We wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with color … we said ‘bonjour’ to satan in 1820 …, 11. - 12. March 2023

We wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with color … we said ‘bonjour’ to satan in 1820 …,
11. - 12. March 2023

  • Duration70 min
  • Price165-360
  • StageMain stage

The title of this piece is a homage to the rickshaw drivers of South Africa’s past. Robyn Orlin’s production, in which she invents a ‘rickshaw dance’, is a celebration of dance and song imbibed with a joyous thirst for life. The unyielding strength of resistance that it gives rise to is a tribute to the spirit of the Rainbow Nation.

In South Africa of the 1970’s, at the height of apartheid, its white masters were transported from place to place by Zulu men pulling brightly coloured rickshaws, a feat requiring a mixture of great strength and dexterity. The young Robyn Orlin, at that time a rebellious, young adolescent observed the ornate decoration of their vehicles and headdresses, as well as their sprightly, dance-like steps. It was around this time that her political convictions began to take shape. The 1970’s also gave rise to the creation of Moving into Dance Mophatong (MIDM), a dance company nourished by Zulu traditions and a flagship for contemporary dance in South Africa. Today, her work with the troupe from Johannesburg constitutes a return to a common source. Dance, song and costume combine with explosive effect during this encounter the MIDM dancers and the breath-taking singing of Anelisa Stuurman aka Annalyzer, a vocalist and performance artist who has been taking nightclubs by storm from South Africa to Europe. In collaboration with the compositor, Yogin Sullaphen, she has developed a style influenced by slam, local Khoisan tradition and research into new forms of modern music.

Background material

  • Robyn Orlin Jerome Seron 2

    Robyn Orlin, en sør-afrikansk provokatør

    Hvem Robyn Orlin er kan du først og fremst oppleve kunstnerisk ved å se forestillingen We wear our wheels with pride... som vises på Dansens Hus lørdag 11. og søndag 12. mars.

  • Maxresdefault

    uKhoiKhoi

    En kort introduksjon til musikerne i We wear our wheels with pride...

  • Skisser podcast Gjenopprettet

    Podcast: Robin Orlin

    En samtale om kunst som motstand, å bli stemplet som provokatør og apartheids ukjente helter.

  • PM h 24 1

    Plukk og miks

    Det er jammen ikke lett å være lommebok når vi slipper en sesong full av spennende ting. Men vi har en løsning på det; kjøper du billett til tre ulike forestillinger får du 30% rabatt.

Contributors

  • A piece by

    Robyn Orlin

  • With Moving Into Dance Mophatong dancers

    Sunnyboy Motau
    Oscar Buthelezi
    Eugene Mashiane
    Lesego Dihemo
    Sbusiso Gumede
    Masego Moloto

  • Original musikk

    uKhoiKhoi with Yogin Sullaphe and Anelisa Stuurman

  • Video

    Eric Perroys

  • Costumes

    Birgit Neppl

  • Light

    Romain de Lagarde

  • General manager

    Jean-Marc L’Hostis

  • Tour manager

    Thabo Pule

  • Stage manager

    Jordan Azincot

  • Photo

    Jérôme Séron

Production: City Theater & Dance Group, MIDM - Moving into Dance Mophatong and Damien Valette Prod.
Co-production: Festival Montpellier Danse, Tanz im August – 32. Internationales Festival Berlin, Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse, Le Grand T- Théâtre de Loire-Atlantique, Charleroi Danse - Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie – Bruxelles, Théâtre Garonne – Scène européenne, Château-Rouge – scène conventionnée d’Annemasse.
With support from: DRAC Ile-de-France
Administration, booking: Damien Valette
Coordination: Louise Bailly