A newly created dance theatre work, Father & I, uses personal stories, dance, song, and music to explore the relationships between South African fathers and their children. This dynamic fusion of real life stories is created between the Windybrow Arts Centre’s Kwasha! Theatre Company, The Market Theatre and Moving into Dance, and will premiere over a limited season of four performances at the Market Theatre at the end of November.
The multi-award-winning Greg Homann, Artistic Director at The Market Theatre Foundation, directs this vibrant work, while Moving into Dance’s Artistic Director, Sunnyboy Motau, choreographs it. The original music that accompanies the stories is by Bongile Lecoge–Zulu.
This interdisciplinary work that combines song, dance and personal testimony creates a theatrical experience aimed at acknowledging the complexity and beauty of fatherly relationships, with all its imperfections.
In light of the concerning statistics about fatherlessness, which affects 60% of South Africa’s children, Father & I offers a warm and nuanced take at what it means to be a father in contemporary South Africa. The performance is delivered with humour, care and empathy, aimed at facilitating understanding, reconciliation and love.