William Kentridge - Revision history

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Work with the Handspring Puppet Company

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As film maker and multi-media artist

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Biography

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−	In 1992 his celebrated collaboration as designer/director with the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] began, leading to ''[[Woyzeck on the Highveld]]'' (1992), ''[[Faustus in Africa]]'' (1995), ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' (text by [[Jane Taylor]], 1997), the opera ''Il Ritorno d’Ulisse'' ("The Return of Ullyses"), which premiéred at the celebrated Kusten Festival des Artes in Brussels in 1998, and ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' ([[Spier Amphitheatre]], 2002).	+	In 1992 his celebrated collaboration as designer/director with the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] began, leading to ''[[Woyzeck on the Highveld]]'' (1992), ''[[Faustus in Africa]]'' (1995), ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' (text by [[Jane Taylor]], 1997), the opera ''[[Il Ritorno d’Ulisse]]'' ("The Return of Ullyses"), which premiéred at the celebrated Kusten Festival des Artes in Brussels in 1998, and ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' ([[Spier Amphitheatre]], 2002).

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 = As film maker and multi-media artist =
-Besides numerous his ultra-short video art/ animation projects (including ''Felix in Exile'' in 1994 and ''Zeno Writing'' in 2002), his longer films include ''Howl at the Moon'' (1981), ''Salestalk'' (1984), ''Freedom Square'' and ''Back of the Moon'' (1988).
+Besides numerous his ultra-short video art/ animation projects (including ''[[Felix in Exile]]'' in 1994 and ''[[Zeno Writing]]'' in 2002), his longer films include ''[[Howl at the Moon]]'' (1981), ''[[Salestalk]]'' (1984), ''[[Freedom Square and Back of the Moon]]'' (1988).
 Johannesburg, Second Greatest city in the World after Paris, monument, Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old, Mine, ''Felix in Exile'', & ''The History of the Main Complaint''. 1994  ''Another Country'' (music video).  [[Drawing Lesson 47]] (2010).  [[More Sweetly Play the Dance]] (2017) for the opening of the [[Zeits]] in Cape Town.  [[The Head & the Load]] (2018) was performed in London to great acclaim.

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	"Artistic masters at Baxter" in [[Artslink]][https://webmail.sun.ac.za/owa/?ae=Item&a=Open&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAAD7h7yReXvMS5AsqxVrsjQPBwD2PiMJqh15SJ5%2f72AgSDd7AAAAQ6wtAADCxPTZyoRVQo0xtH%2fFdFDcAAArIYG2AAAA&pspid=_1364617101750_424438541] March 29, 2013.		"Artistic masters at Baxter" in [[Artslink]][https://webmail.sun.ac.za/owa/?ae=Item&a=Open&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAAD7h7yReXvMS5AsqxVrsjQPBwD2PiMJqh15SJ5%2f72AgSDd7AAAAQ6wtAADCxPTZyoRVQo0xtH%2fFdFDcAAArIYG2AAAA&pspid=_1364617101750_424438541] March 29, 2013.
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		+	Play in Joburg: Joburg is where creativity flows, says Kentridge, City of Johannesburg website [https://www.joburg.org.za/play_/Pages/Play%20in%20Joburg/Joburg%20Vibe/links/people%20of%20the%20city/Links/Joburg-is-where-creativity-flows,-says-Kentridge.aspx]

	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]		Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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 Born 28 April 1955 in Johannesburg, he has a BA in Politics and African Studies ([[University of the Witwatersrand]] 1974-76), art training with Bill Ainslie at the Johannesburg Art Foundation (1976-78) and mime and theatre at the École Jacques le Coq in Paris (1981-82).
-Active in film and theatre since mid-seventies, as writer, director, actor and set designer. Co-founder of [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] (with [[Malcolm Purkey]] (1975-1991)  and of the [[Free Filmmakers Co-operative]] (1988).
+Active in film and theatre since mid-seventies, as writer, director, actor and set designer. Co-founder of [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] (with [[Malcolm Purkey]] (1975-1991)  and of the [[Free Filmmakers Cooperative]] (1988).
 In the 1980s, he worked on television films and series as art director.

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 Born 28 April 1955 in Johannesburg, he has a BA in Politics and African Studies ([[University of the Witwatersrand]] 1974-76), art training with Bill Ainslie at the Johannesburg Art Foundation (1976-78) and mime and theatre at the École Jacques le Coq in Paris (1981-82).
-Active in film and theatre since mid-seventies, as writer, director, actor and set designer. Co-founder of [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] (with [[Malcolm Purkey]] (1975-1991)  and of the [[Free Filmmakers Cooperative]] (1988).
+Active in film and theatre since mid-seventies, as writer, director, actor and set designer. Co-founder of [[Junction Avenue Theatre Company]] (with [[Malcolm Purkey]] (1975-1991)  and of the [[Free Filmmakers Co-operative]] (1988).
 In the 1980s, he worked on television films and series as art director.

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−	For them he worked as actor, designer and/or director on plays such as ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Randlords and Rotgut]]'' (1977*), ''[[Security]]'' (1979), ''[[Ilanga Lizophumela Abasebenzi]]'' (1980), and the brilliantly successful ''[[Sophiatown]]'' (1988), for which he did the remarkable yet functional set designs.	+	For them he worked as actor, designer and/or director on plays such as ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Randlords and Rotgut]]'' (1977*), ''[[Security]]'' (1979), ''[[Will of a Rebel]]'' (1978/1979?), ''[[Ilanga Lizophumela Abasebenzi]]'' (1980), and the brilliantly successful ''[[Sophiatown]]'' (1988), for which he did the remarkable yet functional set designs.
−	~~He appeared as an actor in Tom Stoppard’s ''[[Travesties]]'', directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]], with [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Vanessa Cooke]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1978.~~
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		+	He appeared as an actor in Tom Stoppard’s ''[[Travesties]]'', directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]], with [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Vanessa Cooke]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1978.

	== Work with the Handspring Puppet Company ==		== Work with the Handspring Puppet Company ==

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 Besides numerous his ultra-short video art/ animation projects (including ''Felix in Exile'' in 1994 and ''Zeno Writing'' in 2002), his longer films include ''Howl at the Moon'' (1981), ''Salestalk'' (1984), ''Freedom Square'' and ''Back of the Moon'' (1988).
-Johannesburg, Second Greatest city in the World after Paris, monument, Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old, Mine, ''Felix in Exile'', & ''The History of the Main Complaint''. 1994  ''Another Country'' (music video).  [[Drawing Lesson 47]] (2010).  [[More Sweetly Play the Dance]] (2017) for the opening of the [[Zeits]] in Cape Town.  [[The Head & the Load]] (2019) was performed in London to great acclaim.
+Johannesburg, Second Greatest city in the World after Paris, monument, Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old, Mine, ''Felix in Exile'', & ''The History of the Main Complaint''. 1994  ''Another Country'' (music video).  [[Drawing Lesson 47]] (2010).  [[More Sweetly Play the Dance]] (2017) for the opening of the [[Zeits]] in Cape Town.  [[The Head & the Load]] (2018) was performed in London to great acclaim.
 = Honours =

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 = Sources =
 [[Percy Tucker|Tucker]], 1997
 "William Kentridge" in Wikipedia[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kentridge]

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−	For them he worked as actor, designer and/or director on plays such as ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Randlords and Rotgut]]'' (1977*), ''[[Security]]'' (1979), ''[[Ilanga ~~liophumela abasebenzi~~]]'' (1980), and the brilliantly successful ''[[Sophiatown]]'' (1988), for which he did the remarkable yet functional set designs.	+	For them he worked as actor, designer and/or director on plays such as ''[[The Fantastical History of a Useless Man]]'' (1976), ''[[Randlords and Rotgut]]'' (1977*), ''[[Security]]'' (1979), ''[[Ilanga Lizophumela Abasebenzi]]'' (1980), and the brilliantly successful ''[[Sophiatown]]'' (1988), for which he did the remarkable yet functional set designs.
	He appeared as an actor in Tom Stoppard’s ''[[Travesties]]'', directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]], with [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Vanessa Cooke]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1978.		He appeared as an actor in Tom Stoppard’s ''[[Travesties]]'', directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]], with [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] and [[Vanessa Cooke]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1978.