Coal Yard
Coal Yard is a dance drama by the Masutsa Dance Theatre Company.
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The original text
Created by the directors and cast, the piece tells of the events that mark the transition from boyhood to manhood in the life of a young man who runs away from home because his father sexually abuses him.
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Performance history in South Africa
2006: First performed by the Masutsa Dance Theatre Company at the Market Theatre Laboratory's Zwakala Festival (The Laager Theatre, Market Theatre Complex, Johanneburg , 2006) and at the National Arts Festival Fringe 2006. Directed and choreographed by Prince Sithembile Lamla and Ofentse Bodibe with Diphapang Isaac Mokoena, Seabata Lepele, Mbovu Malinga and Tshediso Lawrence Mofali.
Sources
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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