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Moving Into Dance Mophatong

Address:

1 President Street, 2113 Newtown

Telephone:

+27 11 8382816

Fax:

+27 11 838 2976

Description

Mission Statement Moving Into Dance is a professional organization, which provides interdisciplinary dance training and education to develop creative and skilled dance practitioners, teachers, choreographers and performers within a South African socio-cultural and economic context. Our policy statement is as follows: MID supports:

The integration, through dance and teacher training, of people from different cultural backgrounds and abilities.
The promotion of dance education and performance opportunities in historically disadvantaged communities
The integration of African dance, music and ritual with Western dance culture
A creative and holistic learning process which links the mind, body and spirit through movement
Dance as a means of integrating the worlds of Arts and Science and is sensitive to and responds to the needs of the community.

Keywords

Education, Culture, Teachers, Dance, Transformation, Integration, Gumboot Dance, Dance Training, Tswana Dance, Zulu Dance, Cross-Cultural Integration, Choreographer, Dance Education, Borankana, Afrofusion, Interdisciplinary Dance Training, Professional Organization, Dance Practitioners, Socio-Cultural, Traditional Dance Styles, Polyrhythms, Umzansi, Indlamu, Promotion Of Dance Education, Pantsula, Western Contemporary Dance, Dance Forms, African Dance Ritual

Company description

Afrofusion developed as a conscious choice to integrate elements of African dance ritual and music with Western contemporary dance forms. Rather than preserving the elements of the different cultures as discreet entities frozen in time, they were blended or fused. This process involves both integration and transformation. The tradition of Moving into Dance remains fusion, but the particular style of fusion develops continually as the young choreographers explore their own styles. As dance is a living expression of culture, it is in a continual state of change. Afrofusion thus reflects the continual transformation in the South African culture.
Afrofusion is a style of dance whereby the use of weight links the dancers to the earth. The complex and subtle Polyrhythms of African music are the basis of many of the movements. Associated movements from styles such as Indlamu, Gumboot, Pantsula and Western contemporary dance styles are incorporated into the fusion to enrich the work through our diverse culture.

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