Chilahaebolae

Swart Gevaar Productions , Chilahaebolae, 2023, Performance views

 

Swart Gevaar Productions

Chilahaebolae

a play by Kgafela oa Magogodi 

24 September to 1 October

Outside The Point of Order, Braamfontein


Building on a trinity of song, incantation and physical storytelling, the production is conceived as mogaga play making or an anticipatory dance drama. Various skills, from vocal agility, acrobatic dexterity to physical elasticity, are required for players who must morph into different animals and features of the landscape. With this piece of work, we join Amiri Baraka in mantra, "Show the chains... let them see the chains falling.

 

Photography by Reshma Chhiba