How a Johannesburg Choreographer Created an African Opera - Gregory Vuyani Maqoma's singular 'Cion' comes to The Joyce Theater
Gregory Vuyani Maqoma's singular Cion comes to The Joyce Theater---Most choreographers who've set dances to Maurice Ravel's Boléro lean into its sensuality and drama. But when South African choreographer Gregory Vuyani Maqoma first heard the iconic orchestral piece, he interpreted it in a different way."It felt like a lament," he says. Moreover, "its repetitive and circular nature is very much in line with an …