(2016
winners: Walking away with their respective category trophies as well as a
contract to work at uShaka Marine World were the Amabheka Okuhle dance troupe
leader (Ushameni category); Amazebra Dance troupe leader (Indlamu category);
Phila Myeni (Dept of Arts & Culture); Umsenti Cultural Dance troupe leader
(Ingoma category); Ndumiso Ndlovu (Department of Arts & Culture); Umlazi
African Jingle Dance troupe leader (uMzansi category)
Deadline:
November 18, 2017
Take a chance and dance and enter the 2017
Zulu Dancing Championships!
November will once again be beating to the
sounds of African drums as over 60 dance troupes will be performing various
traditional dances associated with the Zulu culture and based on warrior war
dances at uShaka.
The uShaka Marine World Zulu Dance
Championship, now in its 13th year, in association with the Department of Arts
and Culture, will have the dance troupes battle it out to win one of three top
spots from four entrant categories, that of uShameni, uMzansi, Indlamu and
Ingoma dance.
The regional rounds take place each
Saturday during November 4, 11, 18 with the finals taking place on November
26th.
The prize pool is a one year working
contract, commencing December 2017 and is valued at R50,000 per contract, per
winning category.
“This event is so unique to uShaka Marine
World. It was created to offer talented cultural performers a fantastic
opportunity to develop this special art form and share it with both local and international
visitors. We are very excited to once again be including additional Zulu
traditional dance varieties this year, which provides us with more performing
troupes that will be able to then perform in the park for the upcoming
contractual year,” says Mpume Mthembu, Marketing Director uShaka Marine World.
Registration for the competition, featuring
each of the above categories, can be done at the uShaka Reception from now up
until November 18 during office hours.
For more information, contact Ndumiso on
031 328 8000 during office hours.
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