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Dance Performance: Trail by Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen, Dec. 12 & 13 2015 @ Kenya National Theatre

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Dates: December 12 & 13, 2015
Venue: Kenya National Theatre
Tickets: 1,000
Tickets are available on TicketSasa.com | For more information call +254700045452 or email caroline@ghettoexposed.com

About
Performers and audience are set to engage in a remarkable dance performance “TRAIL” by renowned Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen on the 12th and 13th of December at the Kenya National Theatre.

“TRAIL” fuses different styles of dance and music and brings together an exquisite group of 12 strong male and female dancers from various regions of Kenya. Renowned European choreographer Tero Saarinen (Finland) and his highly acclaimed artistic team, celebrated in 40 countries across the world, are creating a gripping new contemporary dance production that celebrates the talent, explosive energy and beauty of Kenyan dancers.

With the African continent merged into processes of global cultural flows, African artists are no longer located only in Africa and the African diaspora, but also in the virtual, inter-medial areas, as for instance in video art or the Internet. This post-modern Africa is still often noticed as ‘traditional’, in most cases with a claim for “authenticity”. Contemporary African pieces of dance are ways to build upon this ‘trail’ of authenticity and use the strength of both tradition as well as innovation.

TRAIL is collaboration between Tero Saarinen Company and local organization Ghetto Exposed, supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland as well as the Finnish Embassy in Nairobi.

The project is part of the 50-year anniversary celebrations of the diplomatic relations between Kenya and Finland.

Crafting Kenya

Exhibition & Expo: Crafting Kenya, Dec. 2-20 2015 @ Alliance Française

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Crafting Kenya
CRAFTING KENYA a photographic journey of Kenya’s crafts

A project by designer, Wanja Laiboni with the photographer, Athony Bourrasseau

Opening: Wednesday, 2 December at 6.30pm.
Venue: Alliance Française de Nairobi

About
Crafting Kenya documents Kenya’s traditional and contemporary crafts via photography, seeking to create a visual crafts resource as well as celebrate the wealth of Kenya’s crafts and talent of its artisans.

http://www.craftingkenya.com/

Exhibition runs until 18 December.

Kwani at AF

Kwani? Litfest: Panel Conversation W/ Boris Boubacar Diop, Dec. 4 2015 @ Alliance Française

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Kwani at AF
Date: December 4, 2015
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 2-5pm

About
Senegalese novelist, journalist and essayist, Boris Boubacar Diop, has established himself as one of the most prominent contemporary Francophone writers. In his first appearance in Kenya to participate in the5th edition of the Kwani? Litfest, Boris Boubacar will discuss the impasses and weaknesses of African literature.

His presentation will be followed by a short panel conversation with him and the Congolese writer, Patrick Mudekereza.

Abstract from Boris Boubacar Diop’s presentation:

‘Some of the most important names in African literature are authors like Chinua Achebe from Nigeria, Pepetela from Angola or Mongo Beti from Cameroon. What they have in common is that they write in the languages of their former colonial powers – England, Portugal and France –
rather than in any existing African language.
So, it can be said in reference to the partition of Africa in 1885, that a Triple Berlin Wall still divides Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone writers. Many of us still think that this situation, far from being problematic, is the best opportunity to reach international audiences. This choice is understandable but it may also be too simplistic. Is it time to remember the poet Birago Diop’s famous words:
‘The baobab can’t conquer the stars unless it is deeply rooted in the soil’ ?
I would like to to show that the linguistic debate raised in the sixties by Cheikh Anta Diop and Ngugi Wa Thiong’O has never been more topical or more vital.’

V2 at Little Art Gallery

Exhibition: Visceral 2 – M THEORY, Until Dec. 20 2015 @ The Little Art Gallery – Karen

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V2 at Little Art Gallery
Dates: Until 20th December 2015
Venue: The Little Art Gallery, Karen, Nairobi.

About
Mwini Mutuku, Curator Ross Van Horn and The Little Art Gallery Project Coordinator, William Ndwiga invite you to Visceral 2| M THEORY at The Little Art Gallery, Karen.
Mwini’s work exists at the intersection of graphic design and fine art.In ‘Visceral 2 | M THEORY’, he explores particle physics and the mind in an attempt to investigate ideas around existence.

The exhibition is set as a conversation between two bodies of work, one with Mirrors and the other with Scorched Paper pieces that attempt to visualise string theory – often called the “theory of everything”.

EA Wave 2015

Concert: The East African Wave 01, Dec. 3 2015 @ Soulfood Café – Liaison House

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EA Wave 2015
Date: December 3, 2015
Venue: Soulfood cafe, Liaison house
Time: 7 pm – 2 am
Tickets: ksh 500

About
EA Wave is a movement/ group term of the different sounds emanating from the region. Similar to the blanket term ‘EDM’ (Electronic Dance Music). EA Wave consists of Sub Genres that different individuals are pushing UKWELI with Swahili Trap, Nu Fvnk with Swahili Bass and Jinku with Tribal Downtempo.

Visit Facebook Event Page for more details.

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Marie Pierre Wine Club, Dec. 5 2015 @ Nairobi Serena Hotel

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Date: December 5, 2015
Venue: Nairobi Serena Hotel
Time: 2-6 pm
Tickets: 3,500

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Join our Sommelier Juan Cambil on Saturday, 5th Dec 2015 from 2 PM till 6 PM at the Nairobi Serena for our last wine tasting edition this year. Kindly note that first tasting kicks off at 2:20 PM.

Taste over 15 wines from South Africa, Italy and Spain perfectly paired with canapés and cheese. Enjoy great discounts on any bottle of wine and cheese bought at the event. Prices start at Kshs. 900 per bottle of wine and Ksh.300 per 250gms of cheese.