Idio Chichava / Dzudza

Dzudza is born from the dust of Xiquelene, where the body of Maputo breathes in multiple languages. In a time of borders and displacements, this dance proposes the gesture of rising: the voice, the movement, and the listening. It is a celebration of life amid the noise, a luminous response. Born between the ground of the periphery and the pulse of the center, the piece affirms the body as a territory of resistance and communion. The singing, inspired by the many and varied churches, games, and popular songs, passes through the stage like a sea that washes souls, memory, and time. With it, the capulana that has accompanied us since birth, that soothes, embraces, and colors our actions. A symbol of identity and affection, it dissolves borders between the masculine and the feminine, the local and the foreign, the sacred and the everyday. — Idio Chichava