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"Pantsula Dancers" Painting
Painting, Acrylic on Other
Size: 11.8 W x 19.7 H x 1.6 D in
About The Artwork
"Pantsula Dancers" © Brian Rolfe 2011 Pantsula Dancers in Kliptown, Soweto. More of my Art http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=527872723&aid=202651 At Isis Gallery Rosebank Mall http://www.isisgallery.co.za/ Pantsula has evolved over decades to become synonymous with township culture and lifestyle. Pantsula dance was born in the townships of the 1970s. The name is believed to have been taken from a traditional Tsonga dance style. In the politically turbulent 1980s, it came to represent the dance and dress of the township. With the rise of township gangs, Pantsulas came to be slick, well-dressed and dangerous young men. As the genre becomes middle-aged, it remains relevant as it reinvents itself. Jabulani Dube, choreographer of Pantsula 4 Life, is adamant that the style evolved as migrant labourers experimented with dances such as gumboot dancing and the jazz dances of Kofifi, the old Sophiatown. “It evolved from gumboot and marabi dancing,” says Dube, as he demonstrates how the marabi dance of the 1950s, similar to the jitterbug, evolved to Pantsula and contemporary township styles he refers to as the isibujwa dances of Kwaito videos.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Acrylic on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11.8 W x 19.7 H x 1.6 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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My work is a celebration of life and the power of the universe. I have grown to express a feeling or mood rather than a realistic representation of the world we live in. We have such a strong connection with the universe but it is often masked by our strive for existence and survival. I expect my audience, when they see my work, to be triggered by something they know so well but have neglected to acknowledge for some time. To awaken in them a feeling or memory that will strengthen their connection with the earth and their reason for living. "Celebrate This World"
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