Manje-ke-Manje: Ukuhlolwa kobushoshovu bezenhlalo beLimón Dance Company ngokwenza
NguEmma Elsmo (Umbhali Wezivakashi) Ihunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone
I-COVID-19 futhi ngokukhethekile ihlukaniswe ngokwehlukana, iyaqhubeka nokukhanyisa ngokungalungi kwezenhlalo emhlabeni wethu. Ukuba nokufinyelela emalini, ezobuchwepheshe, okwelashwa kanye nocwaningo konke kwazise umjaho wokulwa negciwane eliguqule indlela esiphila ngayo izimpilo zethu. Naphezu kwakho konke, ngibonile ukuthi ukuphoqeleka ukuhlala endaweni eyodwa kudale ukuvuka. Bayanda abantu ababukayo futhi baqonde ukungalingani obekulokhu kukhona. Amapulatifomu ezokuxhumana nabantu afana neTik-Tok ne-Instagram agcwele izinhlobo ezintsha zokukhuthaza nokubambisana — ngiyajabula ukubona umbono isizukulwane sami esinaso emhlabeni. Kepha uma ubheka emuva, iLimón Dance Company, phakathi kwabanye, ibilokhu ilwela njalo ukulwa nokungalingani kwezenhlalo ngomdanso.
Isungulwe ngo-1946 nguJosé Limón, kanye nomlingani wakhe wokudansa, uDoris Humphrey — umama owasungula umdanso wesimanje waseMelika — le nkampani yaziwa ngomdanso wayo oshisekayo futhi oqhutshwa umoya. Namuhla, zibhekwa njengesisekelo esinamandla kuwo womabili amakhaya azo eNew York nasendaweni yokudansa yomhlaba. Yize uLimón adlula emhlabeni ngo-1972, ifa lakhe liqhubeka ngokufunda inqubo yakhe ehlanganisiwe, iMedali Kazwelonke Yezobuciko isisekelo esifanelekile nenkampani, ehlonipha ubuciko bayo bobuchwephesha ngaphezu kokuxhasa abahleli bomdanso abasafufusa. Le nkampani ihamba umugqa phakathi kwesikhathi esedlule nesamanje, futhi ngomhlaka 27 Agasti ngeluleka ababukeli ukuthi bavule amakhompyutha abo ukuze babuke isenzo sokulinganisa njengengxenye yohlelo lwama-23 lweJOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience.
Imisebenzi emithathu — inhlonipho emibili, eyodwa, yanamuhla. The Moor’s Pavane kanye There is a Time ziqonde ngqo emqondweni kaLimón uqobo, kanti iSuite Donuts ivela kumenzi womdanso osafufusa uChafin Seymour. UMqondisi Wezobuciko njengamanje, uDante Puleio, uhlonipha kakhulu uLimón ngalokhu kuphothulwa kwemisebenzi, futhi ukhombisa ukubonakaliswa okunembile kwezindlela zokuphila zanamuhla esiphila kuzo namuhla. Abantu ababukeleyo bazothandana noSuite Donuts, umsebenzi ovuma ngekhanda umsebenzi wobuciko wokugcina kaDJ J Dilla ngelensi yakudala. Izimpondo ezithambile nama-violin kukhombisa okungaba yizinto zokudlala isigubhu kanye nama-synthesizers, njengoba abadansi begqoke isenzo sebhulukwe lokujuluka futhi behamba kulo lonke isiteji. UJ. Dilla, obizwa ngothando njengo “Mozart weHip Hop,” wayeyingxenye ethandekayo yomphakathi wakudala womculo. USeymour uhlonipha ubuhlakani bakhe bomculo ngomsebenzi wakhe owaqala ukukhonjiswa ngoJuni 2020. Inqubo ekhanyayo yokukhishwa yakhuthaza ucezu — isitayela somdanso esuselwe ekuhloleni nasekuxhumaneni phakathi kwamandla adonsela phansi, umoya, nomzimba — uhlanganisa umdanso wanamuhla nomdanso we-hip-hop ngokungenaphutha. Cabanga ngezitebhisi zamadwala ungene ekuguqulweni noma ekuthinteni kwesinyathelo ungene kuroli phansi. USeymour usebenzisa abadansi abayisikhombisa ngokuhlakanipha, futhi ababukeli bazolahleka ekubambeni kwakhe kokuthula nokunyakaza, kanye nangamandla okudlala abadansi abanikezayo.
I-Othello ephefumulelwe nguLimón — umehluko obalulekile njengoba egcizelela ukuthi bekungeyona incazelo — umsebenzi, The Moor’s Pavane izozizwa ifana nokubuyiselwa emuva ngesikhathi, ukukhuluma ngobuciko. Ukushintshwa kohlelo kusuka emdansweni wanamuhla wesimanje kuya kumdanso wesimanje waseMelika kungazelelwe kodwa kuyanelisa, futhi izisekelo zokungabi nabulungisa kwezenhlalo zomugqa wendaba zisebenza kakhulu namuhla. I-quartet yabadansi benkampani, begqoke izingubo zasendulo kakhulu, benza uhlobo lokuwa nokudedelwa- lwePavane, ngokomlando, umdanso wasenkantolo ohloniphekile futhi ohleli phansi wemibhangqwana. Ijulile ngokungenakuphikwa ngokukhonjiswa kwayo okokuqala kwango-1949 — futhi nangaphezulu ngokuba ngomunye wemisebenzi emikhulu yokuqala eyenziwe yinkampani — The Moor’s Pavaneixhumanisa ingcebo, amanga nenkohliso nezimo zengqondo eziphelele nezenzo zomzwelo ezishaqisayo. Konke kuyilapho uphinda ngempumelelo isimilo sendaba ehlukunyezwayo — ungalahli iduku!
Umsebenzi wokugcina kusethi emithathu, There is a Time, unikeza inhlonipho ngokunyakaza okujikelezayo, emzimbeni nasemaphethini ezindawo. Umdanso ugcwele “i-port de bras” ne-”languid rond de jambes” evusa umuzwa onokuthula, ocishe ube nomlutha. Umculo omnandi kulula ukulahleka kuwo. Abantu ababukelayo bangajabulela izimfanelo ezinhle kakhulu zomdlalo wonke womdanso wemizuzu engama-45. There is a Time inezimfanelo ezimangazayo zomdanso kaMartha Graham (omunye wabantu ababephila ngesikhathi sikaMelika eLimon) — ogxile enhlekeleleni yamaGrikhi futhi wenziwa ngcono ngokuqina okunzima nge-eyeliner ephawulekayo — kepha ukunyakaza kwesimanje kakhulu. Ngithole ukuthi ukusebenza phansi kanye nokuhamba ngenqwaba yomzimba kujwayelene nezigaba zesimanje engizithathayo namuhla, nozakwethu wesifazane evame ukuqondisa.
Ngokuhlangene, le midanso izizwa ivuselelekile yize ibanga ngokwamazinga okukhonjiswa okokuqala-umdanso wokugcina ohlelweni ususelwa ku-1956. Ngamunye uyakhuthaza ngokwakhe, igama engingalisebenzisi kancane ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kwalo okunzima. Ngenkathi ngihleli etafuleni lami lasekhishini, ngithandana kancane nabadansi benkampani yaseLimon, ngazizwa ngikhuthazekile: Ngiphefumulelwe ukudala umsebenzi wami, ukudansa ngendlela abadansa ngayo, futhi ngenze ngokungesabi okuthelelanayo. Abadansi bakhulu kunokuphila. Ukubuka ukusebenza kwabo okungenamzamo nesithombe esihle kakhulu kuzoba ukuvuvukala kwenhliziyo kunoma yimuphi umthandi womdanso, ikakhulukazi umuntu obuka i-JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience.
