Employment creation: a mission possible
Over the past 20 years, Vuyani Dance Theatre has endeavoured to afford young people from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to excel in dance while developing a new generation of dancers,
Joburg Ballet returns to The Teatro at Montecasino with Snow White The Ballet
After a triumphant debut season at The Teatro, Montecasino in December, Joburg Ballet returns to the popular venue with its sparkling production of Snow White – The Ballet from Thursday
International Flemish dance landscape showcases in Johannesburg and Cape Town
Flanders is home to a prolific, creative and radical contemporary dance scene with choreographers and dancers alike questioning and breaking through the traditional and institutionalised dance norms of the (Western)
Brett Bailey’s Samson
Third World Bunfight’s newest production, Samson, is a sensuous, poetic and thought-provoking dance-music-theatre piece set in a dystopian contemporary context of political extremism, inequality, human displacement and violence. Creative Feel
French stars jet in for Joburg Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
International guest artists Anaïs Chalendard and Florimond Lorieux will dance the leading roles in three performances of Joburg Ballet’s new staging of The Sleeping Beauty at Joburg Theatre during the
Dance Umbrella Africa 2019 Headlining Acts
The eagerly anticipated re-launch of Dance Umbrella Africa 2019 from 31 March to 7 April at the South African State Theatre, #DUA2019 will feature South Africa and the world’s most
Going back to go forward
2019 marks 20 years of Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT), which will be celebrated through the campaign #Vuyani20. VDT is the only full-time, black-founded dance and theatre institution and company to
Killer Chicago SA cast returns from world tour to razzle-dazzle SA again!
A nightclub singer, a double-murderess, a smooth-talking lawyer and a cell block of sin surrounded by the razzle-dazzle of the world’s sexiest musical soon returns to the stage in Cape
Figure-ring the state of dance in Africa
The South African State Theatre is proud to announce that the newly revived and revamped Dance Umbrella Africa (DUA) will launch under the theme Figure-ring – The State of Dance in
Introducing talent to the creative economy
As part of its social missions, Vuyani Dance Theatre works within communities to develop dance talent, both at a school level and by training post-matric youth through its sought-after year-long
New Year, New You – Time to tune up your groove
It’s the New Year and with it, comes new thinking, new promises and a renewed commitment to getting into shape. However, while New Year resolutions burn brightly at the beginning
Aunty Merle comes to Joburg
Popular comedian Marc Lottering’s most beloved alter ego, Aunty Merle Abrahams, sashays onto the stage for the first time in Johannesburg with Aunty Merle, The Musical from 1 February to
Cry the Beloved Eldos
In the wake of service delivery protests in coloured dominated communities where residents are calling on the government for better services and for a speedy drug intervention programme, Roseline Wilkens’
Making a difference through dance
2018 marks 40 years since Moving into Dance (MID) was founded in Sylvia ‘Magogo’ Glasser’s garage as a way to provide dance training to youth in underprivileged communities and equip
Our lives, our stories
‘My heart is aware, my soul is accepting, my spirit is willing, my being is ready and God is in control, yet I find myself in a constant tug of
Stories from the Karoo in this month’s Heritage Programme
Coenie de Villiers and renowned author Deon Meyer return with their box office hit Karoo Suite, a musical ode to the Karoo. Musical direction: Jaconell Mouton. Guitars: Mauritz Lotz. Percussion:
JYB’s The Selfish Giant at the Joburg Theatre
The Johannesburg Youth Ballet will present The Selfish Giant from 24 to 26 August 2018 at The Fringe, Joburg Theatre. Oscar Wilde’s charming morality tale of the Selfish Giant, who
National School of the Arts: Dance Spectrum
The National School of the Arts stages their annual flagship production, Dance Spectrum this week on The Mandela stage at Joburg Theatre. A double bill and a trio
Londiwe Khoza, grappling with Gaga
Rays of Tel Aviv sunshine stream in from the skylights, illuminating the studio where Batsheva’s The Young Ensemble, the junior troupe of Israel’s renowned Batsheva Dance Company, rehearses daily. Londiwe
Playhouse Company revives Gibson Kente’s classic musical drama How Long?
After an absence of 45 years, Gibson Kente’s musical drama How Long? returns to the South African stage in a prestigious new production presented by The Playhouse Company, an agency
Sophie Mgcina Award winners make their mark
The Market Theatre Foundation’s Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award is barely five years old and already all its winners are taking the South African industry by storm as they continue
Carmen promises a sizzling start to Joburg Ballet’s 2018 season, in association with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Joburg Ballet opens a bumper 2018 ballet year in sizzling style when the company brings South African choreographer Veronica Paeper’s production of Carmen to Joburg Theatre for ten performances from
Dance Umbrella: 30 Years On
Dance Umbrella 2018 will take place from 6 to 18 March 2018 at various venues across Johannesburg, celebrating 30 years of new contemporary choreography and dance. One of
Dancing through the grief: Steven Cohen at Dance Umbrella 2018
Throughout his legendary career, Steven Cohen has often presented works at Dance Umbrella. This year, as the festival turns 30, Cohen’s put your heart under your feet… and walk! serves
Mozart en pointe
Cape Town City Ballet opens 2018 with a bang with a rousing adaptation of Aleksandr Puškin’s short story, Mozart and Salieri. Exquisite period costumes, a superb score and cutting edge
Adele Blank, a living dance legend
The 2017 Arts & Culture Trust Lifetime Achievement Award for Dance is presented to Adele Blank, the iconic South African choreographer and dance instructor who has trained, performed, choreographed and