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DESCRIPTION:May 16-17\, 2026\nThat Dada Masilo’s last work was Hamlet and
  she played Ophelia is tempting to read as a portent. The irreplaceable da
 ncer-choreographer died unexpectedly a few months after the dance-drama pr
 emiered\, in 2024. She was 39. For the last 15 years\, the Sowetan had mad
 e a breakneck career of exposing ballet classics’ dirty\, or at least so
 ft\, underbellies. In her Swan Lake\, Siegfried’s dark desire\, the Blac
 k Swan\, Odile\, was a total queen—queer\, male\, and over-the-top. With
  her Giselle\, the villagers revile our eponymous peasant heroine after th
 e two-timing nobleman Albrecht rejects her—a real pile-on. For Hamlet\, 
 Masilo gave pride of place to the taunted and discounted Ophelia. In Europ
 e and the States\, revision that foregrounds the classics’ pitiable lose
 rs has become de rigueur just in time for the taboos to lose most of their
  charge. For every cross-dressing Odile\, there’s a Drag Race All-Star. 
 But Masilo’s dance theatre is steeped in her South Africa: not just the 
 song\, the indigenous dances\, and a choral imagination\, but the traditio
 nal village values from which she extricated herself\, against the odds.
LOCATION:Market Theater\, 138 Lilian Ngoyi St\, Newtown\, Johannesburg\, 20
 01\, South Africa\, South Africa
SUMMARY:Dada Masilo's Hamlet
URL;VALUE=TEXT:https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/dada-masilos-hamlet
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