Ukufakwa kwegumbi ezikhaleni zangaphakathi
NguThobile Maphanga (elihunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone)
Umuzwa ongaziwa wokuhlala embhedeni kamama njenge JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience siqala ngokwamukela uDr. Ismail Mahomed, Umqondisi weCentre for Creative Arts, kanye nekheli lokuvula elivela kuDr. Lliane Loots, uMqondisi woMkhosi. Ezingubo zami zokulala hhayi enkundleni yaseshashalazini, lokhu kuyamangaza impela, kepha ingabe kuyinto embi ngokuphelele?
Uhlelo lwakusihlwa olunesihloko esithi “ukusondela kokuzihlukanisa” luveza amafilim ayisishiyagalolunye athunyelwe ngabadansi baseThekwini nabasePietermaritzburg. Kukhona ubumnyama obuhlala ngaphakathi komsebenzi omningiwe, wonke ufuna ukukhanya, abambalwa kuphela abawubamba. Uhambo oluya ezingweni zemicabango yangaphakathi, zomzimba nomoya.
“Ya Kutosha” kaJabu Siphika ubhekana nodaba oluphuthumayo lodlame olususelwa ebulilini olukhipha izimpilo zabesifazane ngesilinganiso eshaqisayo eNingizimu Afrika. Umsebenzi wakhe usilethela esikhaleni sangaphakathi sokwesaba ababhekene nabesifazane. Indawo evikelekile yindawo lapho ubugebengu buguqulwa khona lapho kufa kutholakale khona ikhaya. Isithsaba esijabulisayo sefriji elivaleka kancane nemikhaza yokugcina yemilenze elengayo njengoba umsindo usibuyisela emuva ekushoneni kokudonsa kwalokho esicabanga manje kungaba yigazi nomsindo wokuqhekekawomlilo.
USifiso Khumalo uvumelana nesihloko esifanayo ku-“Walls”. Lo mbhangqwana wendodakazi kababa uwumkhuleko wokuphepha nenjabulo yendodakazi yakhe kulezi zikhathi ezesabekayo. ULethiwe Nzama wethula ingcweti ukusebenza kokungabi msulwa kwengane nokwazisa kwentsha ngezinto ezingokoqobo zomhlaba.
Umnyama nomhlope kaKristi-Leigh Gresse ividiyo ethule yezimpawu zomzimba kanye nokuhamba kokuvaleka kwengqondo njengoba ezabalaza ukuthola ukuthula ku-“Fellow…” ukulawulwa kufakwa esikhundleni sokusonteka okuhlanekezelwe kwingemuva lika isembozo esinjengane njengezincazelo zemizwa yabantu abadala sinikezwa. Umehluko wefilim ehlanzekile, edutshulwe ngesinema ubekwa eceleni momuzwa wokufuna ukumemeza “kungani kuthuleke kangaka?”. Bese kuthi-ke imisindo yemvelo yempilo engaphandle, ukujuluka kanye nokuphefumula.
Umkhuleko nokuzindla kesenkabeni kaNomcebisi Moyikwa “U n g a n y a k u m”. Lefilimu eyahlukanisayo iguquka phakathi kombhalo wamanje nowobukhona, ukuphefumula kanye nomkhuleko phezu kwengoma yomsindo. Umhlangano nomoya wakho wangaphakathi, ofuna ukungabikhona phambi kwamanje.
uTegan Peacock “Control Alt Delete” uzizwa sengathi ungena kwisithombe lapho ubuqili bezinto ezingaphili bube ngabangane abaphazamisa ukuzethula kolawulo bubukeka bujwayelekile impela.
uTshediso Kabulu noMotlasi Khotle balungiselela impi emzabalazweni ongapheli wokuxhaswa osuka kulabo ‘abanakho’ kulabo ‘abangenayo’. Umculo owenziwa ngu-Anelisa Stuurman nombhalo kaKhwezi Becker ngokufanele uphathe lombhangqwana e-“Space of Colour”.
“Kairos” kaLeagan Peffer ibekwe ekhishini elingena olwandle, iyindlela ehamba sodwa yokuthatha imfucumfucu yothando elahlekile ukuzithola kabusha nokuzibuyisa.
Ngenkathi “Time” sikaSandile Mkhize sigcizelela umbono omuhle ngokunakekelwa nobudlelwano, kusiko lokuhlanzwa futhi kuxoxiswane ngemingcele yetayipu ebomvu nalabo abahamba nathi.
Uhlelo lolu luvala ngomdanso obuthakathaka phakathi kwabangani nezimbali. Ubukhona bukaKirsty Ndawo noZinhle Nzama phakathi kwamahlamvu omdanso baba ngamathunzi ahlangana ngobunye, asondelana futhi ngokuhlukana njengoba ukuxhumana kwabo kulandelwa ngokudlula kwabo kwembali, abahleli eceleni kwayo ebhentshini. Umthunzi uzwakala njengelanga ebusweni bakho ntambama ebusika, azi ukuthi konke kuzolunga.
Imisebenzi eyisishiyagalolunye yeJOMBA! Yedijitali atholakala ku- https://jomba.ukzn.ac.za isikhathi somkhosi.
