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Artist: African FootprintEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-07-22
Music Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
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Music Review: Sing your way through history
Rating: 5 Stars
This CD includes all the songs sung in the African Footprint show. For those who have seen the show this is a much expected CD. The songs are beautiful, with clear political and social messages - a great asset for those interested in South African culture. What is African Footprint? It was Richard Loring's lifetime goal to find a way to empower young black South African people through theater. After years and years of hard work, he succeeded. The show premiered on the 1999 New Years' eve, from the prison cell where Nelson Mandela spent two decades of his life, on the Robben Island. It is, if you wish, in many ways, the African version of the Irish Riverdance Show.
The African Footprint show narrates the history of South Africa, through an unusual and unexpected blend of African and European rhythms represented by complex dances and thematic songs that progressively reveal the tormented history of Africa's most developed country. The most amazing part about this show is that it seems like the story told by a griot who introduces the audience to the diverse South African landscape, heritage, and traditions. The show also promotes a message of tolerance, inclusion and reconciliation.
The cast is made of young people - mostly under 30 years old - who come from various ethnic and racial backgrounds: black, white, and Asians (both Asiatic and Indian). They speak of history, democracy, pride, and empowerment, and combine their beautiful songs with the most unexpected dances out there: contemporary ballet, hip-hop, the Kwela-jive, traditional gumboot, and tap among others. But the show is not only about music and dancing but also acrobatics: in-between songs, the viewers witness beautiful human pyramids and balancing acts.
More than 250 million people have attended the live performances in the 3,500+ shows organized throughout the world. The huge success of the show convinced the producers to allow the mass distribution of a DVD that includes the entire show from beginning to the end. It is not the same as actually seeing it in a theatre but it is as close as many of us will ever get.
I strongly recommend either buying the DVD or the Original Cast Recording CD. Or, if you have the chance, just go and see the show. It's worth every cent you pay. Buy the CD and you too will have South African footprints on your heart :)
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