Why Setting A Dance About Apartheid On American Dancers Makes Sense Right Now

“When Kevin ‘Iega’ Jeff saw Fana Tshabalala’s Indumba at the annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience in South Africa, he immediately knew he would ask Tshabalala to set the work on his company. … [Tshabalala] welcomed the chance to create an American-focused version for DRDT because he believes that ‘the impact of apartheid is the same as what America is experiencing internally … America is going through a social and political transformation, and Indumba could help in cleansing.”