Oh my gosh – they’ve done it again!! Teamwork Productions has done it again and this time they’ve not only excited and enthralled me, but have successfully managed to electrocute me without stepping anywhere near a power-point.
WOW!!
Four words: Daksha Seth Dance Company
Forgive me, for the moment my entire vocabulary will only consist of the finite words the feeble use to describe the infinite. After a LOOOOOOOONG time, I’ve walked out of the dance theater feeling fantastic. Usually, the scene plays out thus: yogi books tickets for dance show (enthusiastically); yogi (enthusiastically) prepares to watch dance show – diarised (check), camera (check), me (check); (enthusiastically) yogi waddles off to watch dance show; yogi watches dance show (enraptured); yogi leaves dance show wowing at the art-work but crestfallen, blue and thwacking herself madly (wif her shoe) for leaving dance. Not this time! Not at all. Isha Sharvani is nothing short of out of this world in her dance. She literally has the audience eating out the palm of her hand and boy, does she know it. The one thing about a good dancer (apart from rehearse rehearse rehearse) is that elusive juju. Oozing with this mystic energy, the dancer draws the viewer (or rather – the participant observer) into the dancer’s world of passion, fun and ecstasy. Isha Sharvani SO has the juju. She’s loving what she does and there’s no stopping her. From the moment she puts her toe on stage, she’s oozing confidance and all eyes have no choice but to superglue themselves to her plastacine (sp?) body.
Ok, I could go on forever. In short – look out for the Daksha Seth Dance Company. They’re performing again tomorrow night at 8pm at Dance Factory in Newtown (Jozi).
I can’t leave out Shobhaa De from this post! Also as part of the festival, the literature fest ‘Words on Water’ saw Shobhaa De coming to S.A and dialoguing on a panel on Saturday. What a friggin treat yaar! Not only did I get to meet the fantastically fabulous, famous and infamous De, but I had a chance to chat with her too and really – what more could I ask for? Imagine sharing space with your muse. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and let yourself float… it’s something like that…
*pause…
Eargh, ok, I’m getting all soppy on you. Apologies. Good news, L has his visa and is (hopefully) getting his bums to S.A. If there’s anything else I can cross (fingers, toes, hair, legs, arms… can you cross your eyes?) please let me know – I need all the luck I can get. Shamrock anyone?
On the other end… I haven’t even told you (hai hai); I have started a new j-o-b! It’s a contract position at the University of Pretoria and I have one fancy ass title: Senior Administrative Assistant (in the Department of Community Engagement). I wasn’t even sure I qualified for junior and I’m senior already! Anyhoo, the job’s going good and time will tell if the contract moves to not-contract-and-more-permanent. The plus is that it’s in Community Engagement which is right up my alley-way and definitely in the direction I see myself moving in. The plus plus is that I see anthropology being applied sooo frequently (really means a lot to me) and the plus plus plus – I get my own office. Awesome! So ya, this is where yogi finds herself. Status quo.
Talking about work, it’s 10 past 30 and I’ve a 5:30am start tomorrow. Eargh. Not as bad as driving to Jozi though. Jesus loves me.
Sweet dreams and adieu dear ones…
:yogi
WOW!!
Four words: Daksha Seth Dance Company
Forgive me, for the moment my entire vocabulary will only consist of the finite words the feeble use to describe the infinite. After a LOOOOOOOONG time, I’ve walked out of the dance theater feeling fantastic. Usually, the scene plays out thus: yogi books tickets for dance show (enthusiastically); yogi (enthusiastically) prepares to watch dance show – diarised (check), camera (check), me (check); (enthusiastically) yogi waddles off to watch dance show; yogi watches dance show (enraptured); yogi leaves dance show wowing at the art-work but crestfallen, blue and thwacking herself madly (wif her shoe) for leaving dance. Not this time! Not at all. Isha Sharvani is nothing short of out of this world in her dance. She literally has the audience eating out the palm of her hand and boy, does she know it. The one thing about a good dancer (apart from rehearse rehearse rehearse) is that elusive juju. Oozing with this mystic energy, the dancer draws the viewer (or rather – the participant observer) into the dancer’s world of passion, fun and ecstasy. Isha Sharvani SO has the juju. She’s loving what she does and there’s no stopping her. From the moment she puts her toe on stage, she’s oozing confidance and all eyes have no choice but to superglue themselves to her plastacine (sp?) body.
Ok, I could go on forever. In short – look out for the Daksha Seth Dance Company. They’re performing again tomorrow night at 8pm at Dance Factory in Newtown (Jozi).
I can’t leave out Shobhaa De from this post! Also as part of the festival, the literature fest ‘Words on Water’ saw Shobhaa De coming to S.A and dialoguing on a panel on Saturday. What a friggin treat yaar! Not only did I get to meet the fantastically fabulous, famous and infamous De, but I had a chance to chat with her too and really – what more could I ask for? Imagine sharing space with your muse. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and let yourself float… it’s something like that…
*pause…
Eargh, ok, I’m getting all soppy on you. Apologies. Good news, L has his visa and is (hopefully) getting his bums to S.A. If there’s anything else I can cross (fingers, toes, hair, legs, arms… can you cross your eyes?) please let me know – I need all the luck I can get. Shamrock anyone?
On the other end… I haven’t even told you (hai hai); I have started a new j-o-b! It’s a contract position at the University of Pretoria and I have one fancy ass title: Senior Administrative Assistant (in the Department of Community Engagement). I wasn’t even sure I qualified for junior and I’m senior already! Anyhoo, the job’s going good and time will tell if the contract moves to not-contract-and-more-permanent. The plus is that it’s in Community Engagement which is right up my alley-way and definitely in the direction I see myself moving in. The plus plus is that I see anthropology being applied sooo frequently (really means a lot to me) and the plus plus plus – I get my own office. Awesome! So ya, this is where yogi finds herself. Status quo.
Talking about work, it’s 10 past 30 and I’ve a 5:30am start tomorrow. Eargh. Not as bad as driving to Jozi though. Jesus loves me.
Sweet dreams and adieu dear ones…
:yogi
