The ANY BODY TOOLBOX is a series of workshops dedicated to equipping independent and freelance artists with the necessary tools to navigate the contemporary creative economy. The first workshop will be a workshop on Communication Strategies for Freelance Artists facilitated by Jan Wallyn, artistic director of the art house Zinnema in Brussels, Belgium. The workshop…
ANY BODY DANCE LAB: Events
As part of the ANY BODY DANCE LAB, and in the run up to our fantastic participants’ performances, there are some guest performances happening over the next two weeks. Please see the full list of performances at the end of the post
ANY BODY DANCE LAB: Selected Participants
Congratulations to the following selected participants for ANY BODY DANCE LAB as part of the Goethe Project Space! Adriana Jamisse Elijah Ndoumbé Leilah Kirsten John Cartwright Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose Louise Westerhout Matshidiso Skosana Nico Athene Tiisetso Mashifane Qondiswa James We are so excited for this programme, beginning on the 16th of March 2018 and running…
ANY BODY DANCE LAB Call for Applications
ANY BODY DANCE LAB (ABDL) is a 6-week residency for artists based in and around Cape Town. The residency is hosted by New Dance Lab, ANY BODY ZINE and the Theatre Arts Admin Collective, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut South Africa as part of the Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS). The residency runs for 6 consecutive…
danceyourselfloose
jump in > danceyourselfloose… Extracts and Abstractions From a River of Conversation between Ya Na & Katara Sedai. practice as research / danceyourselfloose / jumping into the unknown / performance archiving / ritual transformation / community (re)generation / curature of the archive / artmaking methodology / experimental practice “The only thing we’ve done is…
ANY BODY DANCE LAB: Goethe-Institut ‘Project Space’ (GPS) Press Release
ANY BODY ZINE, in collaboration with NEW DANCE LAB (Kristina Johnstone and Thalia Laric) has been accepted for the Goethe Project Space cycle, 2018. We are overjoyed!!! Below is the official press release:
Sunday Times: Zine scene is where it’s at for SA’s aspiring writers
Written by Dave Mann or the Sunday Times Getting your work seen as a young writer and artist can be difficult. Publishing houses and galleries are difficult to break into and having a space to learn and grow can be hard to find. But South African zines and independent publications are creating those spaces, and…
Collage Art
By Brandstifter Brandstifter (Firestarter) is an interdisciplinary artist and networker from Germany, editor of the Lost & Found artzine Asphaltbibliotheque, the collaborative artzine ANTIPODES and the artist music label FLUX ON DEMAND, head of the non profit art organisation Walpodenacademy in Mainz.. With happenings, visual and perfomance art, as well as sound, music and interventions in…
Event: ANYBODY ANYWHERE MAKING
Friends, supporters, peoples, fellow art-makers and watchers, crafty individuals, lovers, family… As the year draws to a close, we thought it most NB to hold an event to launch us all into 2018. We have exciting things in store! Event details: Where: Drawing Room Cafe (87 Station Rd. Observatory, cape Town) When: 25 November 2017…
Cape Town’s Freshest Zines To Pay Attention To
By Andrew Thompson For Culture Trip ANY BODY ZINE is featured in Culture trip’s “Freshest Zines to Pay Attention To 2017” “There’s something magical about picking up a freshly printed zine. Be it the smell of ink on the paper, the tactile nature of the pages, or simply the fact that it’s obvious an immense amount…
Review: Kyle Shepherd Trio
By Ben Verghese — Kyle Shepherd Trio The Reeler Theatre, Rondebosch Cape Town, South Africa Sat at a grand piano, Kyle Shepherd triggered the opening notes from his laptop. A pre-produced intro reverberated through the small hall. Strings rose and fell, a voice – Khoisan it seemed – sung/chanted. A beat dropped in the…
Jump Light
An extract from a performance work titled “Live” By Tania Vossgatter Jump forward, jump backwards, jump from side to side, jump up while drawing your knees into your chest, jump while constantly changing your direction, keep your upper body relaxed as you jump, jump lightly, make the jumps look effortless, jump… “Live” was a…
