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April & May 2025
In cooperation with the residency and program venue Studio ALTA in Prague three artists are invited for a research residency in HELLERAU.
The mulitdisciplinary performance artist and anthropologist Angela Nwagbo uses the residency to further develop their performative project „Afropean lecture-performance“. “Afropean lecture-performance“ will be based on the anthropological research of Afroczech social identities Angela Nwagbo is working on at the University of Hradec Králové and the material she has created and topics she has come across while creating her solo performance called “Confluence”. In “Confluence” she, with the help of the Senegalese percussionist Siaka Toure, presented a personal testimony about cultural, linguistic and social identity. Using artistic means such as music and fashion that fuse African and Slavic folklore, or a unique physical language that combines Western and African dances, the work brings to light what for many is still a utopian notion of harmony between African and European cultures.
Biography Angela Nwagbo
Angela Nwagbo is a multidisciplinary performance artist and anthropologist of Czech-Nigerian origin. She works as a theater and film actress, dancer and performer, exploring ethnic and cultural identity in her practice, particularly the belonging of people of mixed heritage in Czech society. Through theater, dance, story-telling, fashion and music, she combines anthropological research with performing arts to democratize knowledge and promote understanding.
