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SUMMARY:Music Theatre: "WAX TRADERS"
DESCRIPTION:“WAX TRADERS” tells the story of two daring women on the we
 st coast of Africa who\, in times of political upheaval\, skillfully asser
 t themselves on global markets\, navigate colonial structures\, and defy s
 tark inequalities. They meet two traveling salesmen who are seeking their 
 fortune on the so-called “Gold Coast” on behalf of the Basel Trading C
 ompany. Together\, they create a market for “African wax prints” – c
 olorfully printed cotton fabrics developed by Dutch and Swiss textile comp
 anies by copying Indonesian patterns and printing techniques.\\r\\nIn thei
 r new musical theater piece\, Eva-Maria Bertschy und Kojack Kossakamvwe wo
 rk with a truly transnational ensemble of artists from Ghana\, Côte d'Ivo
 ire\, the Democratic Republic of Congo\, and Switzerland. Inspired by trad
 itional narrative forms and carried by a choir of three women\, they creat
 e an expansive ballad about the centuries-old trade relations between the 
 Swiss textile industry and its customers in West Africa\, telling a piece 
 of Swiss colonial history.\\r\\nA GROUP50:50 production
X-ALT-DESC:<p>“WAX TRADERS” tells the story of two daring women on the 
 west coast of Africa who\, in times of political upheaval\, skillfully ass
 ert themselves on global markets\, navigate colonial structures\, and defy
  stark inequalities. They meet two traveling salesmen who are seeking thei
 r fortune on the so-called “Gold Coast” on behalf of the Basel Trading
  Company. Together\, they create a market for “African wax prints” –
  colorfully printed cotton fabrics developed by Dutch and Swiss textile co
 mpanies by copying Indonesian patterns and printing techniques.</p>\n<p>In
  their new musical theater piece\, Eva-Maria Bertschy und Kojack Kossakamv
 we work with a truly transnational ensemble of artists from Ghana\, Côte 
 d'Ivoire\, the Democratic Republic of Congo\, and Switzerland. Inspired by
  traditional narrative forms and carried by a choir of three women\, they 
 create an expansive ballad about the centuries-old trade relations between
  the Swiss textile industry and its customers in West Africa\, telling a p
 iece of Swiss colonial history.</p>\n<p>A GROUP50:50 production</p>
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