. Please note, Fairfield University and Prep Faculty and Staff enjoy free and discounted tickets by contacting the Quick Center Box Office.

Part ritual, part manifestation, part war, part opera - NEHANDA is a durational performance structured in seven scenarios called 'days' and is an immersive, participatory, and durational spectacle. This new opera features musical forms, melodies, and instruments that wholly subvert the form - think: turntables, Ngoma drums, mbira, and samples of field recordings. Working from and within the ancestral spirit of Mashonaland in Zimbabwe; Nehanda embodies a sacred space where performers fight for the liberation of the colonial body with a case against the empire.