Invitation to “Un-mute” Performance Preview Creation process funded by Youngblood Arts and Culture Development Un-mute is the first choreographic piece by Andile Vellem. It is based on his experience as a dancer who is deaf. He has been dancing professionally for more than 13 years and was part of the Remix Dance Company for 6 of those years. Un-mute is a way of Andile finding his voice as a choreographer, using sign language as the source of the movement vocab. He has brought together these performers to find and explore what they would like to un-mute; feelings, perceptions, social norms and expectations. Deconstructing what society perceives as dance. In this way he has brought in a professional contemporary dancer Themba Mbuli, a professional integrated dancer and Mail and Guardian Young Professional 2013 nominee Nadine Mckenzie, Zama Sonjica who is a trainee integrated dancer, Chuma Sopotela a multi award winning actress and Christelle Dreyer a qualified graphic designer and trained ballroom dancer. This is a way of communicating what Andile believes is true collaboration and integration, a way of sharing skills, knowledge and stories. It is a fist, his own art work and those he has worked with, in ‘Un-muting’. Please RSVP your attendance with Mpotseng Shuping (Project Manager) via email; mphotsengshuping@gmail or call 079 624 0108. When: 10 July 2013 (Wednesday) Where: Theatre Arts Admin Collectives (Observatory, Methodist Church, Corner Milton and Wallace Rd) Time: 7pm “This performance is my personal journey where I “Un-mute” my past experiences from people’s prejudice towards disabilities, people’s rejection to work with me as soon as they’ve found out that I’m deaf.” – Andile Vellem
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