The Gym: The Forgotten Ones with Joseph Tebandeke
Joseph Tebandeke is a dancer and choreographer from Uganda. His work as a disabled artist is committed to decolonising the language of dance as well as common notions and perceptions of ascribed and denied abilities. In doing so, Joseph incorporates various local and global dance traditions and movement practices, not least aiming to mobilise local communities to create a movement that re-names and re-negotiates 'disability'. In Africa, dance is not used for entertainment but to tell a story. Dance is used to tell story/s, convey emotions, celebrate rites of passage and unite communities. In his mental workout THE FORGOTTEN ONES, Joseph acknowledges and communicates the inherited body archives of ancestors and shows how they can be aligned with community and belonging with lived experiences.