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Pan-African Creative Exchange An Interdisciplinary (Performing) Arts Provocation MARCH ISSUE Preliminary programme (subject to change)
Welcome to the second
Pan-African Creative Exchange
For this exchange, over 50 productions and
presentations have been curated and selected from
countries such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chad,
The Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria,
The Netherlands, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania,
United Kingdom, United States of America and
Zimbabwe (amongst others).
During PACE you will be treated to some of the most
exciting new work that Africa and its diaspora
has to offer, alongside a packed programme of
networking opportunities and discussions.
Over the next four days you’ll see presentations
by 50+ artists and companies addressing issues from
the public (mobility, social change and global culture)
to the personal (love, identity, mental health and
disability).
The PACE team welcomes you with open arms Many employ innovative digital approaches to provide
to Bloemfontein, South Africa for the second modern twists on age-old theatre, puppetry, dance,
Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE), Africa’s music and spoken word.
meeting point for interdisciplinary (performing
arts showcasing, networking and critical discourse. PACE is not just about the shows though – it is a
vibrant forum to meet imaginative and talented
We’re delighted to be hosted by some of artists and arts professionals. We are delighted to
Bloemfontein’s most prestigious venues based on welcome delegates from all over the world who bring
the campus of the University of the Free State. their unique international perspectives, and we made
To help you get around we’ve clustered performances sure we’ve curated an exciting programme of events
together by venue, by artform and by day, with the for you to get to know each other better.
majority of the shows being presented in the wide
array of venues that the University of the Free State PACE, will give you the opportunity also to meet and
has to offer. talk with a wider range of artists and companies in the
sector, in addition to the popular morning breakfast
meetings.
PACE founding partners Finally we would like to extend our thanks to everyone
who has made PACE possible, whether behind the
scenes or in the stalls. We look forward to hearing
more about your own stories of diversity and ideas for
creative excellence throughout the week.
Nike Jonah
Executive Director PACE
Erwin Maas,
PACE principal funder Ricardo Peach and
Founding Directors, PACE
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Essential PACE
information
PACE delivery team contacts
Nike Jonah
Executive Director PACE
Nike. njonah@mac.com
Mark Antony Dobson
Programme Manager PACE
mark.dobson@volksblad.com
pan.africancreativeexchange@gmail.com
Disability access services
We aim to make the PACE an inclusive event within
an accessible environment and will do all we can to
support your requirements. If you have mobility access
requirements a member of the PACE team will be able
to help you plan your journeys between the
performance venues. If you have any queries or
difficulties with access during PACE, please let
our staff at the registration desk know.
Complementary activity
PACE isn’t just a week of amazing performances –
it’s a place to share ideas and best practice, to build
partnerships and to foster collaboration. It’s a time
to make new connections and to renew old ones.
To this end we’ve planned a whole host of
complementary activities around the shows to
make sure that you get the most out of your
time in Bloemfontein.
During PACE
Keep in touch with fellow delegates,
artists and the PACE team via
Social Media:
@Pacebloem
For PACE related links to videos,
• photos discussion and news.
Post your own news, photos,
• videos and thoughts using
#PACE2020
Cover Images: Nsovo Nukeri Photographed by Vukallective
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Countries Represented this Year
Diaspora
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Kingdom of the Netherlands
United States of America
United Kingdom
PACE supporting partners
Index & Key
Day Programme 4
Non-Performance Events 9
Tour Ready Showcases 11
Work in Progress Showcases 31
Pitching Sessions 53
Speed Dating 71
Tour Ready Pitching Sessions
Up op 60-minutes extracts or complete In these sessions artists pitch ideas and
professional works by artists and concepts that are in an early stage of
companies. development as well as some tour ready
works.
Work in Progress Speed Dating
Original work at a critical stage in its Artists present their work to various
development. Delegates in a round table format with the
goal of getting them interested in their
practise and forging new connections.
Non-Performance Event
Events for delegates that are
non-performance based.
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PACE
Thursday 25 June 2020
Time Description Title of the show Venue
07:00 - 12:00 Registration Soetdoring Foyer
09:00 - 10:00 First Nations Welcome kykNET Scaena Theatre
10:00 - 11:00 Panel Connecting Africa: new networks accross kykNET Scaena Theatre
the continent
11:00 – 11:30 Morning tea/ Networking / kykNET Scaena Foyer
11:30 -12:30 Pitching 1. Yard Sale - Pawstudios p63 kykNET Scaena Theatre
2. Abomhlaba (thi) p59
- Mayasi Productions
3. Pakana Kanaplila - Salamanca Art p61
Centre
4. Please forgive me - Studio 180 p65
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Dutch Embassy VIP Area
14:30 - 16:30 Work in Progress 1. Shhhh - Company Chabarwa p37 Albert Wessels
Coffee Break Auditorium
2. Lest we Forget - Lola Oduwole p41
17:00 - 18:00 Dinner Dutch Embassy VIP Area
18:30 - 19:30 Full Length The Encounter - Lulu Mlangeni kykNet Scaena Theatre
Theatre Tickets must be Purchased p25
20:00 - 21:00 Tour Ready ...and the Bass is Queen - p23 Dutch Embassy VIP Area
Lindsey Abudei
21:00 - 00:00 PACE Lounge Networking Dutch Embassy VIP Area
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PACE
Friday 26 June 2020
Time Description Title of the show Venue
07:00 - 12:00 Registration Soetdoring Foyer
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast Dutch Embassy VIP Area
09:00 - 10:00 Panel Theatre for young audiences Dutch Embassy VIP Area
10:30 - 12:30 Work in Progress 1. Night Light - Blank Canvas Kollectiv p33 Soetdoring Gazellie
Coffee Break
2. Ndiboleke ingubo - Bokang Lefoko p35
Theatre
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Dutch Embassy VIP Area
14:30 - 15:30 Pitching 1. Orfeus - Third World Bunfight p69 Albert Wessels
2. Samson - Third World Bunfight p72 Auditorium
3. Shadows - Instinct Consult p57
4. Race to Futurity - Decolonizing p55
the Archive
5. Kamphoer - Theatrerocket p67
16:00 -18:00 Work in Progress 1. Mrisi Live - Who’s Got Game p53 kykNET Rep Theatre
Coffee Break
2. Mof-Tof - Kirvan Fortuin Foundation p39
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner Dutch Embassy VIP Area
20:00 - 21:00 Panel International touring: getting your work Dutch Embassy VIP Area
out there
20:00 - 21:00 Tour Ready Afronauts - Circus Zambia p17 TBC
21:30 - 22:30 Full Length SoliiDad - Association Noa Cie p11 kykNET Scaena Theatre
Theatre Vincent Mantsoe
Tickets must be Purchased
22:30 - 00:00 PACE Lounge Networking Dutch Embassy VIP Area
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PACE
Saturday 27 June 2020
Time Description Title of the show Venue
07:00 - 12:00 Registration Soetdoring Foyer
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast Dutch Embassy VIP Area
09:00 - 10:00 Panel Xenophobia: intra-African dialogue Dutch Embassy VIP Area
10:30 - 11:30 Speed Dating 1. The Island - Jane Mpholo p87 Dutch Embassy VIP Area
2. Xhanti - Xolisa Kapakati p85
3. Live and Die in Africa - Riverside p81
Productions
4. Portals Open - My Soul Speaks p79
Collective
11:30- 12:00 Coffee Break Dutch Embassy VIP Area
12:00 - 13:00 Speed Dating 1. Bridezilla- Woman in the Arts p83 Dutch Embassy VIP Area
2. Water - Cie Kaddu p73
3. Ruth - Leanetse Seekoe p77
4. On Mars - IMA p75
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Dutch Embassy VIP Area
14:30 - 16:30 Work in Progress 1. 54 Silhouettes- Theatre Emissary p51 kykNET Rep Theatre
Coffee Break
2. A toute épreuve - Stev'N-T p47
17:00 - 18:00 Full Length Rouh - Col’jam kykNET Scaena Theatre
Theatre Tickets must be Purchased p17
18:30 - 19:30 Dinner Dutch Embassy VIP Area
20:00 - 21:00 Full Length Currently Gold - Kwasha! Albert Wessels
Theatre Tickets must be Purchased p21 Auditorium
21:15 - 22:00 Panel Multi-lingual performance: crossing the Dutch Embassy VIP Area
boundaries of language
21:15 - 22:00 Work in Progress 1. Lentswe La Setjhaba - Theatre Emissary kykNET Rep Theatre
(Voice of the Nation) p43
22:00 - 00:00 PACE Lounge Networking Dutch Embassy VIP Area
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PACE
Sunday 28 June 2020
Time Description Title of the show Venue
07:00 - 12:00 Registration Soetdoring Foyer
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast Dutch Embassy VIP Area
09:00 - 10:00 Tour Ready Dans Mandela Dans - Nobonke p27 Albert Wessels
van Tonder Auditorium
10:30 - 12:30 Work in Progress 1. I’d had enough so I killed him p45 Albert Wessels
- Rightaboutnow inc Auditorium
Coffee Break
2. Simon - Thami Tshabalala p49
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Dutch Embassy VIP Area
14:30 - 15:30 Tour Ready Road Runner - Ayanna Witter Johnson p21 kykNET Rep Theatre
16:00 - 17:00 Full Length Eclipsed - Market Lab kykNET Scaena Theatre
Theatre Tickets must be purchased p31
16:00 - 17:00 Tour Ready Bât-toi la - Cie New Style p15 Soetdoring Gazellie
18:00 - 21:00 First Nations Oliewenhuis Art Gallery
Homecoming
Ceremony
21:00 - 22:00 Tour Ready We are Together - Sotact Entertainment p29 Dutch Embassy VIP Area
22:00 - 00:00 PACE Lounge Networking Dutch Embassy VIP Area
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Networking
opportunities
Meet people working towards the same goals as you,
and others with a completely fresh perspective,
at our speed-dating networking sessions. Join in,
don’t be shy, and get even more out of PACE.
Just don’t forget your business cards!
Breakfast meetings
Catch up on the previous day’s activities, plan the
PACE workshops
day ahead and welcome any newcomers on day
passes. A chance for first time delegates to meet
fellow initiates, say hello and forge new connections.
Themed informal sessions will offer you a chance
to get to know each other better and find out about
a range of strategic organisations. Tell the room
Monday 29 June 2020
about your ideas or projects (an Itch) and ask the Venue: 10:00 - 13:00
PACE team any questions before performances Venue: TBC
commence. Viewpoints workshop hosted by Erwin Maas
PACE Dutch Embassy VIP Lounge
PACE discourses
Relax after the day’s activities in the Dutch Embassy
VIP Lounge where you’ll have a chance to catch-up
with other delegates and wind-down and grab a bite
to eat. Enjoy some down time to network, eat and
We have assembled a programme of inspiring
drink together. and engaging speakers to share some original and
personal perspectives on touring arts in, with and
from Africa. Take a fresh look at the subject and
PACE Jet-Lag Lounge find out how these ideas can inform your work.
Wednesday evening 24 June 2020
VIP welcome to PACE with a chance to meet 1. Connecting Africa: new networks accross
representatives from a wide range of the continent
organisations and artists while enjoying
affordable food and drinks.
2. International touring: getting your work out
Lunch & Dinner there
Lunch and dinner will be available at affordable prices
at the Dutch Embassy VIP lounge everyday. 3. Theatre for young audiences
Take a break to grab some food and drinks
with other delegates between performances.
4. Xenophobia: intra-African engagement
PACE online
You can find all of the 5. Multi-lingual performance: crossing the
information in this book online at: boundaries of language
panafricancreativeexchange.co.za
9Association Noa Cie
Vincent Mantsoe
Contact information
Contact: Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe
Position: Artistic Director, Choreographer
Address: 114542 Iyamazane Street, Vosloorus, Ext 14 Marimba, Gardens, Rosloo, Gauteng, 1475
Country: France/South Africa
Mobile: +33 6 26 43 24 63
Email: sekwaman@mac.com
Facebook: @CieVincentMantsoe
Production information
Title of piece: SoliiDaD
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: No text
Use of music: Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Artistic Director: Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe
Lighting Desiger: Wesley Maherry
Technical Manager: Wesley Maherry
Secretary: Nicolas Mayrand
Manager: Cecile Mantsoe
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Two
Number of performers on stage: One
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: N/A
11“ a deeply poetic,
introspective, metaphysical,
polyrhythmic soliloquy
steeped in eternity,
triggering primordial
memory ” - Adrienne Sichel , The Ar(t)chive
SoliiDaD
Association Noa Cie Vincent Mantsoe
France | South Africa
Dance
Tour - Ready
26 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
21:30
kykNET Scaena Theatre
Soliidad is a solo dance performance, an abstract
journey of a traveler, the quest of an Emperor’s elegant
path to oblivion, a slavish imitation of a great monk’s
journey, conversing the narratives on the path to a
roaring, hissing torrent of oblivion.
Vincent Mantsoe is a South African born dancer,
choreographer, performer and teacher. He is a well-known
international artist. He trained in Johannesburg in 1990,
under the leadership of Sylvia Glasser, founder and artistic
director of Moving into Dance. Mr. Mantsoe is now based in
France where he created his company Association Noa,
which tours across the globe. Mr. Mantsoe's work is very
much rooted in South African culture, traditional
movements based on the Sangomas’ ritualistic process.
Mr. Mantsoe has won international and national
awards, and was honored in the Elysèe French
Government by president Français Holland, for a
project with local schools in France.
12Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Contact information
Contact: Paulette Long
Position: Manager
Address: 303 The Pill Box, 115 Coventry Road London, E2 6GH
Country: United Kingdom
Mobile: +07957204524
Email: paulette@longtermmusic.co.uk
Web: ayannamusic.com
Twitter: @AyannaWJ
Instagram: @AyannaWJ
Facebook: @AyannaWJ
Production information
Title of piece: Road Runner
Artform: Music
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: No text
Use of music: Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Artistic: Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Two
Number of performers on stage: One
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
13“ … a huge talent … like a
young Cassandra Wilson would
have sounded if she also
happened to be a fine
cellist.” - Jazzwise
Road Runner
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
United Kingdom
Music
Tour - Ready
28 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
14:30
kykNET Rep Theatre
Singer, songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson is
a rare exception to the rule that classical and
contemporary music cannot successfully co-exist. Her
striking vocals and unique cello playing style are both
enchanting and mesmerising
Graduating with a first from Trinity Laban School of Music
and the Manhattan School of Music, she has toured with
Anoushka Shankar, Courtney Pine, recorded with Akala and
composed for the London Symphony Orchestra. Winning
the acclaimed amateur night at the Apollo in Harlem,
gaining a MOBO award nomination and getting airplay on
BBC Radio 1 & BBC 1Xtra show a clear twist to her classical
arm. Able to straddle both worlds effortlessly because of
her musical prowess, non-compromising lyrics and ability
to deftly reinterpret songs on the cello, Ayanna is the
definition of eclectic soul.
14Cie new style
Contact information
Contact: Alexandre Garcia
Position: Président
Address: Dakar cité comico 4, BP14125 Dakar- Peytavin, Dakar, Sénégalais, BP14125 Dakar- Peytavin
Country: Sénégal
Mobile: +221775473802
Telephone: +221773728459
Email: ag3728459@gmail.com
Web: New style Crew Sénégal
Instagram: @Cienewstyle
Twitter: @Cienewstyle
Facebook: @NewstyleCrew
Production information
Title of piece: Bât-toi la
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: No text
Use of music: Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: Yes, French
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: Yes, audio description
Key personnel
Artistic Director & Dancer: Alexandre Garcia
Dancer: Babacar Mané
Dancer: Mapaté Sakho
Administrator: Elhadji Malick Diedhiou
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium Scale (400 - 800 seats)
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Four
Number of performers on stage: Three
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: N/A
15Bât-toi la
Cie new style
Sénégal
Dance
Tour - Ready
Sunday 28 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
16:00
Soetdoring Gazellie
“Bât-toi la refers to the dull rumor that creates the loss
of consciousness of the black man. The piece is a creation
which requires us to visualize our trajectory, to
determine ourselves to create this objective of wanting
to persevere a culture and a conscience, to prove our
determination to excel. We want to pass on power to the
African people through dance, which we believe is
literature in motion, but also a means of denunciation
and commitment.”
Cie new style is a multidisciplinary dance company
residing in the suburbs of Dakar. It was founded in
April 2010 and its ambition is to showcase African culture
and present a diversity of work ranging from contemporary
dance to urban dance. For the company dance is a
means of liberation and revelation. The Cie is made up
of 3 dancers with different styles, each having
professional careers. They include Clara Bajodo,
Romuald Brozolier and Patrick Acogny.
16Circus Zambia,
Barefoot Theatre &
Wake the Beast
Contact information
Contact: Gift Chansa
Position: Artistic Director
Address: Stand 720 OFF Kudu Rd , Kabulonga Lusaka, Lusaka, 01011
Country: Zambia
Mobile: +260968885507
Telephone: 0976256324
Email: gift@circuszambia.org
Web: circuszambia.org
Instagram: @circusZambia
Twitter: @CircusZambia1
Facebook: @Circuszambia
Production information
Title of piece: Afronauts
Artform: Circus, Theatre, Gig & Protest
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: Yes
Use of music: Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Artist: Bergus Siatubout
Artist: Charles Malama
Artist: Patrick Chikoloma
Artist: Arthur Chileshe
Artist: Belinda Kaputula
Artist: Charlotte Groen
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium Scale (400 seats)
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Four
Number of performers on stage: Three
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: N/A
17Afronauts
Circus Zambia, Barefoot Theatre & Wake the Beast
Zambia
Circus, Theatre, Gig & Protest
Tour - Ready
Friday 26 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
20:00
TBC
“This performance is inspired by Edward Nkoloso, the
guy that wanted to go to the moon from Zambia. The
show is inspired because though he was from a place
that didn't have resources, he dreamt and pushed
through with his ideas, only to be charged by the
president of Zambia, at the time Dr Kenneth Kaunda,
because of his popularity.”
Circus Zambia does social circus and educational
programs on HIV/AIDS and social inclusion. Both
workshops are ready to share with audiences.
Circus Zambia is a contemporary circus- a first of its
kind in Zambia. Circus Zambia equips young people
with circus, social-life skills, educational and job
opportunities. Circus Zambia was founded in 2015 by
young people who wanted to create a movement to make
change in their society. Circus Zambia now owns a three
hundred seater theatre and reaches over 5000 people
through interventions and performances in Zambia.
18Col'jam
Contact information
Instagram: @misslind_sea
Contact: Ahlam El Morsli
Position: Artistic Director
Address: Oulfa, Casablanca, Alia 1, Street 28, N 98, Casablanca, Grand Casablanca, 20230
Country: Morocco
Mobile: +21265657761
Email: col_jam@ymail.com
Web: coljam.ma
Facebook: @Coljam
Production information
Title of piece: Rouh (Soul)
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: No
Use of music: Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Choreographer & Dancer: Ahlam El Morsli
Choreographer & Dancer: Wajdi Gagui
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium Scale (400 seats)
Appropriate setting: Indoor & Outdoor
Number of people on tour: Two
Number of performers on stage: Two
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Outreach
19“A performance where the soul
binds to being, lights up on its
trajectory towards the essence
of life, divine, immortal and
suffering in the
body”- Today Morocco, 2019
Rouh
Col’jam
Morocco
Dance
Tour - Ready
Saturday 27 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
17:00
kykNET Scaena Theatre
Rouh is a gestural interpretation of the liberating energy
source of creation. It ties and unties the real and the
unreal of spiritual space. A desire rooting to anchor
the adventure of life on a new spiritual horizon through
the dance of the Whirling Dervish. Rouh
(literally in depth), plunges us into the essence of life,
both divine and immortal.
Col'jam wants to promote cultural diversity and make it a
permanent necessity in Morocco, allowing greater
accessibility for all. It also seeks to highlight different
artistic trends, particularly contemporary dance associated
with street art, graphic art, visual art and music. Col'jam
promotes creation, dissemination and training. Its aim is to
leada professional team who explores the development of
experimental practice.
20Kwasha! Theatre Company
Contact information
Contact: Aalliyah Zama Matintela
Position: Director
Address: 138 Lilian Ngoyi Street , Newtown, Johannesburg , Gauteng, 2197
Country: South Africa
Mobile: +27 787547804
Telephone: +27 731319899
Email: tcnduvane@gmail.com
Web: marketlab.co.za
Instagram: @kwashagram
Facebook: @Kwasha Theatre Company
Production information
Title of piece: Currently (G)old
Artform: Theatre & Drama
Age suitability: 13+
Use of text: Medium
Use of music: None
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: Yes
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Co-Director: Sinenhlanhla Mgeyi
Co-Director: Aalliyah Zama Matintela
Cast member: Thuli Nduvane
Cast member: Sibahle Mangena
Cast member: Molatelo Maffa
Cast member: Vusi Nkwenkwezi
Stage manager: Aalliyah Zama Matintela
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Six
Number of performers on stage: Four
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Educational work
21Winners of the:
The Standard Bank Bronze
Ovation Award and the
Best Ensemble
Award - National Arts Festival
Currently (G)old
The Market Lab
South Africa
Theatre & Drama
Tour - Ready work to a global artistic network through collaboration
20:00 and conversation. 'Kwasha!' is an isiZulu interjection
Saturday 27 June 2020 which, loosely translated means, 'it's on fire!'
Albert Wessels Auditorium
Currently (G)Old is a powerful, gripping and playful Delegates Notes:
rehashing of South African history depicted through
physical storytelling. The dynamic cast juxtaposes
historical events with contemporary issues the youth
in South Africa are currently faced with. This
energetic show puts a fresh take on politics and the
contemporary state of South Africa
Kwasha! Theatre Company, a collaborative project between
the Market Theatre Laboratory and The Windybrow Arts
Centre, was launched in 2018. Each year, six of
South Africa’s most exciting emerging theatre makers are
identified as members of the company and work together to
create an exciting programme of new and dynamic theatre
pieces. Some successful works to date include The Little
Prince (2018), Currently (G)old (2019) and Rhinoceros
(2019). Kwasha! thrives on making work that is bold and
confronts our current socio- economic environment. Work
that dares black South Africans, in particular, to dream past
their current realities. As recently graduated professional
artists, not only does Kwasha! want to grapple with
South African issues, but also aims to expose South African
22Lindsey Abudei
Contact information
Contact: Lindsey Abudei
Position: Artist
Address: 6 Badaru Street, Lekki II. Lagos , 101245
Country: Nigeria
Mobile: +234 703 849 5095
Email: abudei.lindsey@gmail.com
Web: lindseyabudei.com
Instagram: @misslind_sea
Twitter: @misslind_sea
Facebook: @lindseyabudeimusic
Production information
Title of piece: ...And the Bass Is Queen.
Artform: Music
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: Light
Use of music: Live & Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Guitarist & Vocal: Lindsey Abudei
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium Scale (400 seats)
Appropriate setting: Indoor & Outdoor
Number of people on tour: Four
Number of performers on stage: One
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Outreach
23“ Her music is an earthy mix
of jazz, soul and alternative,
creating an elegant
contemporary
sound.” - Beth Achitsa, MAPAS music Conference
...And the Bass Is Queen.
Lindsey Abudei
Nigeria
Music
Tour - Ready
25 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
20:00
Dutch Embassy VIP Area
In...And the Bass Is Queen, Lindsey Abudei brings a
showcase of stripped-down, acoustic live sessions of
songs from her latest album. The acoustic set-up is
small scale, 3-person set— vocals, two guitars and a
double bass.
After obtaining a degree in Law, she went into music
full-time. She worked as a backup-singer for
South African artist Sonti Mndebele during her
Nigerian tour and also featured in MI Abaga's
Talk About It album, Illegal Music . Jesse Jagz
Jag Of All Trades album and has worked
with Kahli Abdu amongst others. In 2013, she released
her first EP Brown, which made her an award winner
of the Radio France Internationale (RFI)
Prix Découvertes.”
24Lulu Mlangeni
Contact information
Contact: Nonkululeko Thabede
Position: Production Manager
Address: 489 A, Isigwe Street, Zone 6 Meadowlands, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1852
Country: South Africa
Mobile: +27 722383392
Email: nonkuthabede@gmail.com
Instagram: @lulumlangeni
Facebook: @LuluMlangeni
Production information
Title of piece: The Encounter
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: Light
Use of music: Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Lighting and set designer: Oliver Hauser
Dance Language Advisor: Gladys Agulhas
Dramaturgy: Andile Nebulane
Sound designer: Bonginkosi Motha
Techical director: Oliver Hauser
Dancer: Bafikile Sedibe
Dancer & Choreographer: Lulu Mlangeni
Costume designer: Mapule Sesedinyane
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Four
Number of performers on stage: Two
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Outreach
25The Encounter
Lulu Mlangeni
South Africa
Dance
Tour - Ready In 2014 she became the first recipient of the
Thursday 25 June 2020 Sophie Mgcina Best Emerging Voice Award supported
18:30 by the Market Theatre. In 2018, with support from the
kykNET Scaena Theatre DAC Incubator programme, she choreographed and
presented Confined at the Market Theatre.
“The Encounter is a duet in a dialogue that explores
subtleties that undermine the potential for a smooth
Delegates Notes:
flow of relationships between genders. In The Encounter
the duo is bent on trampling the tenuous line that
stealthily continues to set creatures of co-existence apart
as if they are an accident of nature and the universe.
Human anatomy and physiology are attributes that are
meant to swing the pendulum in a manner that should
dispel gender stereotypes. The platform of harmony
derives its stability from the magic of equal attraction
between the weak and the strong.The Encounter creates
social awareness of the power we each exude, which may
be used to build or destroy ourselves”.
Lulu Mlangeni was an award winner for the most
outstanding female dancer 2007 in contemporary style for
Dance Umbrella Festival. In 2011 she was commissioned by
Dance Umbrella to choreograph Questioned Mark that
premiered at the Wits Downstairs Theatre. She is the
2010 winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season 2
South Africa and choreographed Season 3 for the show.
26Nobonke van Tonder
Contact information
Contact: Nobonke van Tonder
Position: Performer
Address: 24 Beach Rd, Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7945
Country: South Africa
Mobile: +27 832544669
Telephone: +27 832544669
Email: nobonke@mweb.co.za
Web: theimageofyourperfection.com
Production information
Title of piece: Dans, Mandela Dans!
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: Medium
Use of music: Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Artistic Director: Nobonke Van Tonder
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Three
Number of performers on stage: One
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Real-time authentic movement for students of post-dramatic
performance capabilities
27Dans, Mandela Dans!
Nobonke van Tonder
South Africa
Dance
Tour - Ready
28 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
09:00
Albert Wessels Auditorium
Dans, Mandela Dans! is a one-woman performance
danced to the significant speeches of Nelson Mandela
over decades of his prominence as a proponent of
democracy in South Africa. The work displays the
multifaceted interpretations of his words within the
context of national liberation and, as performed by a
White Female Body. However, it is also performed as the
undergirding of the liberation of humanity within the
richly nuanced interpretation of this term.
Dancer-psychologist, writer, mentor, specialist in the field
of dynamic transformation giving opportunities to unleash
what is invisible and intelligible in the human being, group
and organisation. Immersion is experience at the leading
edge of thought — the furthest extension of that thought.
It is the best tool with which we help ourselves away from
limited ways of seeing. You cannot bring the same stale
self to the world and expect the world to be new for you.
Philosophy and tools of creativity and wisdom evoke new
desires, a particular life force. This work is ancient and yet,
not been born, except at the moment of rapture.
28Sotact Entertainment
Contact information
Contact: Seun Olota
Position: Coordinator
Address: 32, Lanre Awolokun Street, Gbagada Phase-2, Lagos, +2341
Country: Nigeria
Mobile: +2348063029359
Email: olotaseun@yahoo.com
Web: seunolota.com
Instagram: @seun_olota
Twitter: @SeunOlota
Facebook: @olotaseun
Production information
Title of piece: We Are Together
Artform: Music
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: No text
Use of music: Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: Yes
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: Yoruba and Pidgin English
Key personnel
Drum: Samuel Adegbite
Bass Guitar: Tolulope Adeniyi
Saxophone and Vocals: Seun Olota
Rhythm Guitar: Jonathan Edeipo
Saxophone: Akinyanmi Akinhinmola
Percussion: Alfred
Trumpet & Bandleader: Andrew Ahunsimere
Touring information
Scale of show: Large Scale (850 + seats)
Appropriate setting: Indoor & Outdoor
Number of people on tour: 8
Number of performers on stage: 7
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
29We Are Together
Sotact Entertainment
Nigeria
Music
Tour - Ready
representation, bookings, self organized music tours,
Sunday 28 June 2020 partnership projects, showcases, festival appearances
21:00 and weekly live performances. Olota is currently
Dutch Embassy VIP Area shortlisted on the official selection of the 2020
Sauti za Busara Festival Tanzania and he is a current
We Are Together is a music project that questions Laureat of the Institute Francais.
humanity’s gradual aloofness towards empathy and
kindred spirit. We rather say Umuntu for the sake of
Delegates Notes:
the fashion than acting it by sharing with, caring for and
protecting the vulnerable around us. This project is
initiated on the ideology of communal-living in the
traditional African setting as a prototype to interrogate
values of modern times and reminds us all as we keep
quiet or look away from the mishaps of others, that we
also ignore our own peace. We exist, because they exist
too. This project employs the West African music styles
of Afrobeat, Highlife and Dundun music as a driving force
with horn section arrangements and riffs from the Bebop
era with percussive equilibrium that carries the African
identity. Its songs’ messages interrogate political
gimmicks, social band-wagonism and the new-culture
assumptions.
Sotact Entertainment began operation in 2004 but was
registered under the Nigerian Companies and Allied
Matters Act (CAMA) in 2008 and has over the years
managed the projects of Seun Olota, among which are:
30The Market Theatre
Laboratory
Contact information
Contact: Clara Vaughan
Position: Head: Market Theatre Laboratory
Address: 138 Lilian Ngoyi Street , Newtown, Johannesburg , Gauteng, 2197
Country: South Africa
Mobile: +27 724334311
Telephone: 011 838 7498
Email: clara@marketlab.co.za
Web: marketlab.co.za
Instagram: @The Market Lab
Twitter: @The Market Lab
Facebook: @The Market Theatre Laboratory
Production information
Title of piece: Eclipsed: Phifalo ya ngwedi
Artform: Theatre & Drama
Age suitability: 16+
Use of text: Medium
Use of music: None
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: Yes
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Playwright: Gina Shmukler in collaboration with Market Lab first year students 2019
Director: Sylvaine Strike
Choreographer: Phumlani Mndebele
Costume designer: Andrea van der Kuil
Stage manager: Sibusiso Ndumndum
Cast members: Chaunees Bokaba, Kgomotso Moshia, Kgothatso Makwala, Khanyisile Zwane,
Melusi Molefe, Moagi Kai, Nicola Niehaus, Philangezwi Nxumalo, Pretty-Boy Sekhoto,
Rethabile Headbush, Scout Fynn, Siphesihle Fakude, Sydney Ndlovu, Tebogo Malapane, Tshepo Matlala
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Sixteen
Number of performers on stage: Fifteen
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Educational work
31Eclipsed: Phifalo ya ngwedi
The Market Lab
South Africa
Theatre & Drama
Tour - Ready recognised on multiple platforms for creating excellent
Sunday 28 June 2020 theatre that engages with human rights issues, and has
16:00 created numerous acclaimed and award-winning plays.
kykNET Scaena Theatre Deeply embedded in the ethos of the Market Lab is its
commitment to providing opportunities to talented
Sylvaine Strike directs the Market Theatre Laboratory youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who would not
students in collaboration with Gina Shmukler and otherwise be able to pursue their passion for the arts.
Phumlani Mndebele, offering an electrifying journey The Market Lab aims to provide skills, knowledge and
into the heart of Life Esidimeni. Can meaning be found in opportunity for these emerging creatives to tell
chaos? The company have drawn on testimonies, articles, important South African stories that might otherwise
documentaries, news bulletins, and the commission go untold. The intensive and comprehensive training it
statements that cross-examined the government offers develops its students into young professionals
officials responsible for this unspeakable tragedy, who have the capacity, experience and knowledge to
to devise a powerful physical interpretaion of this event build careers in a highly competitive industry.
and its aftermath.
Delegates Notes:
The Market Theatre Laboratory aims to create an inspiring,
and safe environment for students, theatre practitioners,
collaborators, and audiences to flourish and grow through
learning, exchange, experimentation, research and making,
with an emphasis on creating space for subaltern
experiences, voices and identities. Founded by
Barney Simon and Dr John Kani in 1988, it is the education
and development arm of the world famous Market Theatre,
and has developed into one of the premiere facilities of its
kind in Southern Africa. It has trained exceptional
performers and theatre-makers, the Lab has been
32Blank Canvas Kollective
Contact information
Contact: Danieyella Rodin
Position: Project Manager
Address: 17 Glasgow Road, Westdene, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2092
Country: South Africa
Mobile: +27 737966466
Telephone: +27 737966466
Email: blankcanvaskollective@gmail.com
Web: theatre4youth.co.za/production/night-light
Instagram: @blankcanvaskollective
Facebook: @@blankcanvaskollective
Production information
Title of piece: Night/Light
Artform: Multi-disciplinary
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: Light
Use of music: Recorded & Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: Yes
Key personnel
Performer/Project Manager: Danieyella Rodin
Director/Designer: Tamara Guhrs
Musician: David Cornwell
Touring information
Scale of show: Small scale up to 100 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor (outdoor only at night and with at least two electricity sources)
Number of people on tour: Four
Number of performers on stage: Two
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
33“Dear Night Light!
We all loved the show and the
activities, but I think
I enjoyed it the most.
Thank You!" ” - Sacred Heart Learner, 2019
Night/Light
Blank Canvas Kollective
South Africa
Multi-disciplinary
Work in Progress
Friday 26 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
10:30
Soetdoring Gazellie
Night/Light uses live music, video projection,
shadows, light-play and live performance to explore a
night in the life of a young girl trying to deal with racing
thoughts. It evokes moments when we feel alone:
afraid of the dark, experiencing changes and challenges
– unable to express ourselves. For 9-11 year olds caught
at a delicate time – between the expectations of growing
up and still haunted by childhood fears – this magical,
mysterious piece encourages children to listen to their
inner voice
Night/Light is Blank Canvas Kollective’s debut offering
for children and marks their move to being focused on
creating high quality work for young audiences. The idea
for Night/Light was born in an Assitej workshop around
creating work for Primary School Children.
34Bokang Lefoko Theatre
Contact information
Contact: Sizakele Mdi
Position: Choreographer
Address: 29 Krygs, Fleurdal, Bloemfontein, Free State, 9301
Country: South Africa
Mobile: +27 795741619
Telephone: +27 795741619
Email: sizakelemdi@ymail.com
Facebook: @Sizakele Nontuthuzelo Mdi
Production information
Title of piece: Ndiboleke ingubo
Artform: Work in Progress
Age suitability: 13+
Use of text: Medium
Use of music: Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Choreographer: Sizakele Mdi
Stage manager: Jojo Mokirisi
Dancer: Motlatsi Khotle
Dancer: Kgotsofalang Moshe
Dancer: Thabo Moroe
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Eight
Number of performers on stage: Eight
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Outreach
35Ndiboleke ingubo
Bokang Lefoko Theatre
South Africa
Dance
Work in Progress
Friday 26 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
11:30
Soetdoring Gazellie
Ndiboleke ingubo is a dance piece on femicide. It looks
into the psyche of men who have killed and embodies
them into one. It takes place in a prison where the dead
father tries to convince the murderer to atone before his
death. This production was created to address the fear of
#AMINEXT?!
Bokang Lefoko Theatre, established in 2019 is led by
Sizakele Mdi an award winning choreographer.
The company was created to meet a need for community
and educational skills development and to produce
compelling cutting edge contemporary theatre works that
can represent the Free State at large.
36Company Chabarwa
Contact information
Contact: Tatenda Chabarwa
Position: Co-founder/Dancer
Address: 25 Hombasha Mbare National Avenue , 29 Hombasha Mbare National Avenue, Harare, +263
Country: Zimbabwe
Mobile: +263772980185
Telephone: +263772980185
Email: companychabarwa@gmail.com
Instagram: @Company_Chabarwa
Facebook: @Tatenda Chabarwa-Company Chabarwa
Production information
Title of piece: Shhhh
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: No text
Use of music: Recorded & Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Dancer & Choreographer: Tatenda Chabarwa
Poet: Kimberly Silibaziso Chuka
Poet: Conelious Makuvachuma
Dancer: Dexter Mushore
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Four
Number of performers on stage: Four
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
37“ Politically & socially charged.
Defiantly awesome” - Mafuwe International
Dance Festival
Shhhh
Company Chabarwa
Zimbabwe
Dance
Work in Progress
Thursday 25 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
14:30
Albert Wessels Auditorium
Shhh is a duet that was developed from a solo work
created and performed by Tatenda Chabarwa. Shhh is
inspired and created by the questions that the
choreographer ask themselves day-to-day. Shhh is a
contemporary dance theatre piece that tells the story
with emotional movements and poems being the music
that brings movements it’s true purpose.
This choreographic work is a duet with four bodies on
stage.This is a very emotional work and it relates to
people very easily, and allows the audience to create their
own story.
Company Chabarwa is a unique structured dance company
established by Tatenda Chabarwa to develop the
knowledge and skills in contemporary dance, to fuse this
knowledge with the richness of Zimbabwean culture and
build the efforts already in place mainly in the Zimbabwean
society. Company Chabarwa has performed in Namibia,
Zimbabwe and Japan collaborating with Jerahuni
Movement Factory. Currently the company is working on
projects, including dance classes at the
College Of The Arts in Namibia.
38Kirvan Fortuin
Foundation
Contact information
Contact: Kirvan Fortuin
Position: Artistic Director
Address: 7064 Sheikh Yusuf Avenue, Macassar, Cape Town Cape Town, Western Cape, 7134
Country: South Africa
Mobile: +27 720470310
Email: houseoflecap@gmail.com
Instagram: @House of le Cap
Facebook: @Kiki House of le cap
Production information
Title of piece: Mof-Tof
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: Dense
Use of music: Recorded & Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: Yes, Gayle
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Choreographer: Kirvan Fortuin
Dancers: Fortuin Dance Theatre & House of le Cap
Director: Prof Emeritus Elizabeth Triegaardt
Costume Designer: Gert-Johan Coetzee
DJ: DJ Maramza
Production Manager: Nadine Lagger
Touring information
Scale of show: Large scale up to 800 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Twelve
Number of performers on stage: Twelve
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
39Mof-Tof
Kirvan Fortuin Foundation
South Africa
Dance
Work in Progress Wits Theatre, Artscape Theatre, Baxter Theatre,
Friday 26 June 2020 Suidoosterfees, Vrystaat Kunstefees, US Woordfees
17:00 (flagship production), and Oude Libertas Amphitheatre.
kykNET Rep Theatre House of le Cap is the first ballroom house in Africa and
since it was established in 2017 the ballroom
Mof-Tof is a new two part ballet choreographed by community has grown significantly in Cape Town.
Kirvan Fortuin in collaboration with House of le Cap. House of le Cap has had balls across South Africa
Set to the score of Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No.14 including Mthatha, Mdantsane, and Bloemfontein
in D Minor otherwise known as Death and the Maiden. closing the Vrystaat Arts Festival in 2019.
A new composition by an industry professional DJ
from House of le Cap looks into what it means to be
queer. Mof-Tof is a celebration of identity, culture, Delegates Notes:
music and dance looking particularly into the LGBTIQ+
community, focusing on the transgender and the
ballroom scene. The production is a multicultural,
interdisciplinary dance works that seamlessly blends
dance, fashion, music and text. Rooted in a very classical
structure, the choreography fuses vogue dance elements
with urban dances, whilst deconstructing the classical
ballet structure.
Fortuin Dance Theatre is a professional, neo-classical
dance company based in Cape Town. The company was
started in 2016 when it had its first South African and
Dutch tour. Since then the company has performed across
the world, with tours to the Netherlands, Switzerland,
US, and Belgium and at several festivals and theatres
in South Africa including Dance Umbrella Johannesburg,
40Lola Oduwole
Contact information
Contact: Lola Oduwole
Position: Performer
Address: Rijkeklarenstraat 24, Ledeberg, 9050
Country: Belgium
Mobile: +32474990631
Telephone: +32474990631
Email: ademilola1@telenet.be
Facebook: @Lola Oduwole
Production information
Title of piece: Lest we Forget
Artform: Theatre & Drama
Age suitability: 13+
Use of text: Dense
Use of music: Recorded & Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: Yes
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Performer: Lola Oduwole
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Three
Number of performers on stage: One
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: No
Outreach and educational work: Educational
41Lest we Forget
Lola Oduwole
Belgium
Theatre & Drama
Work in Progress
Thursday 25 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
15:30
Albert Wessels Auditorium
Lest we forget... traces the paths of three characters:
a Nigerian man, a Jamaican man and a Ghanaian
grandmother and their involvement in WW1. Both men
volunteer and the grandmother watches as her grandson
is coerced into joining a war which they only have a
tenuous connection. The piece interlaces text and song,
image and sound and explores the soldiers' experiences
during WWI. Poignant is the way these protagonists had
no true understanding of what they were letting
themselves into. However their solid allegiance is to the
'crown' and the colonial lie that they were considered
British subjects and part of the 'Motherland'. To volunteer
fuels their personal ambition to discover the world and
also to escape from their own domesticities. The piece is
performed by a woman who enacts their journeys.
Oduwole trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
as a classical singer, and worked in opera in key opera
houses in the UK and in music theatre projects in Belgium.
She acted as a workshop voice coach for socially-
considerate projects in Flanders and Belgium.
42Mafa Dance Village
Contact information
Contact: Mafa Makhubalo
Position: Founder/Artistic Dorector
Address: 2912-2699 Battleford Road, Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 3R9
Country: Canada
Mobile: +16477612512
Telephone: +16477612512
Email: mafa_stoma@yahoo.co.uk
Web: mafadancevillage.dance
Instagram: @yebo_yes_mafa_
Twitter: @mafa_stoma
Facebook: @mafa dance village
Production information
Title of piece: Lentswe La Setjhaba "Voice of the Nation"
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: No text
Use of music: Recorded & Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Artistic Director: Mafa Makhubalo
Manager: Yumiko Kiuchi
Dancer: Tamla Matthews
Dancer: Emilie Jabouin
Dancer: Aisha Nicholson
Musician: Teddy Masuko
Musician: Brain Moyo
Musician: Walter Maclean
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor & Outdoor
Number of people on tour: Eight
Number of performers on stage: Seven
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
43Lentswe La Setjhaba
Mafa Dance Village
Canada
Dance
Work in Progress Montreal. Mafa Dance Village, has presented at various
Saturday 27 June 2020 festivals, Dance Immersion (Celebrating Our Men in
21:15 Dance and Footsteps Across Canada), the International
kykNET Rep Theatre Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) in Toronto, Body
Percussion Festival, Dance Ontario Dance Weekend and
Lentswe la Setjhaba (Voice of the Nation) is a Contemporaneity Series 1.0.
45 minute, multi-disciplinary choreography that
hybridises African traditional aesthetic with African
contemporary culture, specifically the urban dance form Delegates Notes:
Panstula, Afro-House, African Traditional dance and
Gumboots in relation to the rhythm of our everyday life
memories. “What counts in life is not the mere fact that
we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the
lives of others that will determine the significance of the
life we lead,” said Nelson Mandela. The work is inspired
by the legacy of Nelson Mandela - the idea of a
“Rainbow Nation”, his passion to move forward
from the past to the future as one nation.
After moving to Toronto, Canada, Mafa Mafa Dance
continued to seek professional development from senior
artists, Milton Myers (Alvin Alley American Theatre senior
instructor), Danny Grossman (Danny Grossman Dance
Company), Debbie Wilson (OMO Dance Theatre),
Gabby Kamino (Senior contemporary teacher), and has
collaborated with Collective Of Black Artist, Ballet Creole
Company, OMO Dance Theatre, and Nyata-nyata in
44Rightaboutnow Inc
Contact information
Contact: Rola Nassar
Position: Artists coordination/International relations
Address: Ben van Meerendonkstraat 57, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, 1087 LB
Country: The Netherlands
Mobile: +31203417027
Telephone: +31611808465
Email: rola@rightaboutnowinc.com
Web: rightaboutnowinc.com
Instagram: @rightaboutnowinc
Facebook: @rightaboutnowinc
Production information
Title of piece: I'd had enough so I Killed him
Artform: Dance
Age suitability: 16+
Use of text: Light
Use of music: Recorded
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: No
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Choreographer: Sherise Strang
Artistic coordinator: Maarten van Hinte
Touring information
Scale of show: Medium scale up to 400 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor
Number of people on tour: Four
Number of performers on stage: One
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
45I'd had enough so I killed him
Rightaboutnow Inc.
The Netherlands
Dance
Work in Progress
Sunday 28 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
10:30
Albert Wessels Auditorium
I'd had enough so I killed him is about Maya Angelou, a
woman who fought her whole life as an activist for black
women in America and is now mainly known as a writer
and poet. The piece is about a search for being, seeing
and wanting to be seen. A search for identity, security
and strength. A search for conviction and being judged.
In I'd had enough so I killed him Sherise washes off all
the dirt to get to her core - to make it visible. Powerful
and vulnerable. Condemnation and wanting to be judged.
Rightaboutnow Inc. is an interdisciplinary urban
performing arts centre and production house based in
Amsterdam. For the company diversity is the most
powerful force for artisticsocial change and innovation.
They bring artists from different cultures, disciplines and
subcultures together and channel their diversity into
artistic expressions by being a platform for new voices in
an old city like Amsterdam. They produce performing art
work by young artists, festivals, events and visual art
exhibits and focus on coaching young creatives.
46Stev'N-T
Contact information
Contact: Tarpade Mianmarde Stephane
Position: Artist
Address: District Moursal/ Street 5031/House 744, N'Djamena, N'Djamena, 11
Country: Chad
Mobile: +0023598747232
Telephone: +0023566453344
Email: tarpade@hotmail.fr
Instagram: @stevntofficiel
Twitter: @stevntarpade
Facebook: @steventarpade
Production information
Title of piece: A toute épreuve
Artform: Music
Age suitability: All ages
Use of text: Dense
Use of music: Recorded & Live
Requires a clear understanding of English or another language: Yes, French
Available with BSL interpretation, audio description or captioning: No
Key personnel
Lead vocal: Stev'N-T
Artistic director: Moussa Aimé
Drummer: Rickbell
Guitarist: Body Solo
Touring information
Scale of show: Large scale up to 850 seats
Appropriate setting: Indoor & Outdoor
Number of people on tour: Seven
Number of performers on stage: Five
Availability for touring: From July 2020 onward
Suitable for rural touring: Yes
Outreach and educational work: Yes
47A toute épreuve
Stev'N-T
Chad
Music
Work in Progress
Saturday 27 June 2020 Delegates Notes:
15:30
kykNET Rep Theatre
The album entitled Foolproof was launched in March
2019 in N'Djamena, Chad and has had 250 legal
downloads to date. It's an album that speaks of hope and
realizing dreams. It is tinged with diverse musical genres
including a mixture of Chad rhythms such as Sai, Bayan,
the Ndo and Fanani associated with the ‘colors’ of the
rap style of the artist. Various social and political topics
are covered in the lyrics and songs.
Stev'NT (Tarpade Mianmarde) also known as
Tonton Le Blanc because of the success of one of his songs,
is a young rapper artist who made his name as an actor
representing the Association Jeunesse Anti-Cleavage
(AJAC). In 2002 he began the rap groups
Intifadah and Djaraa-B and by 2018, he was one of 19
finalists for the AfriMusic Song Contest, and won the
distinction of Annex Francophonie Awards, subsequently
awarded for the best French musical contribution.
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