Mapapa Acrobats and Mandingo
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Mapapa Acrobats and Mandingo | |||||
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| Venue | St James Theatre (1930-), Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand | |||||
| Umbrella Event | New Zealand International Arts Festival 1992 | |||||
| First Date | 19 March 1992 | |||||
| Opening Date | 19 March 1992 | |||||
| Last Date | 21 March 1992 | |||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||
| Status | Professional | |||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||
| Description | This is the first time for New Zealand to see this fantastic act outside Kenya. The spectacular show combines breath-taking limbo, colourful costume, ring jumping, Kenyan dance, fast daring acrobatics and tumbling - all accompanied by live music from the Mombasa band Mandingo. The seven Mapapa Acrobats have been performing professionally for six years, and after rave reviews from their 1990 Edinburgh season have rejoined with Mandingo to match incessant Benga Beat rhythm and busy bass lines with high energy exhilarating acrobatics.
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| Description Source | Programme | |||||
| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||
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Music
Acrobatics |
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| Text Nationality | Kenya | |||||
| Production Nationality | New Zealand | |||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||
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| Event Identifier | 154867 | |||||
| Dataset | AusStage | |||||
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