(Pic by Val Adamson)The Durban University of Technology’s Drama Department presents the annual dance production, a season of contemporary dance entitled Colours of Dreams which is being staged at the Courtyard Theatre at DUT campus from August 16 for five performances.
Colours of Dreams revolves around different dreams - Pink, Red, Black, Grey, White, Green, and Yellow - and focuses on a journey or search for the truth “coming clean”, purity, healing, growth, newness which can be symbolic of death and new beginnings, individuality and space that define our inner being.
“The work represents freedom from the physical body, as we experience in sleep and while dreaming where we don’t use our physical bodies but instead use our mental and spiritual bodies to experience our dreams,” explains the press material. “Most of these dreams relates to our current “lesson in life”, we are spirit/ soul having a physical dream, not the other way around. Have you ever felt like your life is like a play, and you are acting out some role that you don’t even understand, and each time you turn away from it, next time it will be more unpleasant until finally you are forced to acknowledge its importance for your growth?”
Directed by dance lecturer Mdu Mtshali, Colours of Dreams involves all DUT second and third year dance specialists who specialise in theatre dance and showcases four works by Durban-based choreographers Mdu Mtshali, Musa Hlatshwayo, Mlekeleli Khuzwayo and Sandile Mbili.
Colours of Dreams runs at the Courtyard Theatre, Steve Biko (formerly Mansfield) Road from August 16 to 21 at 19h00. Entrance R20. More information from Lebohang Sibisi on 031 373 2194.
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