Dialogue with DNA
“Brilliant percussion emanates from the dancer himself with hand slapping, boot kicking and a fulsome attack on his own thighs.”
Choreographer: Mafa Makhubalo
Dancer: Mafa Makhubalo
Musician: Walter Maclean
Costume Designer: Diane Sober
Lighting: Simon Rossiter
Stage Manager: Arun Srinivasan
Video Projector Edit: Mafa Makhubalo
Photography: Bruce Zinger
Description: Dialogue with DNA, a new work in the percussive gumboot dance style which emerged as a form of communication among workers in the inhumane mines of South Africa where they were forbidden to speak.
Acknowledgements: Commission by Fall for Dance North 2020 and creation support from the Ontario Arts Council.
