here are some performances that remind us that sometimes the body is a much better storyteller than words will ever be. That was Thami Majela’s performance inBorn in Bloemfontein, the choreographer, creative director, performing artist and dance teacher says that creating this piece did not come without challenges, firstly as an artist as well as with an ensemble.
. His dance pieces give us a glimpse of what it looks like to dance in the future. He also did the bulk of his research at a school he taught at in Tanzania. Majela says the opinions and thoughts of the children were important because children are honest and, most of all, they are inspirational in a sense that they know exactly why they are dancing.
Majela started working on this piece when he won the Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance last year, however a lot of his conceptualisation comes from years of work as a dancer.