On
Headwrap tonight:
Episode: James Webb & Dawn Langdown
Broadcast date: 16 July, 2008 at 18h30
Channel: SABC1
Choreographer Dawn Langdown embodies the spirit of Namaqualand. She is tough, spirited and enigmatic. After a highly accomplished dancing and teaching career at Jazzart she has returned home, and Okiep in the heart of Namaqualand is richer for it.
Her project Namajive gives the youth of this isolated village the opportunity to build their self-esteem and to engage in the positive benefits that dance offers.
James Webb is difficult to place." I am used to being an outsider, the odd one out," says James. His work is even more difficult to describe. A pioneer of sound art in South Africa, James’ installations move into a realm of art that has meaning beyond the obvious.
It’s not just about creating or playing back sounds, but doing so in a way that shifts boundaries of aural, emotive and constructed perceptions.
James and Dawn are both keen collaborators but the merging of their two worlds is a first for both artists, who constantly push both their own boundaries, as well those of the people that they interact with.
Tonight Headwrap sees what happens when James leaves the urban high tech comforts of Cape Town and has to work with the raw reality of the forgotten dancers of Okiep.
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