Deeply Rooted ngokujulile e-JOMBA!
NguSamantha Daly (elihunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone)
iChicago esekwe Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT), isikhathi eside I-JOMBA! Izintandokazi nabahlanganyeli, zihlala zingomunye wemisebenzi engilindele kakhulu. Ngiya’thanda indlela ikampani egqoka ngayo inani elikhulu lezitayela ezahlukene zomdanso ibe yisitayela esisodwa esicebile sokusebenza esingelokhu engikukhohlwa ukushaywa umoya! Uma ungaphenya futhi uphuthelwe ngisho nesinyathelo senkampani lesi esisebenzayo, esisheshayo, okungahle kudabukisa.
Ngithethelele, ngiyazi lamagama a namandla (futhi abanye bangasho kancane). Ukusuka kude edolobheni lakithi lase Thekwini kanye ne-UKZN engithandayo kakhulu uElizabeth Sneddon Theatre, ikhaya lase JOMBA! umkhosi iminyaka emihlanu. Futhi ngenkathi ukukhokhiswa kwi — COVID 19 kusathengiswa emhlabeni wonke, ngizithola ngikhala ngemikhuleko yokubonga ukuthi isikhathi sisuse e — Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, ikhaya lase JOMBA!, lingvumela ukuthi ngibuke eyodwa yami imikhosi eyintandokazi selokhu ukwenziwa kwemidlalo ikhona ukubukwa kwi — inthanethi.
Kulo nyaka, i-DRDT inikeza iJOMBA! izilaleli ezikhethiwe ezintathu zokudansa kusuka kweminye yemisebenzi yazo yakamuva.
Indumba iyisimo somdanso wokuqala kaFana Tshabalala owakhelwe izethameli zaseMelika ngesikhathi ehlala amasonto amathathu ne-DRDT ngoyaka ka2017. Lomdanso ithinta inhliziyo kakhulu. Ukusebenza kuqala nesiteji esimnyama esihlakazeke ngokuhamba okungafanele kwemizimba emhlophe, umuntu omubi obuka lesi sehlakalo. Umculo nentuthu kwakha ithoni eyethusayo neyesabisayo ngenkathi a Enzi bomculo besontekile futhi behamba ngokunganaki esiteji. Ukukhala okudabukisayo okuvela kubadlali kanye nomculo osuselwa kwesinye isikhathi kwenza ukusebenza kube nzima ukubukwa. Abadansi bayashintshana ukudansa ngenkathi abanye behlala emaphethelweni esiteji bebuka, bakha okuhlangenwe nakho kwememori ebuhlungu njengendlela yokuthola ukwelashwa. Ukusebenza kunomuzwa owesabisayo kuyo uma kubhekwa ukuthi le ngxenya yenziwa kuqala ukukhombisa umthelela wezombusazwe wobandlululo ongashintshiwe waseNingizimu Afrika. Izilaleli zisale nemizwa engemnadi ekhathazayo, ngendlela efanayo neNingizimu Afrika nabantu bayo bethokoziswa ifa lesikhathi esidlule esinesihluku. Kuphoqa izethameli ukuthi zibheke umlando ongathandeki.
Parallel Lives eyakhiwa uGary Abbott, ihlinzeka ngokubuka kokuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila okwabiwe kwabesifazane abasebenzayo nabampofu. Umdanso uqala ngesiteji esimnyama kanti njengoba kuqala ukukhanya, sibona umzwangedwa onesibhakabhaka okhanyiselwe ukukhanya okwesibhakabhaka. Umlingisi uqubeka nenhloso esiteji futhi maduze ujoyinwa abanye besifazane abazindaba zabo ezabiwe abatshelwa zona. Umdanso udlala ngokusebenzisa izindlela ukudala umuzwa wokuyenga ngobuhle.
Dance Revival (ukukhethwa kukaGoshan) ngumdanso ophakamisayo, nochokozisayo owaqoshwa nguTshediso Kabulu, obhekisisa izingcindezelo, amandla nokusindiswa. Isigqi somculo womdwebi wevangeli uDonald Lawrence uqinisekile ukuthi uzokuhambisa futhi uyancengeka kanye nawo. Abadansi baqubekela phambili ngokunemba njengokushintsha komthungo phakathi kwezitayela zomdanso zase-Afrika nezaseMelika (chofoza futhi uzophuthelwa yi-Gwara Gwara.) Ngeza ukumemeza okujabulisayo nokujaha kwabajabulisa ngemuva futhi kwenza ukusebenza kube ngumgubho omuhle.
Ungabona ukuhlolwa okuphinda kokudlala ngokujulile kweDeeply Rooted Dance Theatre ngoLwesine 27 Agasti ngo-12pm (SAST): https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za/whats-on-today/
