"Bodies of Water"

Delve into a world which unpacks the human condition and the ecology of our planet in the theatre production, “Bodies of Water".

This soulful contemporary dance experience is the work of award-winning choreographer Lliane Loots, who has joined forces with celebrated Durban musicians Refiloe Olifant on violin and Mandla Matsha on percussion to offer a beautiful, soulful and thought-provoking new season of contemporary dance.

The play, says Loots, “embraces a double meaning as the dance work negotiates the ecology of water alongside an awareness that the human body is made up of 70% water".

To set the dancing moving body as a breathing metaphor for climate justice, six Flatfoot Dance Company dancers (Sifiso Khumalo, Jabu Siphika, Zinhle Nzama, Siseko Duba, Sbonga Ndlovu and Ndumiso Dube) will face what happens to bodies in times of personal and political crisis.

“Set against our own African geopolitics, and a larger ‘body’ of social disease, ‘Bodies of Water’ comes back to the ideas of how we relate to ‘bodies of water’ as both artistic and political metaphors for survival," says Loots.

Meanwhile, Flatfoot also partnered with lighting designer Wesley Maherry whose bespoke designs for this dance company has seen him win numerous awards. His lighting design is supported by his audiovisual/ cinematic stage projection designs that give the production a unique performance landscape.

Where: Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu Natal.

When: April 10 - 13. Show times differ depending on the day.