From Exile to the Dance floor
Imagine this: in 1990, four months after his release, Nelson Mandela addresses a crowd on Leidseplein from the balcony of the Stadsschouwburg, now known as ITA. His words on solidarity and connection form the starting point for this evening.
Radical Space opens with a lecture performance by DJ Lynnée Denise, who explores the artistic connections between South Africa and Amsterdam.
Duration 90 minutes
Genre Perspective
Language English
From Exile to the Dance Floor
Inspired by her parents’ record collection and the club culture of the 1980s, Lynnée Denise has been immersing herself for years in underground musical movements within the African diaspora. She calls her method DJ Scholarship: an approach in which music is seen as a form of knowledge production, a living archive where political struggle, collective memory and queer history converge.-|-
During Radical Space, she presents her research into how South African music legends found their way to Amsterdam. For some, the city became a place of exile; for others, a refuge for inspiration and cultural exchange.
Discover an alternative soundscape of the city and listen to South African legacies in Amsterdam.
Radical Space in The Bookshop
This programme is part of Radical Space. The Bookshop was once the entrance to the amphitheatre’s balcony, intended for the ‘common people’ who paid less for a ticket. As a result, these visitors were separated from the wealthy Amsterdammers, executives, mayors and the nobility, who were allowed to enter via the main entrance. This class division is, of course, no longer actively practised today. But could it be that the traces of this past still influence the way our society functions?
way. How do young people view the future? Featuring Femke Halsema, Lotje Cohen, a performance by the ITA Ensemble and others.
