How can you decolonize the black body? Both South-African dancer Kwanele Finch Thusi and theatre and dance director Igor Vrebac question the way how western society looks at the male body. When is a body perceived as exotic, strong or vulnerable? With their work, they are building a new mythology of black and queer bodies and identities. We speak with both artists about their work and discuss the ways in which theatre performances can reclaim the male body.

‘As black people, our bodies are still seen as exotic exhibitions for freedom. I ask the complicated questions in my theatre performance work PINA, what do you see when you look at me? With so much of conflict that arose in 2020 & 2021, the Black Lives Matter movement underpinned the necessity and purpose of this work.’
Kwanele Finch Thusi

Credits

AMSTERDAM | De Balie
Sat 15 October, 18h30

Speakers: Kwanele Finch Thusi en Igor Vrebac
Moderator: Isabel Sheridan
Music: Baghi