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Dance is music: Lighting by Oliver Hauser and set design by Willy Cesar foreground space, line and form. Everything, Maqoma says, is architectural. Photo: Arthur Dlamini

Gregory Maqoma’s ‘Genesis’ is not an ending

The renowned choreographer returns to the Baxter not as performer but architect, with Genesis, a daring meditation on beginnings, endings and Black consciousness

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Full on: The world’s most demanding musical lands in South Africa, guided by veteran performer Matt Krzan (centre), whose passion and precision keep Cats alive. Photos: Jesse Kramer

The new cats’ meow

South Africa’s new Cats cast learns the brutal beauty behind a musical defined by sweat, stamina and sheer ensemble brilliance

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Intense: Asanda Ruda performs Kemet at the National Arts Festival . Photos: Mark Wessels

Asanda Ruda’s body of healing

Melding protest, lyricism and ancestral tradition, Asanda Ruda’s Kemet is a visceral journey of emancipation, healing and artistic defiance

  • Eyaaz
8 min read

Diary: Jazz in the Lights, Dance for all, Street art in Maboneng

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Des Erasmus
2 min read
Striking: Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero was choreographed by Gregory Maqoma.

Diary: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero, BMW Art Generation, live scores to silent films

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  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read