Meditation on the meaning of power
In Uncles & Angels laughter is not merely a vehicle to lighten the load of the themes.
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Uneasy steps decode sexual violation
When we speak of violations against the body, what comes to mind if not rape, murder and brutality?
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Travails of a warrior chief
Exit/Exist is based on the life of the legendary Xhosa chief, Maqoma, who played a crucial role in the frontier wars in the Eastern Cape.
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Just what the hell are you playing at, Daddy?
The buzz surrounding the return of Robyn Orlin's Daddy, I've seen this piece six times before... was unavoidable.
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Reed dance under scrutiny
A piece at this year's Dance Umbrella interrogates the annual reed dance, in which young virgins are presented before King Goodwill Zwelithini.
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Choreographers tap deftly into suffering
Local choreographers tackle sensitive, heart-breaking issues that ordinary South Africans are dealing with every day.
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Artists go where PC angels fear to tread
Theatre dance is again showing its anarchic
credentials by appropriating local icons.
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Performers shift perceptions as they step off stage
Choreographers are surprising unsuspecting audiences by taking dance performance into new spaces.
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Cool like La Ribot
La Ribot's brand of dance is radical, unpredictable and, above all, steeped in unselfconscious cool.
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Cool but not calm
Choreographer La Ribot tells Matthew Krouse how her dance is an extension of, and not a rebellion against, real life.
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