Vuyani Dance Theater Performance Project
S07
Gregory Maqoma; Luyanda Sidiya
Participants in this two-credit, seven-week intensive will be involved in the reconstruction and re-working of a dance piece from the repertory of Vuyani Dance Theater, under the direction of Gregory Maqoma with assistance by Luyanda Sidiya. The project will culminate in a performance.

“As a black African dancer, I am constantly expected to conform to stereotypical perceptions of the Western world and of African traditionalists. Africa is widely perceived on the one hand as a war zone ravaged by the AIDS pandemic and poverty and on the other hand as exotic, colourful, and primitive. I propose to deconstruct this stereotype through my personal history, my work as a performer and choreographer living in a city, and my research on urban, popular, contemporary, intercultural dance forms.” —Maqoma