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name: Klara Ana Rosa, Klara Wojtkowska
about: Klara Ana Rosa (Wojtkowska) is a musician, director, writer, storyteller/actor, the director of Mhondoro Dreams Productions and the founder of the Nyamatsatse Festival which had its first edition in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2022. She holds a B.M. in Violin Performance, a B.A. in Literature (Rice University), and an M.A. in African Studies (Yale University). Her work revolves around ceremony-ritual theatre which cooks music, traditional wisdom and old mythologies, in order to create new and living stories and ceremonies. She directed and produced the Polish-Zimbabwean movie NZARA-HUNGER in 2020 - screened at Poland's prestigious Festiwal Filmów Fabularnych in Gdynia in 2021. She is the author of 'Wild Medicine: a Journey to Zimbabwe', 'Ceremony Klara Ana Rosa (Wojtkowska) is a musician, director, writer, storyteller/actor, the director of Mhondoro Dreams Productions and the founder of the Nyamatsatse Festival which had its first edition in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2022. She holds a B.M. in Violin Performance, a B.A. in Literature (Rice University), and an M.A. in African Studies (Yale University). Her work revolves around ceremony-ritual theatre which cooks music, traditional wisdom and old mythologies, in order to create new and living stories and ceremonies. She directed and produced the Polish-Zimbabwean movie NZARA-HUNGER in 2020 - screened at Poland's prestigious Festiwal Filmów Fabularnych in Gdynia in 2021. She is the author of 'Wild Medicine: a Journey to Zimbabwe', 'Ceremony Theatre: Mystical Texts for the Human and Non-Human Worlds' (PL/ENG), 'The Star Ceremony', 'Będziemy się za was Modlić: z Polski do Zimbabwe ścieżkami Przodków', 'Teatr Ceremonii', and the music album BANGIZA 1+2. Her work revolves around developing ceremony theatre, researching star mythologies, and organizing the Nyamatsatse Festival for Healing and the Arts - focusing on building cultural-artistic bridges. More can be found at: www.mhondoro-dreams.com, www.facebook.com/mhondorodreams, and at Klara Ana Rosa on facebook and YouTube. ...more