South Africa

"Ballet Theatre Afrikan is committed to the pursuit of excellence in dance throughout all communities, and to the development of our performing artists, choreographers and teachers - [Read more]

The Cape Town City Ballet has a long and illustrious history, starting with the establishment of Dulcie Howes' UCT Ballet Company in 1934. - [Read more]

The company is vibrant, open-minded and fresh; they are always keen to experience new ideas, approaches and techniques and will give any choreographer who works with them all of themselves. - [Read more]

The Celtic Dance Factory (CDF) is a small dancing studio which teaches both Highland and Irish Dancing and we are located in Johannesburg, South Africa. We welcome all those who are interested in this form of dance be it social or competitive dancing. - [Read more]

Dance for All (DFA) achieved a long-term goal by forming its own professional dance company. The DFA Youth Company has a unique signature style that is both neo-classical and Afro-contemporary, presenting dynamic and original works by South African and international choreographers and the company members themselves. - [Read more]

The First Physical Theatre Company is a testament of action - a declaration of intent amongst artists working in South Africa. It teases together the dynamic elements of theatre ... dance, music, mime, design, voice, song and movement collide or come together in an atmosphere that is exhilarating and always illuminating. First Physical charts the course of our lives ... it has the power to heal and transform. - [Read more]

Jazzart is the oldest modern dance company in South Africa, having its roots that go back to 1975. Based in Cape Town, Jazzart Dance Theatre is known today for its distinctive style and initiative in extending the boundaries of South African dance. - [Read more]

The trail-blazing Moving into Dance Mophatong (MIDM) Performance Company was founded in 1978 by Sylvia "Magogo" Glasser as a non-racial dance company and training organisation, during the height of apartheid. Dance was used as a form of cultural resistance to apartheid. At the basis of all the work was the concept of integration - integration of people as well as the integration of African and Western cultures. - [Read more]

The independent South African Ballet Theatre company was formed in February 2001 and consists of 32 dancers, mainly former members of the State Theatre Ballet and Dance companies who were retrenched in June 2000 following the closure of the State Theatre, Pretoria. - [Read more]

In the heart of the capital Pretoria the South African State Theatre is much more than just a complex of theatres. Functioning as a receiving house this unusual, stylish, centrally situated venue can accommodate almost any performance, function or special event. It offers a variety of exciting venues for performances, conferences, festivals, product launches, fashion shows, film festivals, weddings, parties, matric dances and farewells, lunches and dinners. - [Read more]

"In all the time I have known Veronica Paeper - dancer, choreographer, dance administrator - I have always been most in awe of her seemingly effortless ability to tell an absorbing story through the medium of dance in her productions for Cape Town City Ballet and its predecessor, Capab Ballet. - [Read more]

VDT is a project based company that produces works that combine in a dynamic and theatrical way the many cultures, backgrounds and tastes that enrich South Africa.The noble idea to form VDT, in 1999, visited Gregory Maqoma while he was away on a dance scholarship at PARTS, in Brussels. - [Read more]

The WTS was first established in 1978 in the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg under the name of The Dance Workshop. The primary aim was to train actors and dancers for the new medium of television, as very few artistes had experience of the medium, at that time. Classes included tap, jazz and modern dance, and rapidly expanded to include musical theatre and drama. Keith and Delia re-established their ties with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and the Trinity College of London. - [Read more]