Cycles

Cycles, inspired by Medea, spirals through the echoes of a woman’s past, present, and future, where shadows, bodies, and objects entwine with soil to reveal how land, memory, and history grip her soul.

Movement becomes its own language – fluid, fragmented, raw – as images flicker between light and dark, summoning memories that refuse to fade. Beneath the surface, the work speaks to the lingering ghosts of a post-apartheid South Africa: the inherited violences, the fractured reforms, and the unresolved wounds that continue to shape bodies and relationships.

Chanting, dance, text, and scenography merge into a performance that moves between ritual and rupture. Created through an experimental, devising-based process, the work draws on multiple languages, improvised physical scores, and live responses to material and space, making each performance uniquely its own.

Cycles debuted at the Masker Theatre before being presented at the TUT Arts Festival 2023, offering a visceral, image-driven landscape.