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The art of the virtual experience

Friday Niren Tolsi - 17 Jul 2020

The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work

Review: ‘Swan Song’, a brutally vulnerable performance

Friday Sarah Roberson - 3 Jul 2020

Buhle Ngaba’s ‘Swan Song’, showing online at the virtual National Arts Festival, explores the rawness of heartbreak, and of life

Dancer and queer rights activist Kirvan Fortuin’s final farewell

Friday Carl Collison - 1 Jul 2020

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

Get your quarantine on — the best in virtual entertainment

Article Kwanele Sosibo & Zaza Hlalethwa - 30 Mar 2020

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.

Nyamza’s hatchling comes into his own

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 6 Jul 2018

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

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‘Tjovitjo’ speaks to the spiritual alchemy of blackness

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Sep 2017

Tjovitjo tells local stories that exist outside of It Girl aspirations and African-American imitations

#SliceOfLife: Dancing with Davido

Article Govan Whittles - 8 Aug 2017

"It’s special for someone like me to come from the Eastern Cape and make it in the big city"

A leap into the unknown with Dance Umbrella

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Mar 2017

This year’s Dance Umbrella is the most challenging yet, led by the exuberance of youth.

Slice Of Life: Of scars, survival and feeling sexy

Article Carl Collison - 20 Feb 2017

The liberating effect of burlesque dance and the amazing people who perform it.

A jig for when the chips are down

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Apr 2015

The former choirmaster and dance teacher would rather invest in his future by buying a radio than by considering giving dance classes.

Queen of the dance hall

Videos Staff Reporter - 5 Dec 2013

African Storm Soundsystem hosted the third annual Dancehall Queen contest where the women on stage gave Beyoncé a run for her money.

Jo’burg’s diggin’ the dancing queens

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 5 Dec 2013

The third instalment of the wildly popular annual Dancehall Queen contest took place last week.

Mzansi Ballet retells Renaissance stories for SA

Article Sapa - 9 Sep 2013

It may still have a small following, but one dance company is determined to bring ballet, with its roots in the Italian Renaissance, to urban SA.

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Germaine Acogny: Dancing around Africa’s bodied politics

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Aug 2013

Showing at the Dance Umbrella, Senegalese dancer Germaine Acogny's latest show re-imagines Africans lost to Europe on feeble, wooden boat trips.

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Fana Tshabalala: Dancer acts on his anger

Article Sakhi Gcina - 21 Jun 2013

The winner of the coveted Standard Bank Young Artist award for dance will be performing at this year’s National Arts Festival.

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Q&A Sessions: Mari Stimie and opera’s next act

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