Jazzart Dance Theatre Comes to The Masque Theatre

Jazzart Dance Theatre's innovative spirit has long captivated theatre-goers with productions that challenge and inspire. This November, Jazzart is doing what it does best in a once-off, first time performance at Cape Town's Premier Community Theatre - the Masque in Muizenberg. The programme of four short works promises audiences an experience of visual substance with evocative dance that captivates, breaks barriers, defies gravity while embracing the curves of our African bodies and telling our African stories.

Brown Eyes, Honey Thighs, under the direction of Ananda Fuchs, highlights the intertwining of the passion, the anger and the strength that propels women forward, and compels them to take one step after another, even when the world appears to have gone mad.

VRUGTE (Fruits), conceptualised and directed by well-respected dance-maker, teacher and artistic activist Alfred Hinkel, describes the full-bodied harvest of countless years of nature and nurture, the rewards reaped in the autumn of a life fully lived and inspired by the music of Phillip Tabane.

Exurgent (defined as someone/ something arising or coming to light), is dance work referencing growth, comraderie and resilience. We can choose to believe that the light still exists even when the darkness feels overwhelming," says Fuchs.

Limitless Self (commissioned work) created by acclaimed dancer, Shaun Oelf, is indeed one of the highlights of the show. A new work that explores the pinnacles of discovering oneself - joy, sorrow, pain and pleasure, juxtaposed with the discipline and self-reflection necessary to create an artist and embrace the ever-changing landscape of life.