4TH FLATFOOT ACCESS FESTIVAL

 

Feast of Dance for All Abilities

Flatfoot Dance Company, in partnership with Stable Theatre presents its fourth annual edition of the Flatfoot Access Festival, offering a week-long engagement of workshops, panel discussions, and performances from December 1 to 6 during the tail-end of South Africa’s National Disability Rights Awareness Month, and celebrating Flatfoot’s 22-year history of encountering disability through dance education and development work.

 The festival features Amanuel Solomon from Ethiopia. Based in Addis Ababa. Amanuel is a professional dancer and choreographer and founder of Katim Disability Dance. 

He performs a solo as well as conducts a workshop on Ethiopia’s traditional and cultural dances to be held at the Stable Theatre on Wednesday December 3 from 14h00 to 15h45. Places are limited so booking is essential via Lootsl@ukzn.ac.za

Flatfoot dancers Sifiso Khumalo and Jabu Siphika will create – and premiere - two short new works. Also on the programme are integrated dance programme working with dancers with Down Syndrome the “Flatfoot Downie Dance Company”, and the “Flatfoot Access Panthers” which features dancers with intellectual disabilities.

Performances are on Friday, December 5 at 18h00 and (repeat) Saturday December 6 at 14h30. Tickets are R85 (scholars/students @ R65). The Stable Theatre is wheelchair friendly. There is safe parking on site.

Bookings are through Webtickets:

https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1580082901