Actor and dancer Hungani Ndlovu has the opportunity to express his two passions in his new play, Musical Chairs.
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Actor and dancer Hungani Ndlovu has the opportunity to tackle both of his passions in a new play. musical chairs game.
“In a very beautiful way, it really is,” Ndlovu said. The Citizen.
Ndlovu's directorial debut
Ndlovu is making his directorial debut with Musical Chairs, a story told through dance about how society interacts with social media.
“It's really refreshing. I think it's actually groundbreaking. I've never been to this kind of production, I've never seen a production play. It's not just because I'm involved, it's the story and It's also because of the choreography and the cast.
Ndlovu is also part of the cast. musical chairs game.
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Nldovu is one of the most active celebrities on social media, sharing not only her work but also more personal and intimate content about her family.
He said that working on this work also made him think about his relationship with social media.
“From a daily and psychological perspective, I started to ask myself more clearly, “How do I interact with social media, and what kind of impact does social media have on my life?'' “I did,” the former declared. scandal! actor.
“What happens is, from people's comments to what I put out and how it's received, it's either the best version of myself or the truest version of me, so I is announcing things,” the actor charged.
However, the play did not cause him to change his behavior on social media platforms. “Not necessarily,” he said.
“I’ve become more aware of how I interact with social media, and I’ve learned to appreciate the way I interact with it.”
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Pantsura, Ishibujuwa, Hip-hop dance
Stories are told through dance. “And dance is a language that transcends any language barrier. So there's no English, Situsonga, Zulu or Afrikaans, it's literally dance, street dance.”
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by street dance scheme therm The actor mentions pantsula, isibujuwa, and hip-hop among the dance styles told in the story.
“I think it's because this is a story that I can relate to, and a story that a lot of other people can relate too. I just thought, 'There's no way I can't get involved.' So he [Shirindza] They asked me how I wanted to be involved and I made them an offer. One of the offers was to be one of the directors. ”
From dance studios to theaters
musical chairs game is primarily written and choreographed by Genesis Shirindza of The Locksmiths Collective, who is a close friend of Ndlovu.
Sirinza and the cast premiered the piece at a dance studio last year, but Ndlovu's narrator insisted it be performed in theaters because of its universality.
“When I was supporting him, [Shirindza]I told him this show needs to go to theaters. We can’t just stay in the dance studio for the dance community, we need to reach more people,” Ndlovu said.
musical chairs game It will be performed at Santon's Theater on the Square. Ndlovu's has ambitions to take the show on tour.
“We hope this is the beginning of a tour for us and it doesn’t end at Theater on the Square,” Ndlovu said.
“…but you can go to the Market Theatre, you can go to the State Theatre, you can go to Cape Town for the National Arts Festival, you can go to Grahamstown, which is great. People who engage and engage with young and old people with their stories. “
“We want to spread this as far and wide as possible, as far as we can, so that dance can go far beyond just something that someone does as a hobby or something they do for fun or something they do on TikTok. I hope people know that it's actually their livelihood. ”
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