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DESCRIPTION:May 21\, 2026\nThat Dada Masilo’s last work was Hamlet and sh
 e played Ophelia is tempting to read as a portent. The irreplaceable dance
 r-choreographer died unexpectedly a few months after the dance-drama premi
 ered\, in 2024. She was 39. For the last 15 years\, the Sowetan had made a
  breakneck career of exposing ballet classics’ dirty\, or at least soft\
 , underbellies. In her Swan Lake\, Siegfried’s dark desire\, the Black S
 wan\, Odile\, was a total queen—queer\, male\, and over-the-top. With he
 r Giselle\, the villagers revile our eponymous peasant heroine after the t
 wo-timing nobleman Albrecht rejects her—a real pile-on. For Hamlet\, Mas
 ilo gave pride of place to the taunted and discounted Ophelia. In Europe a
 nd the States\, revision that foregrounds the classics’ pitiable losers 
 has become de rigueur just in time for the taboos to lose most of their ch
 arge. 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 son
 g\, the indigenous dances\, and a choral imagination\, but the traditional
  village values from which she extricated herself\, against the odds.
LOCATION:Staatstheater Wiesbaden\, Christian-Zais-Straße 3\, 65189 Wiesbad
 en\, Germany\, Germany
SUMMARY:International May Festival: Dada Masilo's Hamlet
URL;VALUE=TEXT:https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/international-may-fes
 tival-dada-masilos-hamlet
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