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Dance Umbrella celebrates 25 years of dance

JOBURG - The Dance Umbrella Festival will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Johannesburg from 31 August to 15 September.

The programme, part of the Johannesburg International Arts Alive Festival, will reflect the remarkable history and ongoing growth of contemporary dance in South Africa.

The first week of Dance Umbrella 2013 will include local and international companies and opens with a work called, Cover Up.

This is a piece by Mandafounis-Mazliah-Zahry, who are three dancers from the William Forsyth Company in Germany.

Cover Up is a multi-media work that looks at impressions and how it affects people differently. Presented in partnership with the Goethe Institut-Johannesburg it will be at the Dance Factory on 31 August and 1 September at 6pm.

The festival’s infamous Stepping Stones programme will once again be held at Wits Theatre from 1 September. Dance groups from all over the province will display the diversity of the rainbow nation on all levels when they present their work.

The Standard Bank Young Arts Award recipient for Dance 2013 Fana Tshabalala, will present his commissioned work, Indumba at the Dance Factory on 3 and 4 September at 7pm. With this work he looks at the tradition of cleansing body and soul within the African culture.

The doyenne of contemporary dance, Adele Blank will present a new commissioned work, Blank Page at the Market Theatre on 3 September at 8.30pm. Blank will recapture some of the celebrated work she has created over the past fifty years, working with many dancers from both past and present. Blank Page is a celebration of her remarkable life in dance.

There will be other works on display including dance workshops offered alongside the performances.

Details: 083-915-8000, www.computicket.com or www.danceforum.co.za

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