Mamela nyanza biography books

The South African choreographer and art activist, Ms. Mamela Nyamza, is formally trained in Ballet, and got further training at the Alvin Ailey New York School of Dance as visiting scholar.

Mamela nyanza biography books

This is where Nyamza began to tackle the classical genre of dance, by deconstructing the traditional methods and logic of ballet and contemporary dance. Her ground-breaking works, The Dying Swan – innovation in the dance in 1998; Hatched – against patriarchy in 2007, and the The Meal – against elitist ballet in 2012, are autobiographical works that trample on the norms of the classics.

Her other works include: BLACK PRIVILEGE – against injustices of women; PEST CONTROL – miscarriage of justice within the arts formalized institutions; GROUNDED - reflection of contemporary narratives and dramaturgy behind political discourses of dialogue and performance between the contemporary artist and audience, and her newest work HATCHED ENSEMBLE - that is being performed by 10 ballet trained d