Tips & strides of establishing yourself in the arts and entertainment industry of Cape Town, South Africa with Michelle Hughes.

Ingenuity is the adventure we are about to explore today…

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5 Steps on how to deal with anxiety as a performer by Leila Meyer

Anxiety is not something that is uncommon to us as dancers. The majority of dancers experience anxiety before performing, which is referred to as performance anxiety. As a seasoned dancer, you get used to this experience and often even learn to embrace it. I mean “nerves are good”, right?

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The boogie down edition by Sipho B’n Jammin Didiza

If floss makes you think of dental care or shoot makes you think of gun control..this might not be the article for you. Maybe it might just be an opportunity to learn about some street/urban dance terminology, you know, fit in with these millennial's and born frees.

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Shannon Tootla a Wits Alumna, Thespian & Professional Dancer

If possible, this interview would be done over lunch at Chicken Licken with some Armand de Brignac. The person we are about to interview introduced me to Pusha–T and sparked my interest in Physical Theatre; because of this my thinking behind dance and design was exposed to another plateau. I instantly became an admirer of artists like Marina Abramovic, Ido Portal, and Gregory Maqoma, just to name a few. Ladies and gentlemen, please help us introduce our next guest, Shannon Tootla, by sharing or liking this article. [Sounds of fingers clicking away.]

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We chat Reebok, Photography, Dance & Peter Mckinnon with “Wooda”

We have been a fan of your work for a while now. Not only your breaking, but just how your brand has evolved over the years. I would firstly like to thank you for taking this interview and I will try keep it as short as possible as I know you are very busy during this time.

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Keeping the dance community together during social distancing

Dance Africa Network caught up with the ladies (Anuq Wilson & Leticia Fisher-Marshall) behind the initiative of Soulitary, an online dance platform keeping the dance community going during the Covid-19 lock-down, in South Africa. Here is how the interview went.

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