How the South African dance company, specialists in Pantsula, collaborated with choreographers Marco da Silva Ferreira and Amala Dianor
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The award-winning South African dance company Via Katlehong discuss bringing their work Via Injabulo to Sadler’s Wells in London, as part of Dance Umbrella Festival 2023. To create this show, they joined forces with two international choreographers, Marco da Silva Ferreira (Portugal) and Amala Dianor (Senegal/France), in an exhilarating celebration of global movement styles.
“The mission was to make people happy [using] our bodies.”
Watch the trailer for Via Injabulo
Mixing house dance and top rock with pantsula, a South African township dance, Marco da Silva Ferreira’s førm inførms examines the idea of collective identity. In Emaphakathini, Amala Dianor seeks to break down borders with a feast of rousing beats from live on-stage DJing, drawing on traditional dance techniques to explore the individual personalities within the Via Katlehong company.
For this post-show talk, Dance Umbrella Artistic Director Freddie Opoku-Addaie (right) was joined on stage by Buru Mohlabane (left) Artistic Director of Via Katlehong, and Lungile Mahlangu (middle) one of the dancers in the company.