Hypnagogia Glossolalia is composed of several spoken word poetry pieces narrated in both Gaelic and Shona (zezuru dialect) with dance performance by dancer and choreographer Divine Tasinda. Working with the image of the Bateleur Eagle, a now endangered species, defined as the original inspiration for the Zimbabwe bird. The bird is a symbol, a soapstone totem, a spiritual artefact. the national emblem of Zimbabwe it is endemic to Africa and small parts of Arabia. "Bateleur" is French for "street performer”. This work traverses the personal and universal interrogating the notion of self and romantic ideas of the incorporeal Other.
Sekai Machache
Director, Writer
Divine Tasinda
Dance/Choreography/Performance
Sekai Machache
Narration English
Cass Ejeki
Narration Gaelic
Gillian F Mutanga
Narration Shona (Zezuru)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes70%
Tuesday67%
The Libertine59%
Mighty Joe Young64%
The Man from Elysian Fields58%
Silver Linings Playbook71%
Strange Weather58%
My Girl74%
The Last Witch Hunter60%
Forrest Gump84%
Crimes of the Future60%
Saturday Night Fever67%
Flashdance64%
The One and Only Ivan73%
Zambezia62%
Suspiria68%
Salomé62%
The Starling68%
Newness60%
Beats66%
