Mamela Nyamza was this year’s winner of the Standard bank young artist award for the dance category. She just came back from performing at the Grahams town National festival, but this young lady from Cape Town is already starting a new project. Nyamza has been commissioned by the Goethe institute in Johannesburg to create new work. She has then decided on doing a workshop for all talented dancers to join her so they would create something extra ordinary.
Nyamza is known for her provocative dance pieces that have sparked dialogue on national and international stages. Her work tackles the issues that women are faced with on a daily basis, even exploring the issues of sexuality. Most of her pieces she creates have been solo pieces, but this time around she wants to work with a group. She then decided on workshops to get together a group of dancers to work with for a month. The piece created from the workshops will be performed at the Arts on Main in September.
These workshops which will help create jobs for dancers who are struggling will be taking place from the 16th of August till the 14th of September. Nyamza says “This time around I would love to work with older dancers from the ages of 25 and older”. But in order for her to pull this beautiful idea off she needs sponsors for food and transport for the dancers for a month. Nyamza explains that the Goethe institute only paid for the working space and the performance fee. Anything anyone can give would truly help these workshops, and everyone who wants to help can email Nyamaza on mamela15@yahoo.com . Dancers who also want to be part of the workshops can also contact Nyamza via email.
Nyamza is known for her provocative dance pieces that have sparked dialogue on national and international stages. Her work tackles the issues that women are faced with on a daily basis, even exploring the issues of sexuality. Most of her pieces she creates have been solo pieces, but this time around she wants to work with a group. She then decided on workshops to get together a group of dancers to work with for a month. The piece created from the workshops will be performed at the Arts on Main in September.
These workshops which will help create jobs for dancers who are struggling will be taking place from the 16th of August till the 14th of September. Nyamza says “This time around I would love to work with older dancers from the ages of 25 and older”. But in order for her to pull this beautiful idea off she needs sponsors for food and transport for the dancers for a month. Nyamza explains that the Goethe institute only paid for the working space and the performance fee. Anything anyone can give would truly help these workshops, and everyone who wants to help can email Nyamaza on mamela15@yahoo.com . Dancers who also want to be part of the workshops can also contact Nyamza via email.
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