This summer BDF continues its support and engagement with Meta-academy to foster a vibrant creative community online. Meta-academy invites you to engage online with three international dance festivals this summer- Taking…
lauraJune 28, 2014
The morning begins with a nice breakfast made by our incredible jolly and cheerful housemaid, Boingi. From day one I felt like part of her family. Then I try to…
lauraOctober 7, 2012
I am beginning to weary from our long days and have opted to miss a few late night performances. One reaches a point where it is just not possible to…
lauraOctober 7, 2012
We began the day at Dance Space attending an incredibly informative discussion. The first section led by dance writer, Adrienne Sichel, focused on the history and development of South Africa…
lauraOctober 6, 2012
The festival is so densely programmed and we are on an intense schedule to see as much a s possible. Yet fatigue is setting in and I am getting behind…
lauraOctober 5, 2012
Today I was able to have lunch with Gregory Maqoma and Vincent Mantsoe -- old friends who starting dancing together as teens in Soweto. They rarely have a chance to…
lauraOctober 4, 2012
This morning I had time to enjoy a delicious breakfast at our guest house, Thulani Lodge in Melville and begin blogging. My intent is simply to report on our activities…
lauraOctober 2, 2012
Little did I think I would be back in Jozi within months of my last visit. But the French Institute of Culture elected to host their biennial African dance platform…
lauraOctober 1, 2012
A stomach flu has sent me home from the office with time to stop and enough of my wits to write about how things are going so far this summer. …
lauraJuly 20, 2012
