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Dance for All students head for the USA
2011-12-07 Four Dance for All (DFA) students have been invited to attend dance workshops in San Francisco and New Jersey this month (December 2011). The CEO of DFA, Philip Boyd, chats to Steyn du Toit about this exciting opportunity.
A Shot at the Big Time
2011-12-07 Award-winning film-maker and journalist Janet van Eeden has launched a crowd-sourcing campaign for her film A Shot at the Big Time, inspired by the story of her brother, Jimmy, who took his own life rather than fight in the apartheid Border War, a war ...
Tony Cox’s International Guitar Night returns for a second year
2011-12-07 Tony Cox tells Steyn du Toit why he thinks these two musicians are worth a see.
Nashen Moodley joins the Sydney Film Festival
2011-12-01 Nashen Moodley joins Sydney Film Festival at a time of great strength and growth.
Strijdom van der Merwe, the blue line, a red flag and black Tuesday
2011-12-01 Strijdom van der Merwe recently decided to walk away from a proposed project in Durban. The idea was to paint a blue line through the city to demonstrate the potential impact of global warming. Behind the scenes, Van der Merwe clashed ...
Notes on the making of "In Durban, all roads lead ..."
2011-12-01 Strijdom van der Merwe recently decided to walk away from a proposed project in Durban. The idea was to paint a blue line through the city to demonstrate the potential impact of global warming. Behind the scenes, Van der Merwe clashed ...
Ângela Ferreira discusses her latest body of work with Kristine Kronjé
2011-12-01 Following Werdmuller Centre and Other Works in 2010 Mozambican-born artist, Ângela Ferreira recently showed her second solo exhibition at Stevenson in Cape Town. Investigating the ongoing impact of colonialism and post-colonialism ...
It Gets Better campaign hopes to bring positive message to Cape Town’s gay youth
2011-11-29It Gets Better is an internet-based project in response to the suicides of teenagers who were bullied because they were gay or because their peers suspected that they were gay. Its goal is to prevent suicide among LGBT youth by having gay adults convey the ...
Priti Devi, Vice-President of the Creative World, talks to Naomi Meyer about the Freedom to Create Festival
2011-11-22 The Freedom to Create came to Cape Town this year, celebrating all the world’s freedom to be creative.
Photos: 20 Stellenbosch: Two Decades of South African Sculpture
2011-11-03 On Wednesday, 26th October Joachim Schönfeldt launched 20 Stellenbosch: Two Decades of South African Sculpture with an opening parade. Almost overnight a flamboyant spectrum of sculptural pieces appeared in and around Stellenbosch in a ...
Writer and director Tim Greene on his feature film Skeem
2011-11-01 Tim, Skeem seemed to burst on to the scene out of nowhere. As a film writer I know this can’t be true. What inspired this film and how did the script come to fruition?
Mike van Graan on the “arts campus”, Africa 101
2011-10-27 Africa 101 explored contemporary trends, icons and innovations in African music, literature, cinema, dance, theatre, visual art and cultural tourism. It took place in the Artscape from 24 to 29 October 2011.
South African collector-artist Siemon Allen on his ''collection projects''
2011-10-21 For the past decade South African collector-artist Siemon Allen has been exploring the image of South Africa through a series of “collection projects”. Combining his passions for music and collecting, his studio practice investigates how ...
Mandisa Haarhof, creator of Crush-hopper, in conversation with Janet van Eeden
2011-09-30 One of my favourite plays at the recent Hilton Arts Festival was the charming and touching Crush-hopper, Mandisa Haarhof’s semi-autobiographical story about coming to terms with her mixed heritage.
Tim Wells in conversation with Janet van Eeden about his role in God of Carnage
2011-09-29 It’s a brilliant ensemble piece where everyone gives their best performance to recreate a night of hysterical emotions where the God of Carnage is visible not only on the playgrounds.
Gasland exposes the realities of fracking
2011-09-29 When are we going to learn that if we stick crap into the earth, she’s gonna spit it out right back at us?
Rotten Tomato: Lovely, Still - Mostly enchanting, completely tragic
2011-09-08 Lovely, Still is a gentle film utterly worth watching, but when sitting down to view it, one should preferably know nothing about the film.