(Musa Hlatshwayo)
Acclaimed
Durban dancer, choreographer and dance educator Musa Hlatshwayo and founder of
Mhayise Productions has created The danceXercise Lab which will take place at
Stable Theatre.
“Many
people have been asking Mhayise Productions for a dance exercise class that is
fun and targets a variety of people that might not be familiar with artistic
theatre dance and might not have previous dance experience. As an extension to
the Movement Laboratory, the company has then put together The danceXercise Lab
programme which is sure to get masses dancing themselves into shape,” explains
Hlatshwayo.
This
programme is set to have three weekly sessions that will each last an hour,
excluding post-class stretching.
The
company has choreographed classes of easy-to-learn fun dance exercises from the
current popular songs and dance styles that will have the participants dance
and sing along while strengthening, toning and bursting calories in an
intense–but-fun one-hour class. These exercises have been choreographed to
popular songs and dance styles ranging from hip-hop, sbujwa, gqomu, afro-jazz,
house music and many others. The exercises borrow from taebo, afro-zumba,
marabi/ sophiatown township jazz, step aerobics and most importantly from the
current ‘local dance’ styles – stylized into fitness exercises.
Participants
will be required to pay a once-off joining fee of R150 and a monthly fee of
R100. Some basic gym merchandise will be sold to the participants in the form
of T-shirts, sweatbands and many others. Debit order systems and or annual
payment plans will be allowed. Members who opt to pay a once off annual fee
will get the benefits one free month and a free ticket to one of Mhayise
Productions’ local dance seasons.
The
DanceXercise Lab participants will be encouraged to consider taking free extra
dance classes with the Movement Laboratory on Saturdays. The Movement Laboratory
is Mhayise Productions’ long-standing free dance training platform which
features representatives of various arts training groups from townships and
rural areas in and around Durban, teachers from schools that offer arts related
subjects, students and scholars who studying towards performing arts related
qualifications as well as the general public with interest in accessing Movement
and Dance training at no charge.
The programme
will also have relations with other local fitness programmes where those
involved will get to collaborate on excursions, outings and bootcamps by other
fitness lifestyle fanatics. Such will be
planned and communicated separately where separate charges will apply.
Dates and times
Mondays
and Wednesdays: 17h00 to 18h00 and Saturdays: 08h30 to 09h30
The
programme opens officially on March 25. Bring movement clothes, comfortable
running takkies, a juice bottle, a face towel, joining fee and a friend.
Members
will be allowed to bring in one friend or family member to one session per
month.
The
Stable Theatre is situated at 115 Johannes Nkosi/ Alice Street and has plenty
of secure parking space inside the complex with a security guard at the gate.
Contacts:
mhayiseproductions@yahoo.com or facebook: The danceXercise
lab
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