Stuttering, Stumbling, Falling
Workshop with Mbongeni N. Mtshali & jackï job
June 16-17, 2026 | Seminar Room E0101, IKM#Workshop
This workshop explores choreo-scenographic composition. Participants will explore Butoh principles as a way to re-attune the body and cultivate sensory awareness, and devising techniques for individual and collective image-making that use the storied, intimate body to engage critically with the communal and political.
Mbongeni N. Mtshali is a performance maker, scholar, artist and teacher. He read in a Ph.D in Performance Studies at Northwestern University as a Fulbright Scholar, and is currently Director of the Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies at the University of Cape Town. Mbongeni’s research explores black queer/femme performance in South Africa as well as Africa and its diaspora more broadly, with a focus on how black queer/femme subjects use performance tactically, challenging nationally sanctioned repertoires of African respectability, cultural intelligibility and belonging. He has recently turned his attention to tracing queer genealogies of African decolonial world-making across the Caribbean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Mbongeni has collaborated on creative projects with The Other Foundation, The Buffet Foundation, the Institute for Creative Arts, the Weaver Hughes Ensemble, the Block Museum, The Court Theatre, Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, Hunan Opera House and the Artscape Theatre, among others. His recent professional recognitions include the Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award and the Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for notable achievements in directing and performance-making.
jackï job is an artist-scholar with over 30 years of international experience in dance, choreography and theatre-making. A pioneer of Butoh in Africa and a leading practitioner in crafting decolonial performance strategies and scholarly inquiry. Ongoing research and creative works consider animism, animal-human embodiment, dance as philosophy, indigenous aesthetics, and transformation in their structure and delivery.
Registration: icgp@mdw.ac.at
Großer Seminarraum, IKM (E 0101)
14.00-17.00 Mbongeni N. Mtshali & jackï job (Cape Town)
Stuttering, Stumbling, Falling, Part 1
Großer Seminarraum, IKM (E 0101)
10.00-13.00 Mbongeni N. Mtshali & jackï job (Cape Town)
Stuttering, Stumbling, Falling, Part 2