--- title: "Mzamo Nondlwana – Waiting for fall" description: "Together with four dancers, a live musician, and a videographer, Mzamo Nondlwana creates a dance performance that proposes hope as a strategy for survival. Rooted in queer and migrant perspectives, the artists develop empowering practices in response to the rise of right-wing extremism and…" image: "https://brut-wien.at/de/img/asset/YXNzZXRzL3Byb2R1Y3Rpb25zLzIwMjYtMjcvMjYxMF9NemFtb05vbmRsd2FuYS8yNl9NemFtb05vbmRsd2FuYV9XYWl0aW5nZm9yZmFsbF9jX0Npd2FuVmV5c2VsTS4uanBn/26_MzamoNondlwana_Waitingforfall_c_CiwanVeyselM..jpg?w=1200&h=630&fit=crop_focal&q=80&s=ba56e7d0f6f7c2a815765aa7fc3cb8ca" --- 16–17 & 29–30 Oct [ Dates & Tickets Dates & Tickets ](#dates) # Mzamo Nondlwana Waiting for fall 16–17 & 29–30 Oct - Dance - Performance - World premiere ![Close-up of a person whose face is partly obscured by flowers and leaves. Blurred purple blossoms, yellow petals and green plants fill the foreground. The person wears a glittering golden headpiece and striking make-up. In the background, a red decorative object with circular elements is visible. The composition feels dense, sensual and poetic, with a strong focus on textures, colours and floral details.](https://brut-wien.at/assets/productions/2026-27/2610_MzamoNondlwana/26_MzamoNondlwana_Waitingforfall_c_CiwanVeyselM..jpg) Mzamo Nondlwana – *Waiting for fall* © Ciwan Veysel M. ## Event information ### Location [studio brut](https://brut-wien.at/en/service/spielstaetten#location-studio-brut) ### Price 22 / 18 / 14 Euro ### Duration 60 Min. ### Language English Share event ### Content Notes Open + The performance features loud sound, theatrical fog and lighting effects. The performance explores themes such as migration, queer experiences and race. Together with four dancers, a live musician, and a videographer, Mzamo Nondlwana creates a dance performance that proposes hope as a strategy for survival. Rooted in queer and migrant perspectives, the artists develop empowering practices in response to the rise of right-wing extremism and authoritarian tendencies. Drawing on South African and Brazilian dance forms shaped by resistance to colonial oppression, the piece uses movement and rhythm to open portals to a temporary collective future where parody and humour become practices of resistance. Imperialist, *white* supremacist, capitalist heterosexist patriarchy is crumbling, exposing all its atrocities and complexities. Where does the joy come in? It’s everywhere! It’s our anchor, our salvation, our home. *Waiting for fall* is a participatory dance performance by choreographer and performer Mzamo Nondlwana, in collaboration with Evandro Pedroni, Helena Araújo, Pêdra Costa and videographer Maanila Mederos Santos de Moraes. Referring to the uncertainty surrounding the Austrian elections in September 2024, and to the global rise of far-right movements that increasingly target queer and trans communities, minorities, and migrants from the Global South, *Waiting for fall* invites us to learn from past and present resistance movements. Building on Mzamo Nondlwana’s previous production *Turning Point* (which premiered at brut Wien in 2024), the piece explores the exaggeration of memories, images, and movements, focusing on joy as an act of resistance. Humour, parody, and collective dances emphasize that liberation is a shared, active, and ongoing process. Inspired by historical and contemporary resistance movements, dance forms such as Pantsula from South Africa and Samba from Brazil serve as reference points to emphasise that political movements never exist in isolation but instead bring people together around a shared cause. *Waiting for fall* emphasises the radical power of joy as resistance and allows multiple experiences to coexist without subordinating them to a single narrative. Mzamo Nondlwana and the ensemble explore how collective bodies translate these practices into sound and movement, centring call and response – an interactive practice rooted in Black music, religious ceremonies, and community rituals of the Global South. Performers and audience members are invited to co-create a collective somatic experience, engaging with the themes of the piece not only cognitively, but physically and literally putting joy into practice. Read more Read more about Waiting for fall ## Dates & Tickets - 16 Oct Fri Download the date of 16.10.2026 16:00 [ Tickets Tickets , 16.10.2026 ](https://shop.mtms.at/organizer/brut/tickets/mzamo-nondlwana) - 17 Oct Sat Download the date of 17.10.2026 19:00 [ Tickets Tickets , 17.10.2026 ](https://shop.mtms.at/organizer/brut/tickets/mzamo-nondlwana-2) - 29 Oct Thu Download the date of 29.10.2026 19:00 [ Tickets Tickets , 29.10.2026 ](https://shop.mtms.at/organizer/brut/tickets/mzamo-nondlwana-waiting-for-fall-1) - 30 Oct Fri Download the date of 30.10.2026 19:00 [ Tickets Tickets , 30.10.2026 ](https://shop.mtms.at/organizer/brut/tickets/mzamo-nondlwana-waiting-for-fall-2) ## Media ## Contributors ### Credits Concept & Choreography: Mzamo Nondlwana Performance: Mzamo Nondlwana, Evandro Pedroni, Helena Araújo, Pêdra Costa Sound: Moritz Benedikt Nolden Camera: Maanila Mederos Santos de Moraes Dramaturgy: Sunanda Mesquita Costume design: Dalia Hassan Set design: Martina Moro Light design: Yasemin Duru Production: Sheri Avraham/Club Havera Photos: Elif Gündüz Video documentation: estudio elgazo A co-production by Mzamo Nondlwana and brut Wien ### [Mzamo Nondlwana](https://brut-wien.at/en/artists/mzamo-nondlwana) Mzamo Nondlwana is a queer, non-binary performing artist originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. Their work focuses on marginalised bodies and an attempt to subvert colonial fantasy. In 2006, they completed their dance education at MID (South Africa) and in 2014 at SEAD (Austria). They have worked with Michikazu Matsune, Doris Uhlich, Magdalena Chowaniec, Needcompany and Michael Turinsky. Mzamo Nondlwana is one half of Bicha Boo Collective, an audio-visual performative collective active since 2017. They last appeared at brut Wien in 2024 in the production *Turning Point*. [ Read more Read more ](https://brut-wien.at/en/artists/mzamo-nondlwana) ## Recommendation ![Two people are making music close together in front of a plain grey wall. In the background, one person dressed in dark clothing is playing the violin with their gaze lowered. In the foreground, another person is holding a black microphone, wearing a red top and tilting their head back with their mouth open, as if singing. 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More info More info [Welcome to 1030!](https://brut-wien.at/en/magazine-news/welcome-to-1030) ![Many visitors stand in a foyer and talk to each other. In the foreground, several people wear colourful outfits, including a shiny red dress over a pale purple turtleneck, red trousers and a pink jumper. 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