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Deconstructed ballet: Hatched Ensemble speaks to anyone who has felt conflicted about their own identity
and where they belong in the status quo. Photo: Val Adamson

Mamela Nyamza’s global triumph, ‘Hatched Ensemble’, comes home for two nights only

Internationally celebrated dancer Mamela Nyamza returns home with two powerful productions interrogating identity, colonial legacies and belonging through bold, deconstructed…

Big step: Greg Maqoma is retiring as a dancer but he will continue to teach and choreograph. Photo:  Arthur Dlamini

A new stage for Gregory Maqoma, a dancing great

Artists and friends describe Gregory Maqoma as a selfless and kind-hearted person who contributed a great deal towards their success

Enlightening: Vincent Mantsoe’s ‘Mana – The Power Within’, which will be presented at the Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience, explores the sacred and ritualistic.

Steps in the right direction

The 25th edition of the Jomba! dance festival is a celebration of heritage and the human spirit

Thami Majela presents ‘Don’t Let the Sun Set On You Here’ at the National Arts Festival. (Mark Wessels)

NAF: The hub of creative talent in SA

The festival provided a space for artists to meet and mingle

Jarring work: Mamela Nyamza’s Pest Control will be showing online at the National Arts Festival from June 25. (Ntombi Shabangu)

Fighting a way out of Covid-19

Artists are trying new ways of working, with few of them able to access state relief funds

No rain on the parade: The future of the Dance Umbrella Africa seems bright now that it has a new home and direction. (Photo: Herman Verwey)
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Dance Umbrella finds new home

The South African State Theatre will house Dance Umbrella Africa, which will be funded by the state

Rebirth: Mamela Nyamza’s Hatched represents the bond between mother and son and is a tribute to the mundane chores associated with womanhood.

Nyamza’s hatchling comes into his own

The choreographer transforms mundane acts such as chores, interacting with her son, self-doubt and receiving love into a 55-minute moving biography

Straight talk: Cope’s Mosiuoa Lekota is willing to risk being unpopular for his views on land expropriation.

Opening spaces for new dancers

Mamela Nyamza is heading for the arts festival but after that plans to hang up her dancing shoes

Director Ava DuVernay and actor David Oyelowo.

The movement maverick: ​Mamela Nyamza

“I must deliver a work that not only speaks to me and the world but one that speaks to the issues that our country is facing".

Gregory Maqoma is one of four South African choreographers who have contributed to the collaborative High Five project with the members of the acclaimed Geneva Ballet.

High Five: SA choreographers step out as Geneva meets Jozi

From Gregory Maqoma to Mamela Nyamza, a new collaborative work will bring together Geneva Ballet company and renowned SA and Swiss choreographers.