REPRESENT NEW LOOK – you like?
**It looks like the comments are working! So go on and let us know what you thinkl. We’ve still got lots to do so watch this space! Sharpile!** What a wonderful 1st of June. And our new sleekline site is up! We still have a few tweaks to make and things to add but wanted to launch on a solid date. So the site is still a Work-in-progress, but we wanted to ask you, our r…eaders, to be a part of the test phase so that you could give us feedback now. Like all new things – it may take a little time getting used to… here are the major changes – many of which were requested by you: – Search function – now you can find articles very quickly and easily, articles you may have written, ZArchived articles, research information… just type in your search – It’s faster and sleeker – we have made the movement within the site much slicker and the look we feel is more sleek. yeah… – There’s a home page tab – yip – on the left hand side you can see the grey tab – it’s always there – just click to go home to Mama. – There’s a “pass to a friend” button on every post… that’s right – share our stories with your chommies. – Our ‘subscribe’ to the email newsletter is still similar and eay to use where we dont ask you for your private information. – We have a CONTACT US button – just click there to send in your thoughts and your articles – Comments are now accessible only at the bottom of the articles – We have included a list of our favourite sites and our brother and sister sites in SA (Much Respect!) please pay them a visit – TOPICS – just slide your mouse over them and choose where you want to go. – Permanent link – that’s so you can get the story on it’s own page in case you want to send the link around. We really hope you like it – all feedback appreciated – please comment below. Please email any bugs to us. The logo is missing from the front page we will fix that later. There are still a few new features to come such as our new advertising space, FLICKR photos etc Thanks again for your patience! REPRESENT! *************************************************************** We would like to apologise to all the Representers for the delay in the launch of the new site. It was supposed to be your suprise this fresh Monday morning. Unfortunately our server was having problems over the weekend...
You’re invited to the Market’s 30th bash.
6 days left to catch In Continuum if you haven’t already… But the Market is turning 30 and we know that that must mean BIG CELEBRATIONS…. They have pulled out the stops to put on a great bash for all the Market people – and we mean EVERYONE is catered for. Guys lets celebrate the arts and FILL UP every single one of these shows! Do yourselves a favour and meet your friends for drinks at t…he very sexy and stylish Capello’s on the other side of the Newtown square from the Market – there is safe underground parking (if you’re worried) – it’a great place to chillout on a pavement and watch the city wind down – then stroll over the square to the theatre to watch your show… here it is: Hugh Masekela, Sibongile Khumalo, Busi Mhlongo, Freshlyground, Pieter Dirk Uys Really Brilliant Market Shows Globally revered musicians prepare to ignite stage during The Market Theatre’s 30th Anniversary Celebration! Johannesburg: There’s only one place to experience the thrill of three internationally revered South African acts – and that’s at the upcoming 30th Anniversary celebrations for The Market Theatre. Hugh Masekela, Sibongile Khumalo and Freshlyground are all flying high on the global music radar, with Masekela and Khumalo having just come off critically acclaimed, sold-out international tours and Freshlyground eyeing a takeover of the nation’s music scene with their spunky, soulful Afro fusion sound. Hugh Masekela and his band take to the stage for three nights of unrivalled jazz music, on Thursday, 8th June, Friday, 9th June and Saturday, 10th June at 8pm. This will be Bra Hugh’s first performance back in South Africa having just returned from three sell-out, back-to-back international tours of Europe, the States and Middle East which saw the trumpeter, singer, songwriter and performer earn critical acclaim. Masekela will be accompanied by his enormously accomplished and impressive band featuring Sell Minted (drums) Macanese Cokato Hendricks Molina (keyboards), John Blockier Sallyanne (drums), Arthur Tshabalala (keyboards), Abiding “Fauna” Zulu (bass), and Ngenekhaya Mahlangu (saxophone). Sibongile Khumalo is similarly an artist of international repute and fresh off an international tour. She is already brewing up a musical firestorm for her three dates with Gloria Bosman and the Afro Tenor. This once-off collaboration is where classics music meets for a unique evening’s entertainment. of SA where the classmusic thrown in to spice things up and takes place on Tuesday 13th June, Wednesday, 14th June & Thursday 15th June at 8 pm. Freshlyground is undoubtedly the contemporary music success story of the past year – theirbreakthrough album, ‘Nomvula’ unleashing the hits ‘Doo Be Doo’ and ‘I’d Like’, and acting...
More classical highs with the Joburg Philly
Oh yes the Joburg Philly is back again – this time round there’s a child-prodigy pianist of only 24, there’s a hot SA trumpeter and a very popular young conductor – sounds like fun. Unwind from a hectic Wed or Thursday next week with some qulity classical music. The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra performs Haydn, Shostakovich and Mozart The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra’s S…econd Symphony Season fourth week programme will be performed on Wednesday 7 June and Thursday 8 June. Sponsored by Anglo American, the performances feature Haydn’s dramatic Symphony No. 83 (“La Poule”), Mozart’s popular Concerto No.21 and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto Con Tromba and Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 (“The Prague”). Haydn’s Symphony No. 83, one of Haydn’s Paris Symphonies composed in 1784, has become known as “The Hen” because of a curious clucking effect from the strings and oboes in the first movement. One of Mozart’s most popular piano concertos – Concerto No. 21 is the performance that follows. This C Major concerto has captured the hearts of millions of people over the years. Mozart is in his famous “trumpets and drums” mood in this concerto and dazzles us with his humour. The magnificent Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto Con Tromba follows Mozart’s composition. Shostakovitch was such a fine pianist as a young student and he won numerous competitions, his technique was said to be brilliant. However, the astonishing success of his First Symphony, when he was only 20, convinced him that his future lay in composing. Shostakovitch decided to write some piano music to play himself and in 1933 wrote his First Piano Concerto and scored it for piano, string orchestra and the unusual addition of the trumpet as a solo instrument alongside the piano. The very fact that these two instruments are not normally paired clearly gave Shostakovitch an impish urge and allowed his sardonic wit to prevail, especially in the finale where piano and trumpet battle for supremacy. Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 (“The Prague”) ends the memorable performances. Mozart wrote and completed this symphony in Vienna in 1786 and the first performance took place in Prague in January 1787. Two features of this magnificent symphony make it distinctively identifiable – the three movement design and a long, slow introduction. Popular conductor Bernhard Gueller will lead the orchestra. Music director of both Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax, Canada, and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany, Bernhard Gueller is well known to South African audiences where he has been conducting since 1994. He has been acclaimed as one of Germany’s most talented young conductors and many of his concerts have been broadcast nationally and internationally. Bernhard has extraordinary musicianship, marvellous ability...
Lifetime opportunity for directors/actors in KZN
If you are an aspiring director or actor and live in Kwazulu Natal, you can apply for one of the 50 Movietech and MAPP-SETA learnerships – get your application in by the 8 April. Director or Actor ? LEARNERSHIPS 2006 Movietech Film & Television College, based in Durban, in a joint venture with the MAPPP-SETA, funded by the Nationa…l Department of Labour is offering learnerships leading to the FETC in Video and Television (NQF 4) as well as FETC in Performing Arts (NQF 4).We therefore seek applications from suitably qualified candidates with an interest in the film, television and performing arts industries. Learners must be available full-time. Learners should be from KwaZulu-Natal. A learnership combines work experience with classroom-based tuition. Learnerships are available to financially disadvantaged students from all backgrounds. LEARNERSHIP 1: VIDEO and TELEVISION Number of candidates required for Learnership in Video and Television: 30 This Learnership skills candidates in Video / Digital Film & Television Production at entry level and covers training areas including Camera, Editing, Scriptwriting & Media Law etc. Aspirant directors, camerapersons, writers, video editors etc. are encouraged to apply. LEARNERSHIP 2: PERFORMING ARTS Number of candidates required for Learnership in Performing Arts: 20 This Learnership skills candidates in the Performing Arts at entry level, with specific reference to Stage and Screen performance. Aspirant stage and screen actors, dancers, singers etc. are encouraged to apply. NB. Interested candidates may only apply for one of the above Learnerships. 1. All tuition fees will be paid. 2. Learners will receive a monthly allowance (stipend). ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS Successful candidates will possess some of the following attributes: a) Unemployed Arts, Communication or Technology Graduates. b) Matriculants with creative flair and self-confidence. c) Adult learners involved in the creative industries. Preference will be given to candidates with proven communication skills, creative flair and ability to innovate. Closing Date: 08 April 2006 For application forms and interview dates please contact Ms. Zama Nyanda between 9am and 7pm on: 076 198...
Zanzibar – Festival of the DHOW – Call for arts entries
So you’re an artist right? And you’ve always dreamt of visiting Zanzibar, Africa’s magical island? Well use your kops and get your work onto East Africa’s annual Festival of the Dhow which is taking place in July this year. They’re looking for music, performing arts, exhibitions, workshops and music to showcase and celebrate “the unique cultural heritage… of Africa”. Entries close end of May so SHESHANI!! Click here to go to the site. The ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries, East Africa’s largest cultural event is located in Zanzibar around the magnificent, historical venues along the waterfront of Stone Town. The festival celebrates the unique cultural heritage of Africa and the Dhow countries of the Indian Ocean region and their global Diaspora. The Festival promotes an extensive programme of Films, Music & Performing Arts, Exhibitions, and Workshops for Women, Children, Film Industry, Music Industry and Literature. The Festival also includes events in selected villages of the Zanzibar islands, Unguja and Pemba. From the vantage point of Zanzibar, ZIFF Festival of the Dhow Countries provides an opportunity to offer perspectives on contemporary trends in global culture which address the defining ideas of the twenty-first century incorporated in the themes of cultural diversity, individual integrity, social justice, women, children, diaspora culture and conservation....
COLOURED Blood Relatives
Catch a fascinating photography exhibition by Cedric Nunn at the Durban Art Gallery this month running from now until the 21 May. It’s a look at his identity as a Coloured person in South Africa and what it means in today’s society. ‘I am committed through my photographs, to contributing to societal change that will leave a positive legacy for the children of Africa’. BLOOD RELATIVES photographs by Cedric Nunn 5 April – 21 May 2006 The gallery has a fine collection of national and international artworks in all media. The focus is on contemporary South African artwork. 2nd Floor Smith Street, City Hall, Smith Street (031) 3112264 These photographs are the result of a process of examination/investigation of the family and communities that shaped my identity as a so-called coloured in apartheid South Africa. Coloured has for me always been a difficult and contentious term. During the struggle we pre-fixed it with ‘so-called’ so as to leave people in no doubt as to who had coined the name. My early burgeoning consciousness was at odds to understand how such a diverse grouping of people could be classified as one group. And why that group, so closely related to both black and white, should have to be separate. South Africans of black and white parentage occupy a unique space in the world, moulded by racial bigotry and apartheid. The ‘coloured’ people themselves, who have bought into this myth of separation, now perpetuate this enforced separation. This condition is not sustainable and certainly not desirable, and will be changed by future generations who grow up in a healthier and more accepting society. The people depicted are my blood relatives, and so also are all the peoples of South Africa. Attached image 24. Amy Madhlawu Louw in conversation with her son Ronny. iVuna 2001 About Cedric Nunn I began photography in the early eighties, my initial impetus being to document the realities of apartheid that I thought were being ignored by the mainstream media. Therefore, my focus throughout has been on documenting social change, and in particular rural issues. At first as part of the Afrapix collective and agency which operated throughout the eighties, then independently, working mostly with NGO’s. I have extensive experience in media, from newspapers, wire agencies, magazines, public relation companies through to corporate. I have exhibited extensively, both locally and abroad. I have been involved in many photography education projects, from workshops to being the director of the Market Photography Workshop. I currently mentor and supervise photography students. I have been both judge and convener of the FUJI Press Photo Awards and am currently a judge on...
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