{"id":104282,"date":"2026-10-03T21:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/uncategorized\/resensie-the-desert-station\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T21:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:34:11","slug":"resensie-the-desert-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/en\/ink-feeskoerant-2026\/resensie-the-desert-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Resensie: The Desert Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"104282\" class=\"elementor elementor-104282 elementor-103986\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33166f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33166f6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a09582\" data-id=\"9a09582\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a933955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a933955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>SPIER TONEEL<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9eeba8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9eeba8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80ca74d\" data-id=\"80ca74d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d251e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d251e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"highlight-text\">Laat die dansers voor loop<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72c3ebb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72c3ebb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82ec7bc\" data-id=\"82ec7bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60528a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60528a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Produksie: <strong>FEDA-wenner: The Desert Station<\/strong><br \/>Deur: <strong>Maliza Adendorff<\/strong><br \/>Foto&#8217;s: <strong>Verskaf\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-144f255 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"144f255\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-601f2ac\" data-id=\"601f2ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189a46d elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"189a46d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daar is seker nie \u2019n groot verskil tussen die konsepte van plek en ruimte nie. \u2019n Mens kan dalk die onderskeid tref deur \u2019n plek te definieer as iewers waar iets of iemand is \u2013 met ander woorde, \u2019n plek waar jy iets onthou, of \u2019n plek waar iets belangrik gebeur het. \u2019n Ruimte voel of dit tussen plekke moet wees, soos by \u2019n lughawe, in \u2019n wagkamer of op \u2019n perron of parkeerterrein.<\/p><p>Dit is hier, in \u2019n liminale spasie tussen die verlede en die toekoms, waar Redhill School se dramagroep, wat hierdie jaar die wenners van die Festival of Excellence in Dramatic Arts (FEDA) was met hulle produksie <em>The<\/em> <em>Desert Station, <\/em>vrede probeer maak met \u2019n traumatiese geskiedenis en \u2019n pad vorentoe.<\/p><p><em>The Desert Station <\/em>bied \u2019n vars perspektief wat kommentaar oor Suid-Afrika en versoening aanbetref, en dit van \u2019n ouderdomsgroep wat \u2019n mens nie noodwendig dink \u2019n spreekbeurt in die gesprek wil h\u00ea nie omdat hulle nie daar was nie.<\/p><p>Die mooiste van hierdie produksie moet wees hoe die groep van nege tieners, tussen 16 en 18 jaar oud, saam beweeg en dans, hoewel dit waarskynlik indrukwekkender is as die volledige groep van 22 lede dit saam doen. Die dansers het nie almal formele dansopleiding nie en daar is hier en daar foute, maar die klem bly steeds op die idee van beweging en, in teenstelling, om te wag \u2013 en om aan te beweeg van \u2019n geskiedenis wat deel is van jou, maar nie joune is nie, en oorge\u00ebrfde herinneringe en verwagtinge wat nie joune is om te dra nie.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe23dd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe23dd8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cedb0ba\" data-id=\"cedb0ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de3b4f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de3b4f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1109\" src=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-104012\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218-2048x946.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261003_160218-600x277.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d2c05a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d2c05a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ebb841\" data-id=\"2ebb841\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a5800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5a5800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daar is \u2019n gevoel van dringendheid in die dans wat uitgevoer word, en dit word beklemtoon deur die musiek wat daarvoor gekies is. Die sprekers maak strak oogkontak met lede van die gehoor in hulle spreekbeurte. As die eerste persoon begin praat, weet jy dat jou rol is om te luister en dat hulle iets het om te s\u00ea.<\/p><p>Een interessante waarneming is dat beweging ook gesien kan word as \u2019n vorm van weerstand, opstand en te\u00ebstand. Suid-Afrikaners w\u00e9\u00e9t van in rye staan om te stem, hulle weet van dans en stap in optogte, en in di\u00e9 stuk is dit ook duidelik. Hier en daar is waaghalsige spronge en die verkenning van fisieke ruimte (so tussen een en twee meter bo die vloervlak van die verhoog). As ons ooit moet baklei vir iets waarin ons glo, hoop ek hulle kry die dansers om voor te stap. \u2019n Mens moet ook erkenning gee aan die vertroue wat jy tussen hierdie dansers ervaar met elke vryval, en die dissipline wat dit moes neem om maande en maande te bestee om dit tot op di\u00e9 vlak te kry.<\/p><p>Die choreografie en regie word deur Jordann Dunn behartig, ook een van die dansers in die groep. Die teks en dialoog is deur Bailey Snyman geskryf, in samewerking met die groepslede. Die gebruik van rekwisiete is in sekere opsigte bietjie direk en te voor die hand liggend, met die gebruik van die ou Suid-Afrikaanse vlag wat die verlede verteenwoordig en waarmee dan weggemaak word. In \u2019n sekere sin is die stuk se boodskap sterk genoeg om daarsonder klaar te kan kom sonder om betekenis te verloor. Andersins is die simboliek van die trein en die perron en die woestyn baie gepas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4a70ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4a70ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25e5a06\" data-id=\"25e5a06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57765db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57765db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/quote1-peach-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-103832\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/quote1-peach-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/quote1-peach-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/quote1-peach-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/quote1-peach.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d7d08d\" data-id=\"3d7d08d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4ff10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e4ff10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Een interessante waarneming is dat beweging ook gesien kan word as \u2019n vorm van weerstand, opstand en te\u00ebstand. Suid-Afrikaners w\u00e9\u00e9t van in rye staan om te stem, hulle weet van dans en stap in optogte, en in di\u00e9 stuk is dit ook duidelik.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0c14d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0c14d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8273e15\" data-id=\"8273e15\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfdebbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfdebbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daar is nie \u2019n narratief wat die stuk lei nie en geen definitiewe begin en einde nie. Die dialoog is meestal gebaseer op oorvertellings van ouers en grootouers, wat die gehoor eintlik deur die dans en die liminale ruimte saam met die groep lei. Dit kom wel ietwat liries oor, soos iemand wat ver na die horison staar, maar dra seker by tot die gevoel wat die tieners wil skep \u2013 wat \u2019n mens seker die beste kan opsom as om haastig vir niks te wag.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Een ding is seker: jy moet braaf wees om hierdie temas te ondersoek sonder dat dit wanhopig of klaerig voorkom, en dit is presies wat \u2019n mens in hierdie stuk ervaar. Dit is ni\u00e9 kinders wat gaan wag vir hulle trein nie \u2013 hulle is gereed om van die perron af te klim en te begin stap as dit moet. Hulle lotsbestemming hang nie af van dit wat vir hulle nagelaat is nie. Dit is moeilike temas, maar dit gee \u2019n kyker tog hoop dat di\u00e9 generasie die inisiatief sal neem om oor die verlede te praat en om daarvandaan aan te beweeg, sonder dat hulle voel hulle word van iets ontneem of dat iemand hulle iets skuld.<\/p><p>\u2019n Mens hoef nie \u2019n kenner te wees van danstegniek en al die spronge en trustfalls wat jy hier sien om te weet dat mense nie s\u00f3 dans oor iets waaroor hulle nie ernstig is of nie in glo nie. Ek weet nie of dit is hoe hoop lyk nie, maar ek weet dit is hoe dit lyk as mense vir hulleself besluit. Dit is hoe dit lyk as jongmense hulle ruimte en erfenis hulle eie maak \u2013 en plek maak vir hulle eie toekoms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e8a69f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e8a69f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae1af1a\" data-id=\"ae1af1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d2976 elementor-widget 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