{"id":104554,"date":"2026-10-04T16:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/uncategorized\/review-wonde\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T17:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:12:11","slug":"review-wonde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/en\/ink-feeskoerant-2026\/review-wonde\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Wonde"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"104554\" class=\"elementor elementor-104554 elementor-104415\" 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>DANCE<\/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\"> Dancing with loss<\/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>Production: <strong>Wonde<\/strong><br \/>By: <strong>Gillian Mitchell<\/strong><br \/>Photos: <strong>Provided<\/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-89abe31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89abe31\" 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-dab1bdb\" data-id=\"dab1bdb\" 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-accd9c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"accd9c7\" 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<h5>At just 40 minutes, <em>Wonde<\/em> is a brief work of heart and authenticity that leaves a lasting impression because it does not shy away from the responsibility of telling a difficult story and naming a collective failure, writes <span class=\"highlight-text\"><strong>Gillian Mitchell<\/strong><\/span>.<\/h5>\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>We live in a world in which children are not safe. We live in a world in which girls and women are not safe. It seemed appropriate to be watching <em>Wonde<\/em>, the production that highlights the effect that the loss of a child has on individuals, families and communities, in October. Established nationally and observed globally, October is the month in which special attention is directed to the scourge of domestic and gender-based violence that continues to bloom in our societies.   <\/p><p>Despite being a dance work, in which movement is constant, images, like carefully placed snapshots, resound throughout the performance, evoking worlds that belie the ebb and flow of the choreography.<\/p><p>Long reams of white and red cloth float down onto the stage. The dancers become entangled, entrapped, connected and concealed within them. These lengths of fabric, and the ways in which they are used throughout the work, will resonate differently for each audience member. For me, they felt like blood and plasma: essential components of a healthy body and, by extension, healthy communities. The white of safety. The blood-red of connection. When these bonds are broken, our children are not safe. Our families are riveted by loss and our societies diminish.       <\/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>The young dancers perform with absolute commitment. They are 100% all-in, and it shows. There is never a moment when the authenticity of their connection to the movement, or to the story being told, feels in doubt and never falls into graphic imitation.  <\/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-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>Images reminiscent of the Sufi whirling dervishes connect the dancers to a tradition that seeks the loss of self in pursuit of something greater. In <em>Wonde<\/em>, there is the sense of movement being used as a way of avoiding difficult realities. If one is always in motion, the weight of reality never has the chance to settle.  <\/p><p>Then there are the three hooded figures evocative of medieval executioners: waiting to end, to bring death, to initiate sorrow and to become the cause of unending grief. The spectres that shadow the lives of thousands of young people who are trafficked, kidnapped, stolen, murdered. <\/p><p><em>Wonde<\/em> is a work of heart and authenticity. The young dancers perform with absolute commitment. They are 100% all-in, and it shows. There is never a moment when the authenticity of their connection to the movement, or to the story being told, feels in doubt and never falls into graphic imitation.   <\/p><p>Using their bodies to suggest, reflect and evoke the emotions wrought by loss, they create images of beauty that give shape to sorrow.<\/p><p>At times, I experienced the choreography as a little naive, and some of the musical choices lacked complexity, straying close to the line of clich\u00e9.<\/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-ab56246 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab56246\" 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-d48ee0b\" data-id=\"d48ee0b\" 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-22af140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22af140\" 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=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7268.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-104419\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7268.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7268-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7268-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7268-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7268-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7268-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\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-f821459 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f821459\" 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-d94e0c9\" data-id=\"d94e0c9\" 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-027102d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"027102d\" 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>Yet as the final light dimmed, the under-25s, who made up almost half the audience, leapt to their feet with a roar. In that moment, I realised that <em>Wonde<\/em> was speaking two languages. One challenged my generation, refusing to allow us the comfort of passive observation and instead confronting us with a nagging discomfort, a scratchiness about what is happening on our watch. The other spoke directly to young people, reflecting their experiences, their fears and their realities.   <\/p><p>Byron Klassen understood exactly who his audience was, what experiences they were bringing into the theatre, and he connected with them.<\/p><p>At just 40 minutes, <em>Wonde<\/em> is a brief work, but one that leaves a lasting impression. Perhaps that is because, at its heart, it does not shy away from the responsibility of telling a difficult story and naming a collective failure. In doing so, it asks hard questions of its audience, regardless of age.  <\/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 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11d2976\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/woordfees.co.za\/en\/program\/wonde\/\"><strong>Wonde<\/strong><\/a><br \/>5 OCT 17:00<br \/>Adam Small Laboratory<br \/>R150-R220 | R180-R250 at the door<\/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-476b854 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"476b854\" 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-a9d7843\" data-id=\"a9d7843\" 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-fef1547 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fef1547\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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-3a6ff41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a6ff41\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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