African Footprint celebrates 20 years

This week’s edition of Together Again on the &Scene platform celebrates the 20th anniversary of African Footprint.

The show will be aired in a new time slot at 7pm tonight (Saturday) on &Scene.

Join David Bloch as he hosts Together Again: African Footprint which will bring together members of the creative team that brought this “explosive stampede of song and dance” to life, as well as key international creatives who played a pivotal role in getting the show seen by a global audience.

Cast members will join them in studio to share stories, songs and fascinating insights into a show that’s been lauded internationally as “South Africa’s Riverdance”.

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Reunited in studio will be Richard Loring, Debra Batzofin, David Matamela and Debbie Rakusin, with Kevin Bishop and John Craig joining from England.

Cast members will include Alfed Phakathi, Thabo Komape, Tanya Futter, Ricky Stoute and Christopher Jaftha.

Celebrating 20 years, Richard Loring’s smash hit musical African Footprint now features a new generation cast which proudly reflects the Afro and Eurocentric fusion phenomenon.

Seen most recently in December 2019 at Dubai’s Global Village, local and international audiences of 4 000 to 6 000 people per night and an estimated 130 000 people on New Year’s Eve, audiences were taken on a joyous celebration of life that expresses the pride, passion and dreams of the people of South Africa, from ancient to modern times.

Inspired in 1998 by Australia’s Tap Dogs, Richard’s dream of creating a show to reflect South Africa’s vibrant diversity was realised when drawing on talent “from the streets of Soweto”.

After 16 months of show development featuring the dynamic choreography of Debbie Rakusin and David Matamela, lyrical talents of Dave Polecutt and Ron Brettall and the inspiring words of acclaimed poet Don Mattera, excerpts of the show were presented on Millennium night on Robben Island before Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, a VIP audience and televised worldwide to two billion people.

Performing the uniquely African kwela-jive, gumboot, tap, contemporary, ballet, hip-hop and pantsula, the highly energised cast has had audiences leaping to their feet in sustained applause at over 4 000 performances around the world.

As with the previous weeks, Together Again: African Footprint is available for free streaming.

So grab your family and get ready for a night full of nostalgia and enjoyment as we get to know more about this South African show phenomenon that’s taken the world by storm during the last two decades.

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* All guests appear on the show subject to availability.

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