Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT) is a Contemporary African Dance Company founded in 1999 by Artistic Director, Gregory Maqoma. VDT is spot-on regarding its artistic objective of producing work that questions and challenges social values while, simultaneously, exploiting history as a launch pad for (material) research and development.

" What distinguishes Maqoma from his equally distinguished young peers is his intelligently provocative exploration of kinetic African identity where the rural impinges on the urban, where the hallowed intersects with the popular. While Vuyani's work radiates intellectual rigour it doesn't lack wit, humour or devastating emotional honesty, ritual is at home in an Armani suit, Kwaito rhythms take on classical ballet steps (and win !), issues of colonialism, gender and identity are parodied, probed and silhouetted with sparkling irony."

Adrienne Sichel

Specialist writer

The Star, Johannesburg, January 2002

PERSONNEL

	Gregory Maqoma (Artistic Director) View Bio
Nonkululeko Thabede (Finance)	Luyanda Sidiya (Artistic Assistant)	Molebogeng Mokomele (General Manager)

Mpho Kunene (Projects Coordinator)	Thami Makhanya (Marketing / Admin Assistant)

VUYANI DANCE THEATRE IS FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL LOTTERY DISTRIBUTION TRUST FUND

VDT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMME SUPPORTERS:

AS LISTED:

National Arts Council
National Arts Council Arts and Culture Trust with funding from Nedbank Affinity Trust and Vodacom
FNB Dance Umbrella
Centre National de la Danse
The National Arts Festival
The Dance Factory
Prins Claus Fonds voor Cultuur en Ontwikkeling
The Arts Alive International Festival

BASA and Breinstorm

Theatre De La Ville (Paris)

Cluturefrance and IFAS

Courier Service Provider Dawn Wing

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