This year’s festival opens with a formally rigorous work from the South African choreographer and a film premiere from Lea Anderson London’s annual international Dance Umbrella festival is at once a ...

“I told my grandmother, I would love to dance as well. That’s all. That’s how it all started, at the Zama Dance School in Gugulethu.” It’s late in the afternoon when we speak, and Mamela Nyamza is at ...

Cape Town based and award winning dancer, teacher, choreographer and artist-activist, Mamela Nyamza knows all too well about rejection. From her youth, her well-toned black body and natural physical ...

Dance Umbrella 2024 opened at the Barbican last night for the 46th year of the cutting-edge dance festival. People have come to expect the opportunity to see experimental work during the run, and last ...

Fresh from winning the prestigious Silver Lion award at the 2026 Venice Biennale Danza and being named a finalist for the ...

Mamela Nyamza's “Hatched Ensemble” is a groundbreaking and innovative project that challenges the traditional norms of ballet dance. Inspired by her original solo dance project in 2007, “Hatched ...

Mamela Nyamza brings two productions, Hatched Ensemble and Herd/Less, to the Baxter Theatre after winning the Silver Lion at Venice Biennale Danza 2026. The choreographer is hosting free workshops in ...

Gugulethu-born dancer and choreographer, Mamela Nyamza, has been announced as the National Arts Festival (NAF) Featured Artist for 2018 -- the first time the honour has been bestowed on a ...

Upon entering the theatre as DE-APART-HATE begins, one is met with the sight of director-choreographer Mamela Nyamza and Mihlali Gwatyu as they dance in the space. The music, movement and costume ...

Mamela Nyamza, the Gugulethu-born dancer and choreographer, is set to showcase her acclaimed productions, Hatched Ensemble and The Herd/Less, at The Baxter Theatre in Cape Town. These performances ...

You may well feel, after sitting through the first 20-odd minutes of Mamela Nyamza’s Hatched Ensemble, that you never want to hear Saint-Saëns’ Le Cygne again. The short piece of music that ...