Colours of Dreams

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Colours of Dreams
Focuses  on a journey of search for the truth  “coming clean”, purity, healing, growth, newness which can be symbolic of death and new beginnings, individuality and space that define our inner being. The work represents freedom from the physical body, as we experience in sleep and while dreaming where we don’t use our physical bodies, but instead use our mental and spiritual bodies to experience our dreams.

Most of these dreams relates to our current “lesson in life”, we are spirit/soul having a physical dream, not the other way around. Have you ever felt like your life is like a play and you are acting out some role that you don’t even understand and each time you turn away from it, next time it will be more unpleasant until finally you are forced to acknowledge its importance for your growth?”

Below is a video compilation of excerpts from the Dance Umbrella Performance
 

Additional Info

  • Choreographer: Mdu Mtshali
  • Venue/Time: Dance Factory
  • Title of Work: Colours of Dreams
  • Music: Soundtracks from the movies Passion of Christ, Black Hawk Dawn and What are you doing here...
  • Costume Design: none
  • Set Design: none
  • Lighting Design: none
  • Director/Artistic Director: none
  • Dancers/Performers/Cast: Sanelisiwe Mbutho, Wiseman Mncube, Mthokozisi Zulu, Pinky Qwabe, Thabisile Ngcobo, Bongeka Phungula,Thabiso Radebe, Siphosenkosi Myeni,Thobile Mwelase, Regginald Hoffman, Sizakele Mkhize,Nokuphila Gcabashe, Philani Muthwa
  • Video: none
  • Other: none
  • Company: Durban University of Technology
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