DANCE PAGES

20/03/2026

DANCE PAGES 2026...
We are in the process to open a call for productions from universities, emerging artists and community arts centres.

Keep your eyes on our page for more information.

Looking forward to the 12th Page...
Always bigger... always better...



SA Dance Board Garage Dance Ensemble Moving into Dance Amandla Dança Teatro ZA Mayibuye Dance Academy National Youth Council of Namibia DSAC NCape ASSITEJ South Africa Modern Art Projects South Africa Ubuhle Development Foundation Dithito Tsa Setso Cultural Group Northern Cape Tourism Northern Cape Theatre

06/03/2026

We would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of Ivan Links and the entire Amandla Dança Teatro ZA team and community.
Ivan was a dedicated drummer, facilitator, educator, and artist who contributed immensely to the development of both music and dance. Through his work with Amandla, his rhythms carried many productions, giving life, movement, and spirit to the stage. His drums did not simply accompany dance... they spoke to it, guided it, and breathed energy into every performance.
When an artist passes, it is never just a person we lose. We lose a rhythm, a voice, a presence that once helped shape the soul of our creative spaces. Yet artists never truly leave us. They remain in the echoes of their work, in the memories of the stages they once filled, and in the hearts of those they inspired.
Go well, Ivan. Go dance and make more melodies for us wherever the ancestors gather.
Your drums will always ring in our ears and in our hearts, our souls and memories.
Until we meet again, and dance together once more...

Rest In Peace 🕯 🕊 💐

24/11/2025

The Dance Pages Post-Festival Outreach this weekend was a breath of fresh air. It was incredibly meaningful to bring this experience to Richmond; a community that has never encountered the arts in this way before.

For many young people, it was a moment of firsts: the first time stepping onto a performance platform, the first time seeing unused spaces come alive with creativity, and the first time witnessing what the arts can unlock in their own community.

We hope this experience has sparked inspiration and possibility in many young hopefuls in the area.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this moment possible:
Dr. Umana Niwenshuti, Modern Art Projects South Africa MAPSA, Municipality, Groenewald Premiere Skool, Art It AGAIN African Arts Agents, Galeshewe Library, and ASSITEJ South Africa, Media Group

21/11/2025

Dance Pages 2025 Post Festival and District Outeach in Pixley Ka Seeme Richmond.

We are excited to collaborate with Arts Project South Africa (MAPSA), Art It AGAIN , Dr Umana Niwenshuti In putting together this post Festival and reaching out to the communities to have the first hand arts experience.

The festival will run over 2 days from today 21st until tomorrow 22nd. The two full days comprise of dance and music public and school performances, community dialogues, workshops, visual Arts exhibitions and workshops featuring some of the young local creatives from Richmond and Plaatfontein.

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Brought to you by:
DSAC NCape ,NCACC, Mayibuye Dance Academy

31/10/2025

DANCE PAGES 2025...
What a week.. What an inspiration...
What a movement...
Growing Dance Together...

Garage Dance Ensemble Amandla Dança Teatro ZA National Youth Council of Namibia Smangaliso Ngwenya Tshepo Molusi Tshegohatso Emelda Mmamoratoa Mothelesi Mayibuye Dance Academy Arts Project SA Dance Board Moving into Dance

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31/10/2025

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Spotlight

Congratulations Mr. Smangaliso Ngwenya, our Graduate Assistant, for being recognised and awarded as an Outstanding Male Dancer at the 2025 Dance Page in Kimberley, Northern Cape. Mr. Ngwenya performed Barena Reimagined, a piece that embodies the legacies of David T April and Vincent SK Mantsoe.

Mr. Ngwenya is a PhD candidate whose praxis approach seeks to develop new knowledge drawing from a rich heritage of African embodiment practices.

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27/10/2025

DANCE PAGES 2025 Awards.

David April April Honorary Award.

Sylvia Glasser is currently living in Australia and she sent a video accepting the award.

Once again. We honor you.

27/10/2025

DANCE PAGES 2025 Awards:

The Festival of Firsts

The David April Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognises agents of change. Individuals who have built and continue to build legacies that transform the lives of children and young people through dance. It honours the mentors who, even in the most challenging of times, still dared to dream. It celebrates the legends whose work continues to shape the young generations of dance in South Africa.

The first recipient of the David April Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award:
Who was Ama visionary, educator, and bridge-builder. David April embodied the spirit of inclusivity, mentorship, and cultural pride. His work transcended performance; it inspired purpose. Through his passion for community and his belief in dance as a voice for social change, David reminded us that art is not only what we do, but who we become through it. His legacy lives on in every dancer, teacher, and storyteller he touched.

We are proud to present this award to two remarkable agents of change whose influence continues to shape and connect generations of dance-makers:

Sylvia Glasser , retired founder of Moving Into Dance, and Alfred Hinkel, founder of Garage Dance Ensemble.

Their journeys, like David’s, remind us that true artistry is measured not only by movement on stage — but by the lives we move beyond it.

Brought to you by: DSAC NCape NCACC Mayibuye Dance Academy

27/10/2025

DANCE PAGES 2025 Awards...

About the Award.

The Dance Pages Teko Moipolai Honorary Award

Teko Moipolai was the center manager of the Mayibuye Center. He was a government official like no other. Deeply committed, unwaveringly supportive, and a true visionary. His leadership helped shape the Academy’s remarkable role in society and in the lives of countless dancers.

The Dance Pages continues to honor his legacy through the Teko Moipolai Honorary Award. This accolade is awarded to any government official in recognition of Mr Moipolai's reflection of his dedication, humility, and belief in the power of the arts to transform communities.

This year, we are proud to present this award to one of the most hardworking and devoted officials as the first recipient, a woman who truly embodies the spirit of Teko Moipolai. What makes this recognition even more meaningful is that the recipient herself serves as a dance specialist and cultural officer, but most notably the former manager of the Mayibuye Dance Academy. Therefore there's no one more deserving as the as the First Recipient of this award than Ms Lizelle Julie.

Too often, the tireless efforts, inner struggles, and unseen challenges of such officials go unnoticed. Yet, through perseverance and faith, they continue to hold on, believing that their work matters, that their position is valuable, and that their impact is deeply felt.

This weekend, we honored that spirit.

In the picture, from left to right:
Mr Charles Maema - CEO of the Northern Cape art and culture Council, Letlhogonolo Nche - Festival Director & Curator, Ms Lizelle Julie, Mrs Alleta Topham - DSAC N.Cape Cultural Affairs Director, Mr Francois Clark - DSAC N.Cape Deputy manager for Music and Dance and our gorgeous usher Dikeledi.