Writers workshop part of Dance Umbrella

Last edited: February 05, 2010

Posted by Business and Arts South Africa

The FNB Dance Umbrella will present a Dance Writers Workshop, which will be run by the respected arts journalist Adrienne Sichel.

Aside from twenty programmes which will include contemporary dance, hip hop, performance art and Afro-fusion, the FNB Dance Umbrella will present two series of workshops facilitated by international teachers from Britain and the US; Face-to-Face interviews with choreographers, conducted from Tuesdays to Fridays during lunch hours at the Market Theatre Newtown and for the first time, a Dance Writers Workshop, which will be presented by the respected arts journalist Adrienne Sichel.

The Dance Writers workshop will take place from February 24 - 26 at the Dance Space in Newtown. Sichel will take the six participants through a process of how to write for dance. This will include attending rehearsals, how to conduct interviews, writing about previews and reviews, and generally getting to grips with the tools needed to write for and about Dance.

Following the workshop the participants, with Sichel, will attend selected FNB Dance Umbrella rehearsals and performances and put into practice what they have learned at the workshop. The results of this process will be published in a special edition, pull-out, FNB Dance Umbrella newspaper, produced by The Citizen newspaper in association with the Goethe-Institut-Johannesburg and Dance Forum.

The selected participants are Rahiem Whisgary, Ndu Mismanga and Lebo Ramafathula, all Wits graduates, Siyabonga Mposula UJ graduate and The Citizen writer Sibusiso Mkwanazi. In addition the Goethe Institut-South Africa will be bringing in one person from Ethiopia to also participate in the workshop.

FNB Dance Umbrella 2010, presented by First National Bank in association with the National Arts Council and The Market Theatre, will run from 27 February to 14 March 2010 with performances at various Johannesburg theatres, the Wits Theatre complex in Braamfontein, the UJ Centre for the Arts in Auckland Park, and The Dance Factory, The Market Theatre and the Barney Simon Theatre in Newtown.

The FNB Dance Umbrella Writers Workshop and the production of the weekly FNB Dance Umbrella newspaper in The Citizen have been funded by the Goethe-Institut-Johannesburg.

The FNB Dance Umbrella 2010 has been made possible with assistance from First National Bank and the National Arts Council. Other partners include The Market Theatre; The French Institute of South Africa; the French Embassy in South Africa, Culturesfrance; Business and Arts South Africa; The Goethe-Institute of Johannesburg; The British Council; and Media partners: Citizen CitiVibe, ClassicFeel Magazine and Artslink.co.za.

Tickets for the FNB Dance Umbrella are available at the door or can be booked at Computicket - 083 915 8000 and prices range from R60 to R100. Concessions/block bookings and subscription tickets are available.

Booking opens in February 2010.

For further information please contact 011 492 0709/2033 or click .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to send an e-mail. The FNB Dance Umbrella 2010 hot-line for updates and programme schedules is 072 703 9332. For more information please click here.