Ella Mesma’s Updates (October 2018)
Olá, Hola, Bonjour, Pẹlẹ o! Dear wonderful humans and supporters of our company old and new, Welcome to our October update. With the autumn leaves arriving and new projects in action, October is an exciting time, but also a time for balance: cosy times indoors, for reflection on a beautiful summer, and for taking time to plant seeds and create space […]
Roots of Rumba
We did it! Thank you to everyone who attended Roots of Rumba. We toured 5 cities, our shows were seen by 470 people, we showed 19 pieces of work by artists from across the UK and abroad and held three banging afterparties! Roots of Rumba was a celebration of dance and music deriving from Africa […]
SPOTLIGHT on Toni Stuart: poet
Whilst I was in Capetown, I regularly attended flamenco classes with the wonderful La Tanya of Solo Flamenco with Toni Stuart. Toni was interviewed by La Tanya and we were supported by many wonderful Flamenco dancers at the show. Below is Tanya’s interview. Read the original article at http://soloflamenco.co.za/blog/2018/8/30/spotlight-on-toni-stuart-poet I would normally interview people who […]
The making of Papyllon: WEEK 1 – August 20-24 2018
I travelled from Joburg where I had been visiting friends and teaching to arrive in Capetown on the 16th August. Toni Stuart met me from the airport (In South Africa, you are always taken care of: as a guest: you are treated so well and with such warm heartedness). Somehow when Toni meets me it feels […]
Transcending History Healing Of Memories Tour of the Mother City: Capetown
Lucelle Campbell, based in Cape Town, is a historian who was sensitised to the damage associated with a one-sided narrative during the time she spent working at Iziko Museums of Cape Town. Drawing on information collected during her 10 years, she began to research her own ancestry. She established Transcending History Tours, which takes visitors […]