CONGRATUALTIONS!!!

One of our trainees, who has been with us for quite some time, has been offered a place in the Jazzart professional company. He joined us in 2007, and has been working extremely hard and proven that he deserves a spot in the higher ranks.



It is with great pleasure that I announce the newest member(unofficially) of the Jazzart professional company, ADAM MALEBO!!
Well done!! You truly deserve it and we're all very proud of you!

Adam Malebo

After matriculating in 2005 from Strandfontein High School, Adam attended New Africa Theatre in Athlone for a year. He participated in Jazzart's previous training programme for two years in preparation for joining the current group. On completion of his training, he hopes to be accepted into the professional company.

The awesome crew...

As I mentioned before, the Dance Joint Student Concert also offers our trainees the opportunity to get involved in all the background work in terms of staging productions. This includes lighting, sound, stage managing, costumes, etc.
This way, they are prepared with some of the necessary skills needed for a full career in theatre.

This year the crew list is as follows:

Sound: Robyn Poole & Luke de Kock
Lighting: Charlie van Rooyen & Elvis Sibeko
Stage Manager: Tracey September
Assistant Stage Manager: Tamaryn Schultz
Backstage Runners: Mandla Sibeko, Adam Malebo, & Amy-kay Klaasen
Presenters: Aphiwe Livi & Leilah Kirsten, assisted Company dancer Phindile Kula
Costumes: Ciara Barron & Stephanie Swartbooi, assisted by wardrobe mistress Linda Mandela

Who's in what...

The list of choreographers and pieces that will be performed in the Dance Joint Student Concert will be as follows (in no particular order):

• Monday evening class students…choreographed by Jackie Manyaapelo (Jazzart’s Artistic Director)
  
• Tuesday evening class students…choreographed by Gordon Andries (Jazzart resident teacher/choreographer & Outreach director) & Mziyanda Mancam (Jazzart resident teacher/choreographer & Outreach , assisted by Sinazo Bokolo Brunz (Jazzart trainee)
  
• Wednesday evening class students…choreographed by Shaun Oelf (Jazzart company dancer)
  
• Thursday evening class students…choreographed by Ananda Fuchs (Jazzart resident teacher/choreographer)
  
• Friday evening class students…choreographed by Refiloe Mogoje (Jazzart company dancer), assisted by Mandla Sibeko (Jazzart trainee)
  
• Saturday students:
  (5 – 7 years) - choreographed by Adam Malebo & Charlie van Rooyen
  (Jazzart trainees)
  (8 – 10 years) – choreographed by Shaun Oelf & Thabisa Dinga
  (Jazzart company dancers)
  (Teenagers) – choreographed by Grant van Ster & Phindile Kula
  
• Trainee tap piece, choreographed by Nkosinathi Sangweni (Jazzart company dancer) & Mziyanda Mancam (resident teacher/choreographer & outreach assistant)
  
• Trainee women, choreographed by Ciara Barron (Jazzart trainee)
  
• Collaboration with kids form Riverlands & Klipheuwel, choreographed by Gordon Andries (resident teacher/choreographer & outreach director) & Tamaryn Schultz (Jazzart trainee)
  
• Students form Saturday classes, choreographed by Elvis Sibeko (Jazzart trainee)
  
• Students from Bonnytown, choreographed by Mbovu Malinga (Jazzart trainee)
  
• Duet featuring a Jazzart trainee & an evening class student, choreographed by Luke de Kock (Jazzart trainee)
  
• Mzo Gaza will once again be presenting a piece with some of his students, and if it’s anything like last year’s piece…it will be amazing to see.
  
• Spanish, Latin, Ballroom….TO BE CONFIRMED!!
  
  So keep watching this space!
  

Jazzart Dance Joint Open Class Schedule:

DAY..............TIME..............TEACHER

Monday........17h30 - 19h00........Jackie Manyaapelo

Tuesday.......17h30 - 19h00........Ina Wichterich

Wednesday...17h30 - 19h00........Shaun Oelf

Thursday......17h30 - 19h00........Ananda Fuchs

Friday..........17h30 - 19h00........Refiloe Mogoje

Saturday:

(age 5 - 7)...........10h00 - 10h45.......Adam Malebo & Charlie van Rooyen

(age 8 - 10).........11h00 - 12h00.......Shaun Oelf & Thabisa Dinga

(Teenagers)........12h00 - 13h00......Grant van Ster & Phindile Kula

Venue : Room 351, Artscape Theatre Centre, Foreshore

Enroll at room 352 before class

For more info, contact Pat on 021 410 9828 or email dance@jazzart.co.za

Jazzart's Dance Joint Student Concert

As some of you may know, Jazzart Dance Theatre hosts open classes every evening of the week and saturday classes for kids and teenagers. At the end of each year, those students get the opportunity to perform on a professional stage (for some this may be the very first time!).

Jazzart Dance Theatre presents the...

DANCE JOINT STUDENT CONCERT 2010

Artscape Arena

2 - 5 Dec 2010

The students who attend these classes are of all ages. Some have been dancing for many years and have been on a professional stage before, whereas others have never danced a day in their lives...sometimes there are women who are 60 years old!

Another great factor about this production is that the Jazzart trainees are the ones who run the whole production. From presenting, costume design, and backstage work to the sound, lighting, and stage managing...everything is done by them. Some of them also grab the opportunity to create and showcase their own pieces (as well as the teachers of the open classes and the Jazzart Company dancers).

The show dates are as follows:

Thurs 2nd Dec @ 20h15

Fri 3rd Dec @ 20h15

Sat 4th @ 20h15

Sun 5th @ 18h00

Book at Computicket or Artscape Dial-a-Seat 021 421 7695