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Xhosa, Zulu, Swazi, Ndebele, Quilombolas, Roma, Cariocas, and many other backgrounds come together in this project between South Africa and Brazil. It is a dance performance that reveals how people feel connected to one another, with movements that speak without words. The dances emerge from both urban life and the traditions of both countries: Pantsula resembles Passinho, and Amapiano is blended with Samba.

Everything is mixed together. Nothing stays exactly the same.
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Just like the dancers themselves, who share their own stories on stage through their bodies. They use their bodies like open windows — ready to let new influences in, and always learning something new.

This is a performance where everything is possible — except letting go of each other. Or, as choreographer Paulo Azevedo puts it: “To embrace is to linger in the body of the other.”

Creation and artistic direction Paulo Azevedo
With Lizwi Sibumbe, Paulette Lungile Malanghu, Bongani Shabangu, Lebohang Kevin Mofokeng, Romec, Zulu Gregório, Mumu Costa and Safira Sacramento
Research dancers Isabelle Czar
Music Filipe Itagiba
Lighting Cárin Geada
Stage Manager Bertrand Faure
Artistic assistant Pedro Brum
Via Katlehong project directors Buru Mohlabane and Steven Faleni
Booking Damien Valette
Coordination Bertille Zimmermann
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Production Via Katlehong Dance, Compagnie Gente (Sergio Chianca), Damien Valette Prod

Coproduction Maison de la Danse – Lyon, La Villette - Paris, Espace 1789 - Saint-Ouen, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Special thanks to Centro Coreográfico of Rio de Janeiro, MUCHAB, Teatro Carlos Gomes, Zuza Zapata, ArtKula productions and City of Ekurhuleni