USuelem de Oliveira da Silva udlala e-“Earth I’m Done Part 1: Mountains”

Konakele Emhlabeni

NguSilindile Hlengwa noVedarsha Singh (Ababhali Bezivakashi) Ukuhunyushwa nguLisa Goldstone

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Umzimba. Okungalinganiswa namandla ayo okusebenzela ngenhloso yokukhumbula. Ngokulinganayo, iyasimangaza ikhono layo lokugcina isikhala sokucabanga, futhi isiphonse esikhathini esizayo. Emdlalweni we-On Earth I’m Done Part 1: Mountains, sihlangana nomdanso oshaqisayo kaSuelem de Oliveira da Silva obheka ubumnyama obuhlukanisiwe besikhathi somhlaba wethu. Enziwe nguJefta van Dinther, lawa mazwi amabili asebenze ngokubambisana ukuthi enze isenzo esingajabulisi futhi esibuhlungu esenzweni.

Ngenkathi umhlaba ushukuma ngaphansi kwezinyawo zomzimba wakhe odansayo, sishayekile, sishisiwe futhi sizwa ukushisa okungapheli kwengxabano nokungabi namthetho. Ihlanganiswe yi “techno” -umculo ocatshangwe ngokucophelela nguDavid Kiers, usigcina sisezingeni elinyakazayo le-elekthronikhi. Njengoba ucindezelwe ukwakhiwa okwenziwe ngumuntu, kubonakala sengathi lo msebenzi awunikezi sinqumo. Ayikho injabulo ekukhululekeni kwemizwa ngokuhlanganyela. Akukho okunye ngaphandle kokubona ukucwila kwembangela nomphumela.

Njengoba uSuelem de Oliveira Da Silva ekhukhumala, edudula futhi edonsa ophakamisa insimbi, ngokulandelana kokuphindaphindeka uyiswa esikhaleni esikhulu esilinganayo sesithombe esimnyama, esibi lapho isithunzi nokukhanya, umoya nokuphefumula nezwi elikhulunywayo kuba isandiso salokho okuyikho: ubuchwepheshe umgwaqo okhokhisiwe ungene esikhaleni esingenalutho. Ukunyakaza okuncane kakhulu kumemeza ukuphazamiseka, futhi kukuphonsa ungene ekuhlukanisweni okubuhlungu kwama-engeli, izithunzi nokungabi nalutho. Umsebenzi ukuphoqa ukuba uhlale ngokwazi ngalokho osekuyinto engokoqobo ebuhlungu; sasixhunywe kanye nentambo yokuphila futhi njengoba sizama ukubuya, lokho esesibe yikho kuyamangaza kakhulu, akuhlangene kakhulu, kuyazenzela, kuyaziqhenya, kuhlukile.

Umsebenzi wokukhanyisa kaJonatan Winbo usiza ekwakheni isikhala lapho uzwa khona ubunzima obuminyanisa besimo somuntu esiqhelelene. Singamakhosi angenalutho neziboshwa ngokuzikhethela. Ukubhukuda olwandle lobugovu kanye nesifiso sethu esiphuthumayo samandla nokulawulwa, silangazelela ugu lomhlaba wethu wemvelo, izwi lethu lemvelo. Futhi kukho konke lokhu, umhlaba uyaqhubeka- futhi sihlala siphukile.

Ukuphuthuma kobuhle balo msebenzi, kuyangabaza ngempela ngomsebenzi wethu “njengeyona ndlela yokuphila ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni”. Ingabe thina? Okucacile ukuthi okuthile KUMELE kushintshe. Mhlawumbe lapho-ke, isimemo ukunqamula kunxushunxushu yokucasulwa bese wenza isikhathi sokuthula, nokucabanga. Ukuhlanza, nokuxhuma kabusha ngamandla ethu okucabanga nokwakha. Ukubamba intambo futhi sizidonsele ezweni elisha, indlela entsha yokuba- futhi mhlawumbe yilo mhlaba uMqondisi Wezobuciko- uLliane Loots (ochazwe enkulumweni yakhe yokuvula), ongakuzwa ukuphefumula ngosuku olunokuthula.

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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience
JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience is a Durban-based festival that celebrates critical contemporary dance from Africa and across the globe

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