Choreographed and Performed by Joseph Tebandeke
Costume and Set Design: Prisca Atite
Time Machine: Unveiling the Inner Strength delves into a complicated relationship between the human body and the objects we rely on for comfort. Time Machine came out of me asking myself what powers I possess from my crutches. This exploration centres around the profound connection between my body and crutches (my ‘Time Machine’), as well as how the world perceives them. The ultimate goal of this piece is to discover and celebrate the inherited body language within us and our unique body formations within society.
Joseph Tebandeke’s work involves using various arts practices with diverse communities to address urgent social challenges, with a dominant focus around ability. He uses his body to create his own dictionary of ability, and is developing a physical practice that encompasses different local and global dance traditions and movement practices. He choreographs beyond literal dancers to create a movement that will re-label “disability”. Joseph is committed to decolonising dance as a language that all can access, and that benefits from diversity and the different notions of ability, through owning the aesthetic expression and developing self-esteem for people with disabilities. He has worked in different locations including Kampnagal Hamburg, (Mental workout, 2023), Berlin (Moving Margin Research, 2022), South Africa (Sibikwa Arts Festival, 2022), Vienna (ImPulsTanz, 2022), Sweden (Assitej Children’s Fest), Mali (Eco Fest, 2020), Germany (Freiburg contact impro Festival, 2019), Rwanda (East Africa Nights of Tolerance Festival, 2017, Tuzinne Festival, 2017- 2018 and Ubumuntu, 2018).
Joseph travels to JOMBA! with support from the African Disability Dance Network (ADDN)
