Natalia da Rocha - Revision history

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	Under the auspices of [[Applauz Arts]] she has worked with young aspiring performers to prepare them for work in the arts.		Under the auspices of [[Applauz Arts]] she has worked with young aspiring performers to prepare them for work in the arts.

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 ===Educational work==
-Under the auspices of [[Applauz Art]] she has worked with young aspiring performers to prepare them for work in the arts.
+Under the auspices of [[Applauz Arts]] she has worked with young aspiring performers to prepare them for work in the arts.
 == Awards, etc ==

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	Natalia has also co-hosted ''[[Just For You]]'', a Saturday morning women's magazine programme.		Natalia has also co-hosted ''[[Just For You]]'', a Saturday morning women's magazine programme.
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		+	Under the auspices of [[Applauz Art]] she has worked with young aspiring performers to prepare them for work in the arts.

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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 == Biography ==
-Born in the Cape to a large Capetonian family with a mother of Jewish stock and a father of Portuguese descent, she studied at the [[Stellenbosch University|University of Stellenbosch]] in 1979-1981, the first mixed-race person to graduate with a Drama degree from that institution.
+She was born in the Cape to a large Capetonian family with a mother of Jewish stock and a father of Portuguese descent. It was a musical family – her father was a pianist and she had sung in his band, so she followed her passion and went to the [[Stellenbosch University|University of Stellenbosch]] in 1979-1981, the first mixed-race person to graduate with a Drama degree from that institution.
-While working in Johannesburg, she met her future husband, actor [[Kurt Egelhof]], with whom she would have three children, one of them the performer [[Talia Egelhof]] (aka [[Talia Alexis]])
+In 2001 she returned to Cape Town.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 ===Stage work===
-Her broader stage career has been wide-ranging and critically acclaimed, encompassing a wide range of forms across the country, including regular performances at the various South African [[arts festival]]s, including the [[Suidoosterfees]], [[KKNK]] and [[Cederberg Arts Festival]], and worked for Cape Town's [[Baxter Theatre]], the [[Wild Coast Sun]] resort's mainstage and [[Sun City]] in their Extravaganza (1987). Among the numerous nominations and awards she received, count a number as Best Musical Performer (e.g. at the [[Artes Awards]] in the mid-1980s) and Best Actress (e.g. at the [[Vita Awards]] in the early 1990s).
+Her broader stage career has also been wide-ranging and critically acclaimed, encompassing a various forms across the country, including regular performances at the a number of the many South African [[arts festival]]s, including the [[Suidoosterfees]], [[KKNK]] and [[Cederberg Arts Festival]], and worked for Cape Town's [[Baxter Theatre]], the [[Wild Coast Sun]] resort's mainstage and [[Sun City]] in their Extravaganza (1987). Among the numerous nominations and awards she received, count a number as Best Musical Performer (e.g. at the [[Artes Awards]] in the mid-1980s) and Best Actress (e.g. at the [[Vita Awards]] in the early 1990s).
 Over the course of her stage career she appeared numerous productions, often musical shows, including  ''[[The Boy Friend]]'' (1980), ''[[Fangs]]'' (1982), ''[[Barnum]]'' (1984), ''[[Godspell]]'' (1985), ''[[Die Verhoor]]'' (1986), ''[[Movin']]'' (at [[Sun City]], 1987), ''[[Ain’t Misbehavin’]]'' ([[André Huguenet Theatre]] in 1990), ''[[Gathering of the Beasts]]'' (1991), ''[[Jimbo]]'' (1994), ''[[Vere]]'' (2001), ''[[Die Laaste Aand]]'' (2002).

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-A consummate veteran in South African cabaret and stage, she began her career as part of a cabaret duo with longtime creative partner [[Sam Marais]] in Johannesburg's [[Club 58]] venue. From these beginnings she developed cabaret as a central feature in her ongoing performance career. Among other things she is well known for her convincing and energetic staged impersonations of international divas such as Tina Turner.
+A consummate veteran in South African cabaret and stage, she really began her career when she got up on stage one evening at [[No 58]], a well-known Hillbrow restaurant with entertainment, and was offered a weekly cabaret gig there with her long-term creative partner, [[Sam Marais]]. The pair went on to perform with a band in a show called ''[[Coffee and Cream]]'', which ran for ten months and which later became the duo’s stage name.
 Her various other contributions to South African music include

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	Born in the Cape to a large Capetonian family with a mother of Jewish stock and a father of Portuguese descent, she studied at the [[Stellenbosch University\|University of Stellenbosch]] in 1979-1981, the first mixed-race person to graduate with a Drama degree from that institution.		Born in the Cape to a large Capetonian family with a mother of Jewish stock and a father of Portuguese descent, she studied at the [[Stellenbosch University\|University of Stellenbosch]] in 1979-1981, the first mixed-race person to graduate with a Drama degree from that institution.
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−	~~She~~ met her future husband, actor [[Kurt Egelhof]], with whom she ~~had~~ three children, one of them the performer [[Talia Egelhof]] (aka [[Talia Alexis]])	+	While working in Johannesburg, she met her future husband, actor [[Kurt Egelhof]], with whom she would have three children, one of them the performer [[Talia Egelhof]] (aka [[Talia Alexis]])

	==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==		==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_da_Rocha		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_da_Rocha
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		+	https://www0.sun.ac.za/ematie/en/archive/digital-alumni-newsletter--summer-2018/articles/natalia-da-rocha-takes-centrestage

	https://www.apm.co.za/artiste/natalia-da-rocha-633/		https://www.apm.co.za/artiste/natalia-da-rocha-633/