Oh to Believe in Another World review – William Kentridge’s amazing animated ballet of black comic pain

Summary

Kentridge’s cine-musical creation, made to accompany Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, is a marvel of puppetry, dance and humour, exploring humanity, grief and idealism The Baku international arts festival in Azerbaijan is showcasing an amazing cine-musical creation, perhaps the most amazing animation I have ever seen. Oh to Believe in Another World is an hour-long collage animation with live-action choreography by the 71-year-old South African artist and film-maker William Kentridge . It is shown with the live orchestral accompaniment of Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, and this event is partly in…

Description from The Guardian.