I-NEVERLAND NE “DUST TO DUST” DLALANI NGEMIBHALO, UKUKHANYA NOKULIMA OOMOYA
NguTammy Ballantyne (Umbhali Wezivakashi) Kuhunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone
Njengoba isonyakeni wayo wesibili ngokwamanani, iJOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience ibheka “ukuwela umngcele” njengomqondo wayo. Amafilimu amabili amasha omdanso — NEVERLAND kaSylvester Thamsanqa Majela noDust to Dust kaSizakele Nonthutuzelo Mdi — aphume endaweni yokuhlala eCrossings ebibanjelwe ku-inthanethi nasestudiyo ngoNovemba / Disemba 2020 eBloemfontein. Imisebenzi ikhonjiswe njengengxenye yeVrystaat Arts Festival Vrynge njengephrojekthi yokubambisana noGeorina Thomson weDance Forum.
I-“Crossings” yaqalwa ekuqaleni kuka-2000 yiDance Forum, Dance Factory neMoving into Dance, Johannesburg kanjalo nabaphathi be-UCT Dance, eKapa. Yaqalwa nguMichel Kelemenis waseKLAP Maison pour la Danse, eFrance futhi yaqhubeka amasonto amabili nabenzi bomdanso abakhethiwe nabenzi bokukhanyisa, abaqambi, nabadansi. Abadansi bebeqhamuka kuwo wonke umhlaba, kanti abadansi bebesuka kakhulu eGoli. Lolu hlobo lwendlela yokwenza izinto lunikeze amathuba abadansi abasha ukuba baxhumane futhi bawelele ezikhaleni zomunye nomunye ngenhloso yokwakha imisebenzi emisha. Isizinda somdansi ngamunye saqondisa futhi sashintsha inqubo yokudala eya emiphumeleni emisha yamasiko.
UThomson, ngokubona isidingo sokuzivumelanisa nezakhiwo ze-Covid-19 neziku-inthanethi zomsebenzi wobuciko, uphumelele ukuletha uMajela, Mdi noMotlatsi Khotla ohlelweni olunamandla lwe-inthanethi olunamasonto amabili noVincent Sekwati Mantsoe noMusa Hlatshwayo. Isonto lesithathu nelokugcina abenzi bomdanso bakwazile ukusebenza kuma-studio e-PACOFS base bekhetha umbhali nabadansi ababili abazosebenza nabo. Imiphumela ikhonjiswe ngosuku lokugcina ngemuva kwalokho uMajela noMdi bathunywa ukuba benze imisebenzi yamafilimu omdanso eVrystaat Vrynge naseJOMBA! 2021.
UMajela, waseFree State, usehlale iminyaka eminingi futhi usebenza eGoli. Wathweswa iziqu ze-Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (P.A.R.T.S) eBrussels, wathola ukuqeqeshwa ngokomdanso ngokusemthethweni eTshwane University of Technology (TUT). Usebenze nabadlali abafana noDada Masilo, i-Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative, uGaby Saranouffi kanye neCentre of the Less Good Idea. UMajela ube nempumelelo eminingana eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngamafilimu amafushane nomnikelo wakhe wakamuva, i-Mommy Mommy ekhonjiswe ku-Virtual National Arts Festival ngoJulayi.
I-NEVERLAND, eyenziwe ngombala omnyama nomhlophe phakathi kwendawo ephukile yomdanso nezindonga zokuxebula zesakhiwo esezikhohliwe, uveza uPule Paul Peter elwa nengqondo yakhe ekhathazekile. Udaba lukaMajela luvela entshisakalweni yakhe yokungahlukaniswa kobunikazi kanye nokwenza kwakhe umdanso asebenzise ukuphindaphinda, imiphetho ebukhali nezimpawu zokufihla nokuveza, iphimbo elihlala likhona lodlame olusondele. UChesney Palmer udale umculo ngenkathi abaculi abaningana bezwi bekhuluma ngesiFulentshi nangesiNgisi.
Ukuqoshwa kwalo msebenzi kukhombisa isilonda nokuzihlukanisa nabantu abahlangabezana nalesi sifo, kuhamba phakathi kwezikhathi zobuhlanya, ukusondelana ngqo nokugxila emzimbeni kaPeter okhungathekile, oswelayo, ugqoke amahembe amhlophe.
Umsebenzi kaMdi, ngokuhluka, uthambile, uhamba kancane kodwa futhi awukhathazi kangako njengoba sibona uSimphiwe Mbekiselwa ezihlanganisa futhi ezungeza isihlahla esichoboziwe, amagatsha alenga ngokudabukisayo, umoya uphazamisa amaqabunga aluhlaza. Ukuhlolwa kokuyekelwa, ukwamukelwa kokufa mhlawumbe, kukhomba isihloko esithi Dust to Dust (“Uthuli Othulini”), bese sijwayelana nokufinyelela kukaMbekiselwa izandla nezinyawo ezinesigqi. Umqambi uDumelang Bondo uhlanganise umculo omnene ngokushaya izandla, ecula futhi eshaya isigubhu futhi ukuqoshwa kwevidiyo kusebenzisa izikhathi ezimbalwa ezisebenzayo zokuhamba kancane ngenkathi futhi kugxile ezinhlokweni ezahlukahlukene zamaqabunga, amagxolo, umhlaba onothuli nokubuyela komzimba kulowo mhlaba.
UMdi ungumenzi womdanso oseFree State futhi ungumqondisi eBokang Lefoko Theatre. Usebenze noGregory Vuyani Maqoma, PJ Sabbagha, Nthsieng Mokgoro noPortia Mashigo. Wakha umsebenzi ngenhloso yokuqwashisa umphakathi ngezinkinga ezinjengokubulawa kwabantu besifazane nokugula ngengqondo futhi ngaphambi kwalomsebenzi othunyelwe wabambisana no-Sub-Zero ngo-2020 noMajela, ifilimu yomdanso ngesikhathi sokuvalwa.
Le midanso iyingxenye yesikhulumi se- “South African Crossings” ngoMsombuluko mhlaka 30 Agasti ngo-19: 00 (enkabeni ye-Afrika) njengengxenye ye-23rd JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience.
I-JOMBA 2021 yeCCA iqala kusukela ngomhlaka 24 Agasti kuya kumhlaka 5 Septhemba futhi ingahanjiswa mahhala ngewebhusayithi, www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za noma ubhalisele iJOMBA! Isiteshi se-YouTube lapha: https://www.YouTube.com/Jomba_Dance
Uhlelo olugcwele luyatholakala ngewebhusayithi.
