Reverence for Masks Root of New Full-Length Dance Work

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"We all wear masks every day," says [Casimiro Nhussi], a former artistic director of Mozambique's National Song and Dance Company, the equivalent of our National Ballet and Canadian Opera Company.

NAfro, which also receives support from the Winnipeg Arts Council and the federal government, has moved into the former studio of Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers in Osborne Village's Augustine Church.

"It is very encouraging," Nhussi says. "It is good recognition for the work NAfro has been doing."

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Reverence for Masks Root of New Full-Length Dance Work

NAfro presents Mapiko at Gas Station Theatre

Morley Walker

WHEN Winnipeg dancer-choreographer Casimiro Nhussi was 10, his family sent him to live in the forest for a month.

This wasn't a Manitoba ...

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