'Uncles and Angels'
Neliswe Xaba and Mocke J van Veuren at Goodman Gallery Project Space'Uncles & Angels' is an interactive dance and video collaboration between Nelisiwe Xaba and Mocke J van Veuren. Forming part of the Dance Umbrella programme, the performance will premiere at Goodman Gallery Projects at Arts on Main.
The central allusion within the piece is the Reed Dance – well known in Southern Africa as a colourful, cultural celebration that is meant to promote respect for young women and preserve the custom of girls remaining virgins until marriage. In light of this cultural happening, 'Uncles & Angels' explores questions of chastity, virginity testing, purity, and tradition, while at the same time casting a wry glance at the power relations encoded within corporeal interaction through performance and projection.
Performances on 17 and 18 February at 6pm, and on 19 February at 4pm.
17 February - 25 February
