A South African activist once said, 'People need to defeat the one element in politics which is working against them. And this is the psychological feeling of inferiority' (Biko, 1976). These are the words that underlie 19-Born-76-Rebels. It seeks to build on the notion that the remnants of the 1976 uprising have laid the foundation for artists and South Africans to triumph over adversity.
About Mamela Nyamza
Mamela Nyamza is an acclaimed, provocative choreographer whose work considers the engendered body, and the contemporary definition of dance through her experimentation with dance around themes of men and (mostly) women’s roles and issues. She questions how the body can move outside conventional expectations, gain access to the soul, and demand more of ourselves.
