A Conversation with South African Dance Critic Robyn Sassen

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT I sat down with South African Theater and Dance Critic Robyn Sassen to talk about our impressions on the state of dance at the Festival and in South Africa in general. RS: While I cannot possibly boast to have comprehensively seen the whole contemporary dance program – main, […]

July 14, 2014  |  Read Article

Ten Courses of Fish with Yandisa Mtsotso

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT It was a bright sunny winter day in the Western Cape. Eight of us drove an hour north of Cape Town to a little restaurant called Die Strandloper. “Restaurant” might not be the correct term: concrete tables on the sandy beach surrounded several fire pits. Utensils and […]

June 30, 2014  |  Read Article

Ghost Town

BY ANGELA MAZZIOTTA Imagine a see-saw. On one end is you and on the other – an elephant. If that elephant moves, you’re toast. If you jump off, nothing changes for the elephant. You don’t matter / you may as well not have matter. Now you’re an elephant sharing a […]

June 26, 2014  |  Read Article

Working with the Grey Areas

BY KATIE FLOREZ There is a Raymond Carver story entitled What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. The reader is a fly on the wall for a conversation between two married couples. As the story develops, a bottle of gin is passed around the table and love is […]

June 19, 2014  |  Read Article

What If?

BY WIEBKE SCHUSTER What if  – If then – That means – So I must Welcome to my mind. Ever since I can remember, I have used this thought pattern to make decisions. Hundreds of times daily. It all started off sitting on the ledge of my windowsill overlooking the […]

June 12, 2014  |  Read Article