Dance at a glance
Four short reviews of dance works on the National Arts Festival Fringe: Buya: The word means “come back”. Return. It’s about grief, but with a celebratory feel. Khensani Mathebula’s choreography … Read More
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Looking/Seeing/Being/Disappearing: Uncomfortable & Not Easy
It isn’t often I’m short on what to say about a dance-theatre work. But after Looking/Seeing/Being/Disappearing, I’m left in a rather uncertain space. It’s an incredibly difficult work, uncomfortable to … Read More
Feathers: SA choreographers fly high
Moving Into Dance Mophatong (MIDM) presents Feathers, a programme including ‘fight, flight, feathers, f***ers’ (choreographed by Sunnyboy Motau and Rachel Erdos); ‘Everlast’ choreographed by Eugene Mashiane, and ‘Road’ choreographed by … Read More
Pulp: Stylish, Slick and a Bit of Fun
The founders of Underground Dance Theatre, Steven van Wyk, Thalia Laric, Cilna Katzke, bring us Pulp, a film noir influenced dance-theatre piece. With some pizzazz the group seem to have … Read More
Sacre for one: Muscle Memory
Alan Parker’s Sacre for One was intense, quirky and vulnerable. Parker transposes thought into dance as he attempts to unravel a timeline of choreography. In red underpants. Stepping through the … Read More