Ukuwela Imingcele nge-ACE Dance noMculo
NguUDkt Sarahleigh Castelyn (Umbhali Wezivakashi) Ukuhunyushwa ngu: Lisa Goldstone
Abadansi basondela kithina, bashaya phansi ngonyawo, basibuka ngqo. Ukuhamba kwemizimba yabo kukhonjiswa ngemuva. Bahamba ndawonye. Bahamba behlukana. Izingalo zabo ziyelula. Bayabamba. Izandla zabo zidonsela emzimbeni wabo lokho esingakuboniyo. Bayibuke. Babheke kuyo. Bayayibamba. Ukunyakaza kwazo kuncibilikisa isikhala esibazungezile. Izandla zabo zicindezela ubuso babo phansi. Izithunzi zabo ezingemuva zigcwalisa indawo; abadansi ababodwa. Kukhona ukungezwani. Kukhona ukubambisana. Kukhona ukulinganisela. Kukhona ukulwa. Ngezinye izikhathi bangabantu ngabanye. Ngezinye izikhathi bangumphakathi. Ngezinye izikhathi zihamba ndawonye. Kwesinye isikhathi ziyahlukana. Ziyashintsha. Banikela. Bayathatha. Kukhona ukumiswa. Izikhala eziphakathi kwangempela nokucatshangelwe. Kukhona ukuphika. Kukhona ukwamukelwa. Kukhona kokubili. Kunjalo nje.
I-TEN idalwe nguJosé Agudo futhi iqondiswe nguGail no-Ian Parmel nge-ACE Dance noMculo. Kulo msebenzi, kukhona ukuphindwaphindwa kweFlamenco, ye-Martial Arts, kaKathak, yeContemporary, yesitayela se-ACE. Ukuhlangana kobuciko obukhethekile nobuzwelayo buka-Agudo obuhlangana nolimi lomdanso lwe-ACE lwe-Afro-fusion kuvezwe ngokusobala ngabadansi. Umsebenzi “uhlola imiqondo yokuhamba ushiye, ubheke ukuthi kungani futhi kungani abantu bekhetha iziphetho abazicabangayo ezimpilweni ababehlale becabanga ukuthi bazohlala” (Iwebhusayithi ye-ACE Dance noMculo) futhi yilokhu okwenza i-TEN ithakazelise; ukuthi imibono, ukukhuluma kwabo kanye nomqondo wabo, kuqinisana kanjani. Indlela abadansi abahamba ngayo, ukwenziwa kwabo kwalezi zitayela nokuthi imizimba yabo ithini, ethonywe ukunyakaza komhlaba kuya kwenye indawo, iqoqiwe ndawonye.
I-ACE Dance noMculo zitholakala eBirmingham, e-UK, futhi njengeTheku yikhaya laseJOMBA !, IBirmingham yindawo yokuhamba kwabantu nemidanso yabo, ngakho-ke ukufakwa komsebenzi wabo “TEN” njengengxenye yeJOMBA! U-2021 ulunge kakhulu. Iqale ngonyaka we-1996, i-ACE Dance noMculo ifana kakhulu neFlatfoot Dance Company ehlonishwayo eseThekwini, ngaphandle kokuba yinkampani yezokuvakasha, enikela “ngezinhlelo zokufinyelela kubantu nezemfundo kanye namakilasi okudansa asesitudiyo” (iwebhusayithi ye-ACE Dance noMculo). Ukusebenzisana komenzi womdanso ohlonishwayo uJosé Agudo we-Agudo Dance Company — okwenziwe nguMholi Wezobuciko — uJosé Agudo kanye noMkhiqizi Wobuciko — uClaire Cunningham (iwebhusayithi ye-Agudo Dance Company) — ne-ACE Dance noMculo kuhlangana kakhulu ikakhulukazi njengoba i-Agudo yaziwa umhlaba wonke ngomculo wayo isitayela esifaka izitayela nezindlela eziningi zomdanso ezifana neFlamenco, Kathak nezanamuhla. Lokhu kuhambisana ne-ACE Music neDance njengoba “uphawu lokuhweba” lwenkampani (iwebhusayithi ye-ACE) ihlanganisa inkathi yamanje ne-Afro- fusion. Ingqikithi yeJOMBA! I-2021 ukuwela imingcele nokufakwa kwe-TEN ngokuwela kwalo izitayela zokudansa kanye nengqikimba yayo ethi “imiqondo yokuhamba ushiye” (i-ACE Dance noMculo) inikela kuJOMBA! Uhlelo lwekhwalithi ka-2021. I-TEN ikhombisa lowo mzuzu phakathi kweqiniso nokucatshangelwe; kukhombisa leso sikhala lapho kwenzeka khona ukuwela.
