Call for Dancers for Tunisia 2008
This is a very exciting call for local choreographers and dancers to get their work into Dance! Africa Dance! a Dance festival to be held in Tunisia next May. Go Go GO and bonne chance!
Dance is magic, its lucky colour is ebony. With its qualities of innovation, freedom and creativity, it opens up the paths of the future. It is dance that anticipates and indicates the changing trends in society and the world. Syhem Belkhodja (Artistic Director/Choreographer)
Culturesfrance and Association Ness el Fen are calling for applications for the special edition of ‘Danse L’afrique Danse’ the 7th Choreographic encounters of the Africa and Indian Ocean Region that will take place from the 1st to the 10th May 2008 in Tunis, Tunisia. The competition is aimed at promoting African dancers and choreographers and providing access to the international stage for budding dance professionals.
The competition has two types of entries:
– Solo piece, interpreted by the choreographer
– A joint piece, presented by the choreographer
The Sybel Ballet Theatre artistic director and choreographer, Syhem Belkhodja will chair the artistic committee that will sit in Paris in Dec 2007 to select the winning entries. The committee will be looking for innovation and originality in the choreography entries. They will also assess how choreographers use the theatrical space, the quality and force of their interpretation, whether the music they use is suited to the dance, be it live or recorded and also their development of the changing choreographic language. Costumes, hair styles and make-up will also be assessed. These will be judged from the videos/DVDs of staged shows that applicants are expected to submit in their application packs.
The French Institute will receive hard copies of the applications in South Africa. Applicants must also send electronic copies of the applications to nesselfen@gnet.tn, danseafriquedance@culturesfrance.com
Applications should be sent on or before 30 November and be clearly marked Dance Competition
The Director
French Institute of South Africa,
66 Margaret Mcingana St, P. O. Box 542,
Newtown Precint., Johannesburg, 2113
For more information contact
comm.culture@ifas.org.za
www.ifas.org.za/culture
