Dance Umbrella Africa 2019, in Pretoria

The eagerly anticipated re-launch of Dance Umbrella Africa 2019 from 31 March to 7 April at the South African State Theatre will feature South Africa and the world’s most prolific dancers and choreographers including Lulu Mlangeni, Sonia Radebe and Julia Burnham, Phumlani Nyanga, Dirk Badenhorst, German-Austrian Helge Letonja, Madagascar’s Gaby Saranouffi, and works from dance companies such as Vuyani Dance Theatre and Moving Into Dance Mophatong. The revamped DUA is curated by the acclaimed award-winning dancer and choreographer, and South African State Theatre’s Deputy Artistic Director Mamela Nyamza, entrusting Nelisiwe Xaba and Sello Pesa with dramaturgy. The 2019 instalment will showcase fifty works by over hundred artists from various provinces in South Africa, extending to parts of Africa and continents Europe and North America, under theme “Figure-ring the State of Dance in Africa!”

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