The Wentworth Arts and Culture
Organisation, supported by the ACT Development Programme, will host the Durban
Dance Movement Festival.
“Dance Movement” received a grant through
the Arts & Culture Trust’s Development Programme, and will use the funding
to further its objectives of offering KwaZulu-Natal’s disadvantaged youth,
aspiring dancers and artists a platform to professionally develop their dancing
and artistic skills. The festival is a celebration of the best dance-works and
performances in hip hop, contemporary, jazz and ballet. Each masterpiece has
been professionally choreographed and involves community-based artists,
dancers, youth groups, and other artistic stakeholders from KZN.
“Despite the challenging environment that
we are in, we continue to develop, promote and sustain dance in South Africa,
thereby creating jobs for our artists,” said festival director and
choreographer, Jarryd Watson. “Dance Movement is reaching an absolute
milestone!”
The festival supports audience development
by encouraging Durban residences to attend dance and theatre festivals which
simultaneously give artists the opportunity to explore and showcase their
creativity, while also creating jobs and sustainability for dance and theatre
in the area.
The festival will run on 6, 7 and 8
December at the Catalina Theatre at Wilson’s Wharf, Durban.
Funded by Nedbank Arts Affinity, The ACT
Development Programme makes provision for support of all expressions of art and
is open for applications on an ongoing basis. ACT’s user-friendly application
process allows practitioners to submit applications online at www.act.org.za Other methods such as email,
fax and post are also available. The main focus areas of the programme include
youth and professional development as well as the creation of new South African
work. The current funding cycle closes on January 31, 2014, and the outcome
will be available by March 15, 2014.
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