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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
Dear, Mom: Mombathise is an ascension song. Simphiwe Dana says it is for her late mother: ‘a song to tell her to go and rest and be at peace.’ Photo: Supplied

Simphiwe Dana sings the room into stillness

Moya is her quiet insistence that excellence, faith and African high art can hold grief without spectacle

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Set in 3025, Cape Town Opera’s Aida reinvents itself for a new generation but the voices and the music remain timeless

Aida Reimagined: A galactic opera for the ages

Set in 3025, Cape Town Opera’s Aida reinvents itself for a new generation but the voices and the music remain timeless

  • Eyaaz
9 min read
Save the last dance for me: Renowned South African dancer and choreographer Gregory Maqoma says the most important thing in his work is the audience. Photo: Marijke Willems Photography

Gregory Maqoma: Dancing so his soul might soar

The dancer talks about his career and inspiration as he hangs up his shoes — again

  • Eyaaz
7 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

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read