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UThamsanqa Majela wase-Mamelodi wayevamise ukungayi esikoleni adoje esikhundleni salokho ayofunda umdanso wesintu wesiZulu.
Lokho kwenzeka ngo-2004. Kodwa manje onyakeni ka-2023 uThamsanqa uhambela izitudiyo zeshashalazi zaseGoli ngomdanso wakhe omayelana nezinganekwane kanye nezomoya.
Owine i-Standard Bank Young 2022/23 Artist Award uyiciko elisebenza ngezindlela eziningi futhi uyilungu eliziqhenyayo lomphakathi we-LGBTQ+.
Iphrojekthi yakhe ezayo ebizwa nge-Siren, izokwethulwa e-Connecting Streams Theatre Festival kusukela mhlaka-2 kuya kumhlaka-4 kuNdasa.
Isiqephu somdanso esinemizuzu engu-25 sigqugquzelwe ngamanzi enganekwane yama-Greek eboshwe abantu abafana nabantu abaheha amatilosi ekufeni kwawo ngokucula kwawo.
Kulo msebenzi, uThamsanqa usebenzisana noThuli Binda uchwepheshe wesimanje othweswe iziqu zeshashalazi zomdanso e-Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre.
Uzoba yinhloko ye-choreography kanye nokuxoxa izindaba. Ucezu lubheka izindikimba zomphakathi ezihlanganisa udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane nezingane, ukuchazwa kabi kwabesifazane kanye nokuguquguquka kwamandla.
“Ngifuna ukucabanga umhlaba ohlukile futhi ngithathe konke okuthinta umhlaba wami kwezenhlalo nakwezepolitiki ngixoxe indaba yokuthi sikuphi nokuthi siphokophelephi,” kusho uThamsanqa.
UThamsanqa usebenzisana kakhulu namanye amaciko akuleli nawaphesheya kwezilwandle okubalwa uKeaoleboga Seodigeng, uDada Masilo noManaho Shimokawa.
Ungumdansi, umdidiyeli womculo, uthisha wezifundo zokunyakaza, aphinde asebenze ekomitini le-South African Dance Alliance.
UMajela ekhula ubewuthanda lomdanso. Uhambele uhlelo lomdanso lonyaka owodwa e-State Theatre lapho acija khona amakhono akhe futhi wacosha namakhono amasha okudansa endleleni.
UMajela uthole umfundaze e-Brussels, e-Belgium ku-Performing Arts Research and Training Studio (PARTS).
Waziwa kakhulu ngemikhiqizo yeshashalazi efana ne-Last Supper, i-Spactral kanye ne-Mommy Mommy.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UThamsanqa Majela
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe