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Robyn Orlin / Moving Into Dance Mophatong / uKhoiKhoi

Numbered places

The famous South African choreographer celebrates the courage and creativity of women. rickshaw pullers with flamboyant performance.

Robyn Orlin pays homage to the rickshaw pullers of her childhood, these hopping rickshaws which once roamed the streets of Durban and whose decoration rivaled each other in inventiveness. There is flamboyance in this evocation, extravagance, an explosion of colors too. But behind the pomp lies the harsh reality of life. of the 1970s, that of apartheid and white masters, at the time when the Zulus had to serve as their drivers. human propulsion. Marked from adolescence by this servitude to barely veiled, shocked by the readyness of of their condition, the South African choreographer draws on magical realism to offer a psychedelic performance-ritual which salutes with panache the joy of living and the resistance of an extraordinary social class even ;prized by the settlers.

“ This piece evokes the entire Zulu tradition around memory clubs dedicated to important people. This piece is about joyful activism, without falling into the traps of cancel culture. » Defector

choreography Robyn Orlin

dance Sunnyboy Motau, Oscar Buthelezi, Eugene Mashiane, Lesego Dihemo, Sbusiso Gumede, Teboho Letele

original music uKhoiKhoi with Yogin Sullaphen, Anelisa Stuurman

video creation Eric Perroys

light creation Romain de Lagarde

general management Jean-Marc L’Hostis

tour manager Thabo Pule

stage manager Jordan Azincot

costumes Birgit Neppl