Dancers to take centre stage at annual dance festival
If you enjoy watching hip hop, break dancing, jazz, contemporary, African and Bollywood dancing, this much-loved festival is a must for you.
THE Durban Dance Movement Festival returns on Saturday, 1 July at the Playhouse Drama Theatre and is bigger and better this year for its fifth season.
If you enjoy watching hip hop, break dancing, jazz, contemporary, African and Bollywood dancing, this much-loved festival is a must for you.
Comprising of many dance studios, street dance crews, youth groups, community groups, amateurs and professionals dancers from around KZN, more than 200 dancers will gather to showcase their skills. Dancers will perform in three categories of junior level dancers aged between five and 13-years-old, senior level dancers aged between 13 and 18 and professionals, which promises to bring a vibrant variety of performances to entertain Durban audiences.
Among the 300-strong performing cast will be those from Dance Movement, Transcendance, KZN Dance Academy, City Celebration, Kwamashu School of Dance Theatre, Springwood Dance Academy, Sugar Dance and Beatbreakers, to name a few.
“The arts is such an important part of our social environment, not just for the entertainment aspect but also it contributes to socio-economic development by creating jobs and sustaining our dancers, actors and musicians in their career paths. The Durban Dance Movement Festival provides this platform for our artists to continue in such a manner,” said Watson.
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