We Jive Like This - ACE268.6

Theatre group rehearsing, singing "Kaffir, Kaffir, You Think You’re White" and satirising the National party. Street performers, with poet reciting And the beach went red, and the sea went red… The backyard performers. Wellington boot (gumboot) dancers. Dibokoane wants dance to have an equal place with other art forms, and believes it can help unify the black nation. Dancers rehearsing. Dibokoane’s VO explains that his training was in Western dance and that he had to get into African dance and try to blend the two. Semela talks about the need to blend the present with the past to inform the future. Dancers in theatre hall. Semela’s VO explaining what some of their movements represent. Poet’s VO "No-one can negotiate…" Semela talking about the responsibilities and discipline taken on by the young people who join the groups, and that these affect not only their bodies but their personalities as well. Schoolchildren dancing, with fellow pupils chanting. Children playing clapping games. Dibokoane talks about finding beauty in the townships. Rehearsing with a little girl. His VO talks about how children have turned their games into dances.