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Uncles & Angels is an interactive dance and video collaboration between Nelisiwe Xaba and Mocke J van Veuren. 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.
Choreography and performance: Nelisiwe Xaba
Video Artist: Mocke J van Veuren
Creative Consultants: Toni Morkel, Carlo Gibson
Costume: Strangelove
Technician: François Blet
With the support of :
The Goodman Gallery
The Wits School of the Arts
UJ Multimedia Department
The Market Theatre
Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy
Award :
Art Prize 2013 du Johannesburg FNB Art Fair