We wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with color… We said ‘bonjour’ to satan in 1820

Opening Date: Mar 13, 2026

Closing Date: Mar 14, 2026

Running Time: 01:10

We wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with color… We said ‘bonjour’ to satan in 1820

https://nyuskirball.org/events/we-wear-our-wheels-with-pride/

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NYU Skirball

566 LaGuardia Place New York, NY 10012

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Robyn Orlin’s We wear our wheels with pride and slap your streets with color… We said ‘bonjour’ to satan in 1820 is a vibrant tribute to the rickshaw drivers of South Africa’s past, celebrating their resilience, artistry, and strength. Inspired by Orlin’s childhood memories of Zulu men pulling elaborately decorated rickshaws under apartheid, the piece transforms their movements into a dynamic fusion of dance, song and theatrical spectacle. Performed by Johannesburg’s renowned Moving into Dance Mophatong (MIDM), the work reconnects with a shared cultural heritage while pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance.

Co-presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Dance

Show Notes: Strobe and flashing light effects are used during this performance. Filming of the dancers and audience takes place at this event.

Performance Schedule:

FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @7:30 PM

Music

Yogin Sullaphen, Annalyzer (Anelisa Stuurman)

Choreography

Robyn Orlin

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Shagan Box Office in the lobby of NYU Skirball, 566 La Guardia Place (just south of Washington Square South).
Hours: Tues - Sat, noon to 6pm and two hours before show times.

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B, D, F and A, C, E all service West 4th Street and are the shortest walking distance to the center. Other trains within walking distance include N,R at 8th Street, 6 at Astor Place, 1,9 at Christopher Street and L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 at Union Square