Best of Fest: What to see at this year’s 969 Festival

Didn't make it to this year's National Arts Festival? Catch a few of the productions at the 969 Festival in Johannesburg....

12 Jul, 2016

A brief and incomplete guide to contemporary dance in South Africa

In rejecting the idea of the rainbow nation, a host of black, interrogative and unapologetic dance artists have emerged from South Africa....

09 Jun, 2016

Stop what you’re doing and watch these 12 contemporary African dance clips

From Angola's kuduro queen to arguably the world's coolest dance off at a house party, let these videos be your crash course in African dance. ...

12 May, 2016

See this, do that: Cape Town | 26 April – 2 May 2016

This week in Cape Town we're visiting galleries, watching a daring dance performance and laughing with new-wave comedienne Klara van Wyk. ...

26 Apr, 2016

Rhythmic explorers: See a metaphoric dance piece performed by Stampenfield

Ellen Edmar and Mona Namér are two aliens exploring a foreign planet in this beautiful piece of choreography, filmed in Joburg by Chris Saunders. ...

31 Mar, 2016

Thoughts on dance: Nicola van Straaten is a young artist moving her own way

Nicola van Straaten is a bright young artist whose explorations in (and of) movement are intriguing, unexpected and thought-provoking....

07 Mar, 2016

Romeo and Juliet in Jozi

Rebellion and Johannesburg is an exhilarating contemporary dance-theatre piece that taps into the unique spirit of the city and its changing cultural landscape with music by Spoek Mathambo, wardrobe by Anmari Honiball and visuals by Ed Blignaut. ...

26 Feb, 2016