“UNDERTOW” KUHLOLWA ISIFISO SIKAPATHU SOKUBUYELA EMZIMBENI NJENGENDAWO YOMZABALAZO
NguClare Craighead (Umbhali Wezivakashi) Ukuhunyushwa ngu: Lisa Goldstone
Encwadini yakhe yohlelo lwe-23 JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience “Legacy Artist Platform”, umphathi, umenzi womdanso, isifundiswa nombhikishi — uJay Pather uyachaza: “‘Umculi wefa’ uyisembatho esethusayo sokugqoka” futhi ngokwesimo esinjengeNingizimu Afrika imibono yefa yindawo enodaka. “Angikaze ngizwe sengathi ngidlulisa noma yiliphi ifa…” kuvuma uPather. Uqhubeka nalomcabango engxoxweni emfushane ngokunezela, “uma noma yini umkhosi ofana neJOMBA udala ifa ngokunikeza uhlobo oluthile lokuzinza kwemisebenzi ukuze ivele iphinde ivele”, futhi ngokwesimo lapho kungekho buciko obucacile / isikhungo Yebo uma kuqhathaniswa neGlobal North lokhu kube yindima yemikhosi eminingi yezwe lethu yezobuciko. Njengabenzi abaningi bezobuciko besizukulwane sakhe, uPather wangena esidingweni, ephendula ukungabi nabulungisa okungokomlando ngokobuhlanga okwathi ngemithetho yobandlululo yakhulula iningi labantu baseNingizimu Afrika. Ngempela lokhu kuyiqiniso kubenzi abaningi bezobuciko bendawo abangabesiqu sikaPather, kunezidingo ezifanayo futhi ezihlanganisiwe manje, ngakho-ke mhlawumbe “ifa” lesi isikhala sokuzihlola, ukucabangisisa nokuvuselelwa, noma mhlawumbe isenzo esifakwe kabusha.
uPather, owaziwa ngokwenza kwakhe umdanso onombono wezepolitiki, akakaze aqhamuke ezindaweni ezingezinhle nezinzima endalweni yakhe yokusebenzisana. NgowaseNingizimu Afrika ngokuhlukile, intshisekelo yakhe ekushayaneni kwamasiko, amafomu, izitayela, umlando; nokuthola ingxoxo edingekayo ezikhaleni eziphakathi bekuhlale kuyinhliziyo yomsebenzi wakhe. Ngokobuciko, ukusebenzisa kwakhe okuvelele kwemidiya ehlukahlukene, amasiko kanye nomsebenzi ohilelekile kwezepolitiki kunikeza ukurekhodwa kanye nokuphendula kanyekanye nasemlandweni ongatholakalanga, namaqiniso angachazeki.
Ekuqaleni ibizwa ngokuthi Legacy? ngumenzi womdanso, manje usubizwa ngegama elithi Undertow, uhlelo lukaPather olukhethiwe lwe-“Legacy Platform” lufaka phakathi izingxenye zemisebenzi ekhethiwe eyenziwe neSiwela Sonke Dance Theatre phakathi kuka-1998–2018. Imisebenzi ekhethiwe, konke okwenziwa ekuqaleni kusethi ebukhoma , zihlanganiswe ndawonye ekulandiseni okuxubile okukhombisa, njengoba uPather esho “ukubhebhetheka kombuso [waseNingizimu Afrika] njengoba uxhunyaniswe nobukhokho obungathetheleli”, okuyiqiniso, uPather neSiwela Sonke Dance Theatre bakhuluma iqiniso ngamandla ukungavunyelwa okuhlanganisiwe. Inhloso yakhe lapha, “ukuhamba ngale ndlela yokuzama ukushintsha imingcele, ubheke emuva kwesimo esisehlulekile, lapho lo mlando nesimanje kukhombisa khona umzimba obuhlungu”. U-Qaphela Caesar, rite, Hotel, Kitchen kanye ne-Body of Evidence konke kufakwe ohlelweni olukhethwe ngokukhethekile, eceleni kwesithonjana sikaPather Shifting Spaces, Tilting Time.
Ngenkathi uPather echaza inqubo yokuhlela lolu hlelo “njengesenzo esinzima, nesihluku”, ngoba akukho noyedwa wale misebenzi owayehloselwe ukusatshalaliswa noma ukusetshenziswa kwidijithali, akayena umuntu ongaziwa ukuphinde ahlole imisebenzi yakhe. Imvamisa ukuphinda akhulelwe, abeke kabusha noma enze kabusha imisebenzi evela emzimbeni wakhe ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene, emazweni ahlukene, kuzingxenyekazi ezahlukahlukene futhi kwesinye isikhathi ngisho nemizimba ehlukene — I-Undertow iyisengezo esisha sha kuleli fa!
I-Undertow izoqala ukukhonjiswa ngobusuku bokuvula kweJOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience ebisakazwa ngomhlaka 24 Agasti ngo-19:00 (CAT).
I-JOMBA 2021 yeCCA iqala kusukela ngomhlaka 24 Agasti kuya kumhlaka 5 Septhemba futhi ingahanjiswa mahhala ngewebhusayithi ethi www.jomba.ukzn.ac.za noma ubhalisele isiteshi se-JOMBA YouTube lapha:
https://www.YouTube.com/Jomba_Dance
Uhlelo olugcwele luyatholakala ngewebhusayithi.
