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The conference which is free and open to all interested, features keynote addresses, panel discussions, as well as "abstracts or papers" presented by participants. An opening keynote address will be made by steering committee member Dr Mbongeni Mtshali, a performance-maker, scholar, artist, and teacher based at the University of Cape Town, in dialogue with the rest of the steering committee that includes dance-focussed academics, researchers, and practitioners: Clare Craighead (lecturer at the Durban University of Technology), David Thatanelo April (director, teacher, choreographer, and dance lobbyist), Gift Marovatsanga (CEO and Facilitator at Refined Images Studio), Dr Lliane Loots (lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal), Dr Sarahleigh Castelyn (Associate Professor/Reader University of East London UK), Thobile Maphanga (dance practitioner, scholar, creative collaborator, reading for her MA at UKZN) and Prof Yvette Hutchison (South African Reader/Associate Professor at the University of Warwick UK).

African Online Contemporary Dance Conference Attracts Global Participation

May 8, 2024 ComMattersKenya.Com No Comments

By Sharlene Versfeld Published May 8, 2024 The annual online South African contemporary dance conference JOMBA! MASIHAMBISANE DIALOGUES, hosted by University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for …

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