PHOTOS: Creative Space Media
Developing a new generation of dancers In a continuous effort to develop a new generation of dancers, dance teachers and choreographers as part of Vuyani Dance Theatre’s (VDT) founding objectives, nine young people have begun their year as trainees at VDT. Vuyani continues to use dance in a provocative and ambitious way as a vehicle to create sustainable arts jobs.
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he training programme is developed to cover
contemporary dance by rooting its artistic works and
the scope of dance skills, technique and
training programme in contemporary, social, political
choreography. It aims to give young people
and psychological contexts, which gives the organisation
from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to
an edge in the creative industry. This approach ensures
excel in dance and to develop them into professionals
that each year’s class of trainees has an understanding
who will later contribute to the creative economy.
of dance techniques and an appreciation of other art
VDT has expanded its vocabulary of contemporary
forms along with further key learning points; arts
dance movement and is forever altering the scope of
administration, creativity and improvisation.
64 / Creative Feel / July 2018
