CLASSICFEEL WINS BASA AWARD

DeskLink Media/CLASSICFEEL magazine has won the 2011 Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Award for Media Sponsorship for coverage of the Dance Umbrella festival.

CLASSICFEEL has always provided substantial coverage of Dance Umbrella, South Africa’s premiere annual dance festival, held in Johannesburg in February and March. The February 2010 issue of CLASSICFEEL featured Nelisiwe Xaba in Black!...White? on the cover and dance work from Boyzie Cekwana, Vincent Mantsoe, Mamela Nyamza, Musa Hlathswayo, Vuyani Dance Company, First Physical Theatre and Sello Pesa’s Ntsoana Dance Theatre among many other rising dance, movement and choreographic talents.

The February 2010 issue resulted from CLASSICFEEL’s decision to step up its coverage of the Dance Umbrella as a way to increase awareness of the event at a time when it was on the verge of losing its sponsor. The BASA Award was given to DeskLink Media, the publisher of CLASSICFEEL Magazine, in recognition of this crucial media sponsorship.

NB: artSMart editor Caroline Smart writes a regular Durban Smart’s column for CLASSICFEEL giving information of what’s happening in Durban in the arts.