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Dance performance with dancers with Down Syndrome
Dance performance with dancers with Down Syndrome
Flatfoot Dance Company is proud to present its second annual integrated dance programme working with dancers with Down Syndrome. "N'gila/I am here" is choreography by Lliane Loots in collaboration with the eight dancers from Flatfoot Dance Company and the fondly referred to Flatfoot Downie Dance Company at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on Tuesday 20 November at 6.30pm.
This landmark once-off performance will feature the unique partnering of the professional Flatfoot dancers with their Downie Dance Company members. This unique dance programme is unprecedented in South Africa and is a celebration of the power of dance to shift lives and to negotiate difference and inclusivity. Flatfoot celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and has - as one of its core values - the practice of dance (in education and in performance) as a tool towards what it calls "living democracy". This dance programme celebrates community across the divides of race, gender and disability.
The programme began in August 2017 with the visit of Dutch choreographer Adriaan Luteijn of Introdans and his collaboration with Flatfoot. The company has continued this work over 2018 and this performance is the culmination of this year-long programme.
"N'gila/I am here" will not only move and delight audiences but will challenge the very core foundations of who we think can and should dance professionally. Four Flatfoot dancers (Sifiso Khumalo, Qhawe Ndimande, Jabu Siphika and Zinhle Nzama) partner up with their counterparts, Karl Hebbelman, Charles Phillips, Kevin Govender and Michaela Munro in a dance explosion that is an affirmation of faith, courage and the joy of dance.
As a special offering the five Flatfoot Junior Company members will also perform "Sesfikile!" as the curtain-raiser at this performance. This work won critical acclaim at the 2018 JOMBA! Fringe.
Tickets are limited and are R80 each. To pre-book tickets contact: flatfootdancecompany@gmail.com.