Vuyani Feni is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and researcher of iDadla (gumboot dancing).
In this Considered 3 Minutes we find Feni conjuring his ancestors, those who laboured on the railway lines of South Africa. Here he recreates the sounds and silhouettes of toiling by his bloodline. Simultaneously he embodies ‘Loliwe’ – the train, Feni’s haunting and vulnerable rendition of the song ‘Noyana’ calls to mind movement and migration, as well as the ceaseless cycle of young bodies arriving eager and full of energy and returning home tired, diseased and awaiting death.
Story & Performance | Vuyani ‘King Gaba’ Feni
Concept & Direction | Vusi Mdoyi & Phala Ookeditse Phala
Animateur & Dramaturg | Phala O. Phala
Sound Recorder & Sound Designer | Zain Vally
Director of Photography & Editor | Noah Cohen
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi
Camera Operator | Bukhosibakhe Kelvin Khoza
Production Manager | Shruthi Nair Stage
Manager & Administrator | Dimakatso Motholo
On-set Assistance | Melusi Leuw & Ewyk Ramkganyane
Curator of the Considered 3 Minutes | Bronwyn Lace