THE HEAD & THE LOAD

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE

With music composed and conceived by PHILLIP MILLER
with THUTHUKA SIBISI
 

CREATIVE TEAM

Concept and Director
Composer  
Co-composer | Music Director
Projection Design
Choreography
Costume Design
Set Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Video Editing and Compositing
Associate Director
Studio Technical Director
Video Control
Cinematography
Orchestration  

CREATED & PERFORMED BY

ACTORS                              

Hamilton Dlamini, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Dambuza Nqumashe, Luc De Wit, [In memoriam: Mncedisi Shabangu]

FEATURED VOCALISTS & PERFORMERS                           

Joanna Dudley, Ann Masina, DAPHNE (viola), N’Faly Kouyate (kora), Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Vincenzo Pasquariello (piano), Tlale Makhene (percussion), Bham Ntabeni, and Sipho Seroto

DANCERS                           

Thulani Chauke, Xolani Dlamini, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Gregory Maqoma, Julia Zenzie Burnham

ENSEMBLE VOCALISTS

Mhlaba Buthelezi, Ayanda Eleki, Nokuthula Magubane, Ncokwane Lydia Manyama, Tshegofatso Moeng, Mapule Moloi, Lindokuhle Thabede, Motho Oa Batho, Bulelani Madondile, Siphiwe Nkabinde, Lubabalo Velebayi

MUSICIANS

Waldo Alexander (violin), Sam Budish (percussion), Brydon Bolton (bass), Samuel Ewens (trumpet), Nicolas Jones (trombone), Andrew Kershaw (tuba), Nathan Koci (accordion), Babette Viljoen (accordion), Eilidh Martin (cello), Rudolf van Dyk (French horn), Myles Roberts (flute), Benny Vernon (trombone)

PRODUCTION

Executive producer
 

Production Manager
Technical Director  
Sound Engineer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Company Manager
Costume Supervisor
Assistant Costume Supervisor
Head Costume Fabricator
Costume Fabricator
Set Assistant
Studio Assistant   
Photography      
Scenic Painter      
Interns  
William Kentridge Studio

SUPPORT

The Head & the Load at the Arsht Center was funded with leadership support from The Roy Cockrum Foundation with additional support from Valerie Dillon and Daniel R. Lewis.

The Head & The Load is co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Commissions, MASS MoCA, Park Avenue Armory, Ruhrtriennale, and Yale Schwarzman Center with additional support from Holland Festival.

The Head & The Load acknowledges the kind assistance of Marian Goodman Gallery, Goodman Gallery and Lia Rumma Gallery in this project.  

Lead support for the development of The Head & the Load has been provided by Brenda R. Potter, Daniel R. Lewis, the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation and Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros, with further support from Alessia Bulgari, Agnes Gund and Wendy Fisher. Additional support has been provided by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), JKW Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, Simeon Bruner, Robert Gold, Sarah McNair, Randal Fippinger, John and Cynthia Reed, Bill & Sako Fisher, Quaternaire and donors who wish to remain anonymous.

Additional Fundraising support and strategy by Jean Tatge Consulting and Valerie Lynch.

World premiere in London at Tate Modern, produced by THE OFFICE performing arts + film in association with Quaternaire. 14-18 NOW was supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England & Heritage Lottery Fund and by the Department of Digital Culture Media and Sport. 

Created in residence at MASS MoCA, North Adams, 2018, and Kentridge Studios, Johannesburg 2017-2018. The Head & The Load was developed in collaboration with chamber orchestra The Knights, based in New York.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
 

Kentridge Studios         
The Knights | Artistic Directors Colin Jacobsen / Eric Jacobsen              
             

Special Thanks to:

Homi Bhabha, Richard Criddle, Valerie Dillon, Liza Essers, Sue Killam, Meghan Labbee, Dan Lewis, Joy Lowden, Dr Anna Maguire, David Olusoga, Anne Stanwix, Roger Tatley, Joe Thompson, Lautarchiv Humboldt University, Berlin and all the musicians and singers who participated in the first Maboneng Workshop, September 2017.