South Africa’s award-winning Dada Masilo is a dancer and choreographer who takes great aesthetic risks, reinventing classic stories so they speak to black identity and feminism, through an innovative dance language that intertwines African movement and rhythms with traditional ballet and contemporary dance genres.
Masilo transforms Shakespeare’s complex play Hamlet into a universally understood piece of dance, set in urban South Africa. Utilizing Shakespeare’s dark work, Masilo adds dark humour, elegance, and a contemporary take on themes of the play.