(Pic by Val Adamson)
Award-winning dance
theatre production celebrates the incredible fusion of KZN's various cultures.
While politicians
continue to grapple with the complexities of social cohesion in KwaZulu-Natal,
the arts have come up with a winning formula to bring diverse communities
together under the umbrella of a new democracy.
20 of Durban's
finest, most skilled contemporary dancers in collaboration with some of the
city's most talented and classically-trained musicians and dancers will create
a joyous, seamless inter-cultural fusion of dance, the spoken word, film and
music that promises to take Durban by storm next month.
This intriguing
collaboration joins dancers from the Flatfoot Dance Company and the Playhouse
Dance Residency whose movements will be fused with the sounds of the djembe
drum (played by Mandla Matsha), the Indian tabla (Vishen Kemraj), the South
African maskanda guitar (Madala Kunene), African- and contemporary dance and
classical Indian dancers (including performances by Manesh Maharaj) and the
spoken word from poet Raheem Kemet.
As one of three
highly acclaimed productions selected by the Playhouse Company for its 20 Years
of Democracy season, Bhakti will be
staged at the Drama Theatre for a short run from November 28 to 30.
Playhouse Company
CEO and artistic director, Linda Bukhosini said special emphasis was given to
identifying productions that were of high artistic quality, had enjoyed acclaim
and recognition in the wider performing arts industry and were relevant to the
theme of the country's new democracy.
First created by
choreographer, Lliane Loots in 2010, Bhakti
went on to win one of the coveted Ovation Awards at the National Arts Festival
a year later.
Loots explained:
"… My own physical and spiritual journeys to the East, and my deeply
embedded love of my home - Africa - all come together in this work which is
really a long dance prayer or devotion offered to gods, goddesses and ancestors
alike.”
Bhakti runs from November 28 to 30. Tickets R80 and bookings is through
Computicket.
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