Last few days to catch Dance Umbrella
Guys you know that every year we encourage you to catch the vibrant FNB Dance Umbrella and support our dancers and those visiting from elsewhere -their blood sweat, tears and stuffed up knees all go a long way to ensure that we have a growing and thriving contemporary dance and arts scene in South Africa. These guys have been stretching, rehearsing, lifting and rolling for weeks in preparation for this event and they deserve all the support and props they can get. If you haven’t yet made it to the Dance Umbrella, it’s not too late, you have a few days left to go – do something that will move you and go and watch some dance. GO GO!Here’s the scoop:
“The FNB Dance Umbrella is the definitive, annual platform for South African contemporary dance at which new choreographic creations are presented. It is an open platform, which includes performances of youth and community groups, the efforts of young choreographers and commissioned works from professional practitioners. Foreign dance companies also show work, often with assistance from their respective diplomatic missions. Among the major objectives of the Dance Forum is to create a space for new work and the Dance Umbrella’s role in the development of contemporary dance in this country cannot be underestimated.”
Tickets for the FNB Dance Umbrella are available at the door (get there early) or can be booked at Computicket on 011 340 8000 and prices range from R20,00 to R80,00. Concessions/block bookings and subscription tickets are available.
For further information contact 011 482 4140 / 011 482 5615 or e-mail danceumbrella@artslink.co.za
The Dance Umbrella hot-line for up-dates and programmes is 072 703 9332 or visit www.artslink.co.za/arts
The FNB Dance Umbrella which opened on February 17 runs until March 17, 2007 will show several works over the coming few days.
At The Wits Theatre Complex, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein and the new Johannesburg University UJ Arts Centre the following can be seen:
The Mozambican choreographer Panaibra Gabriel has changed the work he was originally scheduled to present to a piece called Mafalala. This work takes the place of Inside of Me Another Island.
Mafalala can be seen at the UJ Centre for the Arts on March 12 & 13 at 20:00.
Anyone who has reserved tickets for Inside of Me Another Island, can get a refund by calling 011 482 4140 or the tickets can be changed at the theatre.
PROGRAMME 22 is on Wednesday and Thursday, March 14 & 15 at the UJ Centre for the Arts from 20:00. Gregory Maqoma completes his Beautiful trilogy with Beautiful Me, a work inspired by Akram Khan, Faustin Linyekula and Vincent Mantsoe, choreographers with whom he has collaborated to create the piece.
PROGRAMME 23 on Friday and Saturday, March 16 & 17, takes place from 18:30 and again at 20:00. Jampass is choreographed by Ina Wiechterich for the Cape Town-based Remix Dance Theatre. The venue for this work is not Constitution Hill, but will now take place at the Wits Theatre Complex.
PROGRAMME 24 takes place in the Wits Downstairs Theatre also on March 16 & 17 at 19:15. This is a triple bill featuring Timothy Le Roux, Sifiso Majola and Aja Marnewick.
The final Programme 25 is at 20:30 at the Wits Theatre on March 16 & 17 with works from Constance Kau, Mdu Mtshali who both received the Phillip Stein Grant and Mlu Zondi from Durban.
Other highlights for FNB Dance Umbrella 2007 are The Gauteng MEC Awards for Contemporary Choreography and Dance 2006, which will be presented on Saturday, March 17, at the Wits Amphitheatre before the final performances.
