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[[Moving Into Dance]]. One of South Africa’s oldest contemporary dance companies. | [[Moving Into Dance]]. One of South Africa’s oldest contemporary dance companies. | ||
| − | Also known as [[Moving Into Dance Mophatong]] or [[Moving into Dance Mophatong wa Thabo]] ([[MiD]]) | + | Also known as [[Moving Into Dance Mophatong]] or [[Moving into Dance Mophatong wa Thabo]] ([[MiD]] or [[MID]]) |
==History== | ==History== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:15, 11 September 2026
Moving Into Dance. One of South Africa’s oldest contemporary dance companies.
Also known as Moving Into Dance Mophatong or Moving into Dance Mophatong wa Thabo (MiD or MID)
Contents
History
Moving Into Dance Mophatong, the Newtown-based dance company was established in 1978 by dancer-choreographer Sylvia Glasser who enjoyed an interest in ethnodance. It was rapidly developing as a multiracial platform: the first of its kind in the country when it was technically still illegal to host black and white dancers on the same stage together. It was both melting pot and incubator for new dance blood.
In 1987, Glasser succeeded in getting the multiracial company a permanent home at the Braamfontein Recreation Centre. In 1999, Moving into Dance relocated again, to the burgeoning Newtown cultural district, and by 2009 it moved into its very own purpose-built building, designed and created under the auspices of the Johannesburg Development Agency.
In 2026
The company is now a Non-Profit Organisation with Section 18A status and, as such, is reliant on funding, donations and sponsorships from corporate, government and individual sources.
MID is driven and run by a dynamic team, accountable to a Board of Trustees. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Nadia Virasamy and Artistic Director Sunnyboy Mandla Motau, Moving into Dance presents work that is thought-provoking, innovative, and accessible. Its work brings to life the zeitgeist of Contemporary African dance, Afrofusion, which is characterised by sheer physical beauty and self-expression.
Awards
Sylvia “Magogo” Glasser and Moving Into Dance were awarded the FNB VITA Special Achievement Award for 1996.
Gauteng Dance Manyano Award for Best Dance Company of the Decade in 2011.
Moving into Dance was one of the finalists in the Conscious Companies Awards 2019 under the NGOs, NPOs and NPCs categories.
Moving into Dance won the Naledi Award for Best Production for INGRESS in 2023/2024.
Moving into Dance won the Naledi Award for Best Production for Carmina Burana in 2026.
Sources
https://mg.co.za/friday/2015-12-10-sylvia-glasser-dances-to-her-own-drum/
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