Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre

Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre
Contemporary Live Art Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre (SSDT) is a professional award-winning dance theatre company based in Durban.

Since its inception in 1994, SSDT has become one of the leading dance companies in South Africa, producing and touring work nationally and internationally. Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre (SSDT) formed from a training and development programme for Black dancers with no access to training opportunities, initiated by The Playhouse Company in Durban in 1994. Since then it has it has pushed the boundaries

of dance and dance theatre in South Africa, under the leadership of Artistic Director Jay Pather.

‘Siwela Sonke’ in isiZulu translates as ‘crossing over to a new place altogether’.

28/08/2021

UCT’s Professor Jay Pather will open the 23rd online JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience.

24/08/2021

By Clare Craighead (Guest Writer)

24/08/2021

As part of honouring Pather as the 2021 Legacy Artist, JOMBA! has commissioned another Living Legend, Durban photographer Val Adamson, to offer a digital photographic retrospective exhibition of Pather’s work with Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre. This digital exhibition sees the connection between Adam...

Opening tonights Jomba - Jay Pather and Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre.
24/08/2021

Opening tonights Jomba - Jay Pather and Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre.

About to go LIVE!

Join us for the opening of featuring Legacy Artist Jay Pather and the work he has done with Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre over the years.

Welcome and opening by Dr Lliane Loots (Artistic Director JOMBA) and Dr Ismail Mahomed (Director CCA)

WATCH: 💻 Youtube : https://bit.ly/WatchJomba

18/08/2021

More about Jay Pather who features as the JOMBA! Legacy Artist

Jay is no stranger to JOMBA! where he has, over the years, presented numerous of his dance works with Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre. As founder and director of the company, Pather has forged a path as one of South Africa’s most critical and innovative dance makers often celebrating the border crossings of cultural clash and the dis-ease of the ‘rainbow nation’. His work has toured all over the world and JOMBA! is delighted to be honouring Pather’s incredible legacy at this year’s festival.

Now living in Cape Town, Pather is Professor and directs the Institute for Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town, and curates Infecting the City Public Art Festival. He has recently been appointed Fellow at the University of London and was recently made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters) by the French Government.

Jay features at 7pm on 24 Aug - opening night on https://www.youtube.com/Jomba_Dance
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Siwela Sonke is perferming online at the National Arts Festival.
29/07/2021

Siwela Sonke is perferming online at the National Arts Festival.

08/12/2020

Siwela Sonke trainees present works produced during lockdown (with support from eThekwini Municipality).

Address

50 Albany Grove, 103 Salbany House
Durban
4001

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 13:00

Telephone

031 3076685

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