AT THE dance studio in Kimberley’s Mayibuye Multipurpose Centre, dancer teacher, choreographer, and producer Letlhogonolo Nche is training a dancer in a lion costume. "Many learners in Northern Cape communities have never been to a natural history museum or to a live theatre performance — their only experience of theatre has been on TV," he says. "So I wanted to create a dance production specifically for them that brings Africa’s amazing wildlife into their schools and imaginations." With funding from the Nedbank Arts Affinity and the Arts & Culture Trust, he has produced A Walk in a Museum, which premiered at the Mayibuye Centre this week and will be taken to two schools in Kimberley. "In A Walk in a Museum, two leading South African dancers based in the Northern Cape, Angel Mafafo and Peace Kgorotlhe, explore a range of wild African animals to show learners what they look like, how they behave and the sounds that they make," Nche says. "The production has been choreographed to app...
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