Award-winning South African artist Mamela Nyamza revisits her celebrated solo HATCHED, an autobiographical work from 2007 that paved the way for an artistic quest dedicated to rethinking and breaking down the norms and standards of classical dance. HATCHED ENSEMBLE expands to incorporate ten dancers of different classical training and ethnic backgrounds, who combine the different movement vocabularies of their cultures to create a performance that is an ode to the liberation of bodies and identities. By hybridizing Western classical music and dance with traditional South African songs, the performance tells deeply personal stories that challenge racial prejudices and gender norms with joy, urgency, and great sensitivity.