FNB Dance Umbrella

The Jazzart company dancers are vigorously perparing for the annual FNB Dance Umbrella (Johannesburg), which will be taking place in March this year.
Their choreographer for the 10 minute masterpiece is none other than Jazzart resident Sbonakaliso Ndaba.
Looking great so far!!! For those of you who will be in Joburg at the time, we'll be in your area!!

Get ready for it!!!

Opening night of SCARS is now right around the corner...TOMORROW!!!

Things are well on their way...interviews and some footage will also be on CTV(Cape Town TV) very soon. So be on the look out!!

If you haven't booked your ticket for the show yet, be sure to get at it as soon as you can to avoid disappointment!! If you wanting to get discounted tickets, mail boyd.lisa25@ymail.com

Rockin' the airwaves!!!

The team have been doing a number of interviews on radio throughout the past week and things have been going quite well.Here's a list of the next few interviews they'll be doing so you can tune in...

1. SAFM on January 13th between 13h30 and 14h00. Asanda Phewa (director) and Celeste Botha will be on air.
2. Megan Erasmus and Asanda will be on Heart 104.9 on Friday January 15th for an interview with Saskia at 11h00.
3. Megan and Celeste will be on Cape Diary on Fine Music Radio on Monday 18 January between 12h45 and 14h00

A closer look...

*** A SCAR REPRESENTS HEALING AND TRANSCENDENTAL HOPE, AT THE SAME TIME ACTING AS A REMINDER OF PAST PAIN AND LESSONS LEARNED. SCARS REPRESENT INSIGHT...***

Celeste Botha and Megan Erasmus bring to us the stories of their lineage in the language of movement and music. These two coloured women embody the strength of spirit of a culture that had to adapt to survive harsh circumstances. Dance being the language of the heart they communicate the story of the journey of the spirit of their culture in its search for understanding its own identity and its emancipation during the past century. Celeste and Megan relate the stories of their own internal and external scars, juxtaposing their life experience with the encompassing relationship of their culture as related to other South African nationalities.Their colourful culture represents, in effect, all the nationalities of our country and acts as a reminder of our history at the same time as celebrating the beauty and triumph of the human spirit.

I am dark chocolate, with a small waist and big hips and behind. My face from afar looks Asian but as you come closer do you see the African flat nose that rests in the centre. My hair is dark, thick and bushy like wild grass scattered over a veldt.

Mixed I am...yes mixed...but with what?

I need to know and find out why I'm so unsettled in my own skin.

One night we got chatting away in Joburg. She wanted to trace her ancestors... she had similar questions to what I had, like what white and black are we mixed with, why do we coloured people settle for second best, why are there so many secrets on coloured families? The hair issue, skin colour, why are we always the "comedians" in society and lastly the serious issues around abuse of drugs and alcohol, violence within families.

We felt like we wanted to say something, wanted to do something to just cause a shift in the mindset behind "coloured".

The pain of colour because of the past political history is something that people are not willing to share... and I feel that should not be buried away. It needs to be exposed to light so that it can heal within the grandchildren and their children,....within me.

I want to be proud of my heritage and where my forefathers come from...for they brought me here. I want to have a true identity and move forth from here.

The Scars that have been kept secret for centuries have infiltrated in my life and I want to wear them proudly.

- Megan Erasmus