No Functional Language (The Chaeli Campaign)

“Functional language” is that which allows the most basic communication of one’s inner world. At The Chaeli Campaign, many of the children lack the most basic ability to communicate their very real experiences.

No Functional Language was an experimental performance, commissioned by The Chaeli Campagin, exploring what happens when language fails. Blending physical theatre, sign language, and movement, No Functional Language unpacks communication in all its fragmented, poetic forms.

In developing this piece, I was intimately involved in the process, developing my musical language alongside the dancers and participating in their creative exercises.

Trailer for No Functional Language:
Publication: https://iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/2016-03-01-dance-when-words-fail/