Isimo esivela ku-“This Weight is not Mine” ingxenye yeqoqo lePickle Factory Foundation elithi “I m / Material” eJOMBA! (Isithombe sinikezwe)

Uthando, Isikhathi Nobuhlungu Emhlabathini WaseNdiya

Umbhali: USanam Sitaram (umbhali wezivakashi) Kuhunyushwe nguLisa Goldstone

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I-JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience yaseThekwini kade yaba yipulatifomu ehlukahlukene, ebanzi edudule ukulinganiselwa komdanso, futhi kusho ukuthini umdanso. Ukukhethwa kwe-inthanethi kulo nyaka akuhlukile. Isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka, izibopho eziphakathi kweNdiya neNingizimu Afrika beziqinile. Ukusingathwa kwalo nyaka kwePickle Factory Dance Foundation i-I m / Material, uhlelo lwamafilimu womdanso wesikrini ayisishiyagalombili alawulwa nguVikram Iyengar noKunal Chakraborty kube yisixhumanisi esisodwa ekuqiniseni lo mlando ngisho nangaphezulu, okwakha izibopho ezincike ekuvezeni kunokugqilazwa.

Ngo-2021, sisephakathi nobhadane lomhlaba wonke. Izinhlobo eziningi zobuciko ezibukhoma zishintshe izikhala futhi zathuthela kusikrini esincane (kwesinye isikhathi esincane kakhulu).

Umsebenzi wokuqala wohlu, u-Aahuti oqondiswe nguLubdhak Chatterjee ngokwenza umdanso ngu-Dr Pompi Paul, awulindelekile. Kubonakala kuphawuleka kimi ukuthi ukuqala kohlu lwemisebenzi kusiphoqa ukuba siwubone umhlaba ngqo nangomqondo ongokoqobo. Inikeza umbukeli ukunambitheka, mhlawumbe, kokuhlangenwe nakho okuhamba kancane, kwemizwa yokuthi siye sahlukaniswa kakhulu ngokwengeziwe enkambisweni yesiko lanamuhla lobuchwepheshe. Ngizizwa sengathi ngimenyiwe ukuthi ngiyeke ukucabanga nokuhlaziya, futhi ngibheke nje. Kukhona ukujula ngobulula bezandla, ngokumelene nomhlaba, namanzi. AmaMudra ahlukahlukene asetshenzisiwe, abeka umsebenzi ngokuqinile ngaphakathi kwesiko lamaNdiya, emsebenzini ongakhombisi zimpawu zanoma iyiphi indawo ethile noma abantu bayo. Ngihlatshwa umcabango wokuthi isiko lingaba khona ngaphakathi komzimba wonke — kuze kube seminwe nasezinzwaneni zethu. Umsebenzi olandelayo, uzizwa ujwayelekile. Umdanso wenziwa futhi waqondiswa nguHediyeh Azma, uSaraab mnene, kepha ucebile, futhi ukuba lula komqondo kusivumela ukuthi sizitike, futhi mhlawumbe nokudlulisa ukulangazelela kwethu nezinkumbulo zethu kulokho okuhleliwe nakulowo okulingiswa kuwo. Ukunyakaza, iphalethi yombala, nokugxila emininingwaneni emincane yokwakha kusebenza ngokuzwana ndawonye.

Siphindiselwe emuva emqondweni wokuthula nguPreethi Athreya noSharan Devkar Shankar ngo And indeed there will be time. Ukunyakaza okuxegayo komdanso kukhombisa ukuthi umdansi, uPreethi Athreya, ukuphela kwenkomba yokuthi isikhathi sikhona ngaphakathi kwalesi sikhala. Uvame ukwakhiwa amafasitela sengathi athathwe ngesikhathi kule ndawo yokwakha engaqediwe. Umdansi umane “athikide” njengewashi. Njengo-Aahuti, umdanso ubonakala usicela ukuthi sibheke nje ukuxhumana phakathi komuntu nendawo ezungezile. Kuyindida ukuthi lapho

Kubukeka sengathi kuncane kakhulu kokuhlangenwe nakho “kwangaphakathi” kumdansi kukonke, kunezandleni zika-Aahuti. Kungumcabango ojulile othulile ngokuhamba esikhaleni.

Kulesi simo, uGia Singh Arora noMukta Nagpal’s Fall: Love and Longing ngomunye umbono ongalindelekile. Iyanambitheka ngokubonakalayo, ihlelwe nguGeeta Singh noRucha Prabhune, futhi ibukeka kahle. Lokhu kukhuliswa kakhulu ngumculo wezinsimbi okhulayo yiThe Music Factory. Lapha, siholelwa ukuthi sinake umdansi uqobo kanye nokuveza kwakhe ukujula komhlaba wakhe wangaphakathi. Ngikhunjuzwa ngezikhangiso ezinkulu zamakha ezenza umhlaba womcabango omuhle nenjabulo.

Ayikho indawo yokuchazwa ku-Ima — An ode to the divine mother, “inkondlo eya kumama waphezulu”. Umsebenzi uqondiswa, uhlelwe ngobuciko futhi uqondiswe nguBimbavati Devi. Ubuye alandise lo msebenzi ngenhloso ecacile, esebenzisa inkondlo ebhalwe ngu-Anais Carmen Bourquin. Ngiwuthanda kakhulu lo msebenzi njengesipiliyoni samasiko. I-Bollywood kudala yabeka indinganiso yokuthi isiko lamaNdiya nabantu bakhona babukeka kanjani emhlabeni wonke, futhi kuyakha kabusha ukufakaza ngomsebenzi okhombisa abantu baseNyakatho-Mpumalanga yezwe. Lo mdanso awushukumi ekugubheni kwakhe owesifazana waphezulu, futhi uzizwa eqeqeshwe kakhulu, okungenani iso elingaphandle impela, enkambisweni ethile yamasiko.

Omunye umgubho wabesifazane, This Weight is Not Mine, uba nezwi elihluke kakhulu. UNiharika Senapati, umenzi womdanso nomdansi, unamandla amakhulu ngokufakaza. Ukhipha umuzwa wentukuthelo engcwele ngokuzungeza ukulawula imizimba yabesifazane nokuzimela ngezinkambiso zezinzalamizi emphakathini wamaNdiya. Ngokusebenzisa kwakhe ingubo yomshado, umsebenzi ubhekisa ngqo isikhungo somshado njengendlela yokulawula. “Isisindo” sokulindelwe esabekwa kuSenapati njengentokazi asikaze sibe ngesakhe ekuqaleni. Uyaphuma aye emhlabeni, egqoke njengophawu lobufazi obuthobelayo kepha umzimba wakhe uyawenqaba umqondo wokuvinjelwa obekwa kuye. Kunjengokungathi uthola inkululeko yedwa kuphela lapho ephucwa izithombe abhekana nazo njengezicindezelayo, azigeze ahlanzeke kulindelwe amadoda nezinto ezicindezelayo zamasiko.

uNikita Maheshwary ukhuluma ngamandla nobuhlungu bokufuduka Home, Suspended. Umuzwa wokukhathazeka kokucindezeleka ufakwa emisindweni engaba khona kule ndawo yezimboni / emgwaqweni. Ukuhlelwa okuphindaphindiwe kwevidiyo kugcwalisa ukwenziwa komdanso njengoba uMaheshwary nomunye umdansi akanye naye behlala ezweni eliwohlokile nelincibilikayo. Isikhathi sibaluleke kakhulu, futhi ngasikhathi sinye asipheli.

uSurjit Nongmeikapam uqeda uchungechunge lwamafilimu amafushane ngokunikeza indlela ethinta kakhulu imvelo yakhe. Izandla nezinyawo zithinta ukhonkolo, ekugcineni umzimba wakhe wonke uhambela phansi. Kunomuzwa wokuphuthuma ku-Underline ongekho ku-Aahuti futhi nokuthi And indeed there will be time kodwa kubonakala sengathi imithetho lapha iyafana. Sinikezwa okuhlangenwe nakho okungenzeka ukuthi, kwemizimba yethu maqondana nesimo sethu, okungakhuthazwa ngokuvamile njengengxenye yesipiliyoni sansuku zonke. Lokhu kulandelana kwemidanso kuhlola izici eziningi zesipiliyoni somuntu- kusukela kokuthintekayo nokungokomzwelo, kuya ezimweni ezingaphandle ezinikeza abaningi usizo. Asinikezwa izixazululo zeziphetho kepha isipiliyoni kanye nesimemo sokufakaza, ukuzwelana futhi kwesinye isikhathi, sizenzele injongo yethu.

I-I m / Material isepulatifomu ye- “Indian Crossings” ngoMgqibelo mhlaka 4 Septhemba ngo-19: 00 (CAT) njengengxenye ye-23 JOMBA Contemporary Dance Experience. 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 iJOMBA! Isiteshi se-YouTube lapha:

https://www.YouTube.com/Jomba_Dance

Uhlelo olugcwele luyatholakala ngewebhusayithi.

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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience
JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience

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JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience is a Durban-based festival that celebrates critical contemporary dance from Africa and across the globe

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