Your essential dose of art and culture
Ballet gave runner-turned-dancer Jerome Barnes purpose, strength and the power to defy limits
Your essential dose of art and culture
Your essential dose of art and culture
Youngsters’ film about Thokoza gets an enthusiastic reception at a festival in Portugal
American play Dreamscape finds parallels in South Africa
People often rely on antidepressant medicine alone, when the power of collective song and dance is a neglected channel for increased endorphins, dopamine and lowered cortisol
Fit and fabulous at 50, Gregory Maqoma is leaving the stage but he is still a force in dance
Artists and friends describe Gregory Maqoma as a selfless and kind-hearted person who contributed a great deal towards their success
A roundup of entertainment that is worth going to
Choreographer Gregory Maqoma navigates grief and trauma through tradition and dance in his collaboration with artist William Kentridge, The Head & The Load
Sound that has taken the world by storm is in danger of dying out in
a lacklustre industry
Legendary dancer-choreographer Vincent Mantsoe is being honoured as the 2022 legacy artist at the 24th Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience
Arts education is critical, because it has the capacity to liberate learners from economic, social and political forces. What’s needed is funding, training and political will
Kuduro, an urban dance music style, pays post-apocalyptic tribute to Angola’s capital city
Climate activist Lisakhanya Mathiso, 18, from Tafesig uses dance to educate people in her community about the climate crisis
Veteran journalist Felicia Mabuza-Suttle tells us about how she dealt with patriarchy, her passion for youth development and why she is a germaphobe
Dr Thembisile Xulu, the newly appointed chief executive of the Sanac Trust, tells Nicolene de Wee about a new plan to fight HIV, TB and STIs — and her hip-hop dance moves
From the virtual Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival to live theatre back on stage at the Baxter in Cape Town, we’ve got you covered
The South African DJ and producer worked with Philipe Cohen Solal on ‘Afro Bolero’, a pan-African collaboration
The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work
Buhle Ngaba’s ‘Swan Song’, showing online at the virtual National Arts Festival, explores the rawness of heartbreak, and of life
The slain dancer and choreographer was so much more than an internationally celebrated artist. They were also a proud queer rights activist and a beloved child and friend
With everyone settling into an indoors routine or starting to lose it because of cabin fever, this guide should remind you that creativity and beauty still exist, virtually represented but there, nonetheless.
The choreographer transforms mundane acts such as chores, interacting with her son, self-doubt and receiving love into a 55-minute moving biography
Tjovitjo tells local stories that exist outside of It Girl aspirations and African-American imitations
"It’s special for someone like me to come from the Eastern Cape and make it in the big city"
This year’s Dance Umbrella is the most challenging yet, led by the exuberance of youth.
The liberating effect of burlesque dance and the amazing people who perform it.
The former choirmaster and dance teacher would rather invest in his future by buying a radio than by considering giving dance classes.
While the Dancehall Queen contest is perceived as a wanton
libido fest, Kwanele Sosibo finds out that it
is actually much tamer than it looks.