UKUDANSA WONKE USUKU UKUHLANGANISA INKOLO NOBUGCISA EMBONELEWENI WOKUXHUMANISA
NguTammy Ballantyne (Umbhali Wezivakashi) Kuhunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone
U-Yaseen Manuel ungumphathi walo nyaka u-Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Artist in Residence. Ukuhlala kwakhe izinyanga ezintathu kuhlanganyelwa nohlelo lwe-UKZN Drama and Performance Studies kanye neCentre for Creative Arts JOMBA Festival. UManuel owazalelwa eKapa usungule amafilimu amabili okudansa e-23 JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience: Unhinged neFlatfoot Dance Company kanye no-Al-Kitab, ozisebenzela yedwa.
Engxoxweni engafihli lutho futhi evulekile nami, uManuel owayekhulumela phansi waxoxa ngomsebenzi wakhe, izinqubo zakhe zokwenza umdanso kanye nomzabalazo wakhe wansuku zonke wokuhlanganisa ukudansa kwakhe nengokomoya lakhe lamaSulumane. Ukhulume “ngokuzizwa ekhungathekile ngumklomelo weMellon Foundation kodwa wabuye wajabula nangesikhathi sokuqala kwami ukwenza umdanso kwifilimu.” Uchaze ukulungiselelwa kokuzivumelanisa nokusebenza endaweni yedijithali “kususa amandla” kodwa ukuthi ukusebenza nomthwebuli wakhe wevidiyo, uKieshia Solomon, “kungisizile ukuthi ngiqonde ukuthi ukuwubona ngokubukeka sengathi umsebenzi uzoba sehholo, ngeke kwenzeke; Bekufanele ngibambe izindawo ezimnandi. ”
“U-Unhinged” kwakusho ukwenza umdanso nge-Zoom nenkampani bese kuthi, lapho kunemikhawulo yeCovid, ibe nesikhathi esinqunyiwe sokusebenza estudiyo bese siyithwebula ngezinsuku ezimbili ku-Toolbox — istudiyo se-yoga eThekwini. Isihloko somsebenzi sisebenza nge-schizophrenia (ukuzikhohlisa) nokugula kwengqondo, okuhambelana nesimo esizithola sikuso ngemuva kokuhlala ezifundeni ezahlukahlukene zokuvaleka cishe izinyanga eziyi-18:
“Ngacela abadansi ukuthi bacabange ukuthi kumele ngabe kunjani ukuba kulowo mqondo ongenamathambo; Ngihlala ngiqala ngocwaningo olususelwa emsebenzini nokwenza ngcono ngabadansi bese ngiya emabhuloki wokwenza umdanso; isenzo esingokomfanekiso naso siyisihluthulelo emsebenzini wami ”, wangitshela. Inqubo kaManuel ixubene namathuluzi kanye nokuqonda akuthola emsebenzini wakhe oqhubekayo ne-Unmute Dance Company, inkampani edidiyelwe yokusebenza eKapa.
Ephendula umbuzo wami wokuthi ukucabanga okuthi “ukuthula” kusize kanjani ekuthuthukiseni umsebenzi wakhe uphendule wathi:
“Ukubandakanywa kungumongo womsebenzi wabo futhi babhekana nezihloko ezingasho lutho ezikhuluma ne-SA; baye balolonga ingqondo yami nendlela engizibuka ngayo izinto — ukuze ngibukeke futhi ngicabange ngendlela ehlukile — futhi ngingasabi ukuphazanyiswa. ”
UManuel uphumele obala ngomshikashika wakhe wokuba ngumdansi nomlandeli ozinikele wamaSulumane. Ku-2017, wethule u-Aslama ku-JOMBA ngaleso sikhathi! UFringe, umsebenzi wedwa obuza ukuthi ungubani, ubuhlanga nenkolo ngokumelene nesizinda sokubulawa kwabantu baseSyria. Ku-2018, umdanso wedwa wenziwa umsebenzi wokudansa ngokugcwele neFlatfoot. Ubudlova bezepolitiki nentukuthelo kwakubonisa ukubhekana ngeziqu zamehlo kukaManuel ‘nempi engcwele’ esiyilwa ngaphakathi kwethu; amasiko nezinkolelo okumele sizibuze ukuze siqhubekele phambili.
I-Al-Kitab iyaqhubeka nokulandisa ngomsebenzi omusha womuntu siqu awuchaza ngokuthi “ukupopola nokucasula nokubuza ukuthi kungani ngingenakuba ngamaSulumane futhi ngibe ngumdansi? Bobabili abantu bangaphakathi kimi, uma uNkulunkulu efuna sijabule, kungani ngingakwazi ukukuveza? Ubani omiswe umdanso? Kungani kulungile ukuqhubeka kwezinye izici zenkolo yamaSulumane kodwa hhayi kwezinye? ”
Ukujula kwezimpi zakhe zangaphakathi kujulile futhi uthola umuzwa wokuthula nokuzola ngokuletha lezi zinkinga ekukhanyeni ngemidlalo yaseshashalazini. Uthi: “Ngomqondo othile kuwukuphola kimi, ukulungisa umsebenzi wami futhi mhlawumbe ngingaletha ukuqwashisa kwabanye; Angikwazi ukuyixazulula ngokuphelele kodwa ngizoqhubeka nokucasula. ”
Imisebenzi kaManuel izokhonjiswa ngomhlaka 2 Septhemba ngo-19: 00 (CAT).
I-JOMBA 2021 yeCCA iqala ngomhlaka-24 Agasti iye kumhlaka 5 Septhemba futhi ingahanjiswa mahhala ngayo lwebhusayithi ethi www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za noma ubhalisele isiteshi se-JOMBA YouTube lapha:
https://www.YouTube.com/Jomba_Dance
Uhlelo olugcwele luyatholakala ngewebhusayithi.
