Matxikadu - Lukanu Mpasi - Dance Performance

Matxikadu is a performance-concert created and performed by Lukanu Mpasi, Dancer, Performer and visual artist. The piece reflects on and questions the impositions and tensions of masculinity experienced by black men in Portugal. It’s a study on how a black man can liberate himself from these roles and expectation, a futuristic piece that imagines another future. Matxikadu is a Cape Verdean creator word, « it refers to a man that has become a macho, a man who often expresses hs attitude through violence » Mpasi describes. The piece brings together elements of hip-hop, Angolan electronic kuduro music and more traditional music. It was initially created for Lisbon’s MAAT in 2022. The Matxikadu project will come to life in Drama Bar with the opening of a week photography exhibition that will start on wednesday the 9th, and finish by this representation on saturday the 12th. The exhibition will be free to access for the public and the tickets are just for the performance.