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08/01/2025
Beautiful tribute to Dada Masilo from one of our partners The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative - fly angel fly šŸŒŸ
02/01/2025

Beautiful tribute to Dada Masilo from one of our partners The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative - fly angel fly šŸŒŸ

The Citizen News  Bonginkosi Tiwane interviewed Gregory Vuyani Maqoma about Dada MasiloBridget Van Oerle
01/01/2025

The Citizen News Bonginkosi Tiwane interviewed Gregory Vuyani Maqoma about Dada Masilo

Bridget Van Oerle

Gregory Maqoma has reflected on the life of Dada Masilo following her passing.

Thank you Bonginkosi Tiwane of The Citizen News for this tribute to Dada MasiloBridget Van Oerle
01/01/2025

Thank you Bonginkosi Tiwane of The Citizen News for this tribute to Dada Masilo

Bridget Van Oerle

At the time of her passing Masilo was working on a new autobiographical solo piece about the loss of loved ones.

SABC News tribute to Dada Masilo featuring some interviews with people who worked with Dada.Bridget Van Oerle
01/01/2025

SABC News tribute to Dada Masilo featuring some interviews with people who worked with Dada.

Bridget Van Oerle

The Arts and entertainment fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its most influential dancers.Dada Masilo, an internationally acclaimed contemporary danc...

Peter John Sabbagha talks to SABC News about Dada MasiloBridget Van Oerle
01/01/2025

Peter John Sabbagha talks to SABC News about Dada Masilo

Bridget Van Oerle

Artistic Director PJ Sabbagha says internationally renowned Soweto-born dancer and choreographer, Dada Masilo, was a loving, caring and incredible human bein...

01/01/2025

To all our colleagues, friends and suppliers hereā€™s to a wonderful,, exciting 2025.

Thank you for the support, cameradie and fantastic events and projects we have worked on, we look forward to a fruitful year.

The Daily Maverick tribute piece to Dada MasiloBridget Van Oerle
01/01/2025

The Daily Maverick tribute piece to Dada Masilo

Bridget Van Oerle

Deeply respectful of European and contemporary music traditions, but unafraid to go bare on stage and voice her own opinions, Soweto-born Dada Masilo effectively changed the shape and appearance of contemporary dance in South Africa. At the time of her death she was working on a new autobiographical...

The AFP News Agency tribute to Dada Masilo
01/01/2025

The AFP News Agency tribute to Dada Masilo

The dance world mourned Tuesday the internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, who died in hospital at the weekend aged 39.

Dada Masilo (1985-2024) Internationally respected Soweto-born dancer/choreographer, Dada Masilo tragically passed away o...
29/12/2024

Dada Masilo (1985-2024)

Internationally respected Soweto-born dancer/choreographer, Dada Masilo tragically passed away on 29 December 2024 after a brief illness. She was 39.

The recipient of many local and global awards, including an Italian lifetime achievement award for classic and contemporary dance in September 2024 at the Premio Positano LĆ©onide Massine for the Art of Dance, Masilo began her meteoric career at the Dance Factory in Newtown, Johannesburg in the 1990s.

Born on 21 February 1985, Masilo first came to the attention of the dance industry as an 11-year-old in 1996, when she was invited to dance for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. She was educated at the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein, matriculating in 2002.

In 2003 she went on to train at Jazzart Dance Theatre under the tutelage of Alfred Hinkel in preparation for her training in performance at P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) in Brussels, Belgium.

Dancing with various companies and in a solo capacity, Masilo was recognised for her unique presence onstage. In 2006 she was celebrated as the ā€˜Most Promising Female Dance in a Contemporary Styleā€™ by the Gauteng Arts and Culture MEC Award judges, and in 2008, at just 22, she was the recipient of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance. The latter enabled her career, her personal confidence in her work and her audience awareness to take flight internationally. Masilo was an extraordinary dancer, who understood the value of proper balletic training.

She was prolific in her work and bold in breaking rules. In 2016 her ā€˜Swan Lakeā€™ was nominated for a Bessie Award in New York; a year later, her ā€˜Giselleā€™ won ā€˜Best Performanceā€™ by the Italian Danza&Danza Award and in 2018 she won the Netherlandsā€™ Prince Claus 'Next Generation' Award 2018.

During her brilliant career, she collaborated with the likes of William Kentridge, Ann Masina, Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza, David April, PJ Sabbagha and Gregory Maqoma. Her work is distinguished by her fearlessness.

She was known to take great ballet classics of the ilk of ā€˜Carmenā€™, ā€˜Hamletā€™, ā€˜The Rite of Springā€™ and ā€˜Romeo and Julietā€™ and tease them apart, bringing in African dance motifs and a universal and powerful understanding of their lead women.

Deeply respectful of European and contemporary music traditions, but unafraid to go bare on stage and voice her own opinions, she effectively changed the shape and appearance of contemporary dance in South Africa.

At the beginning of December 2024, she was acknowledged by the City of Joburg as one of 44 ā€œartistic icons in the City of Goldā€ with a star embedded into the wall of Soweto Theatre. This award meant a lot to her. It was the most important acknowledgement of her career ā€˜at homeā€™.

At the time of her unexpected passing, she was working on a new autobiographical solo piece about the loss of loved ones.

The Masilo family have requested privacy in honour of Dadaā€™s memory, at this tragic time.

Arrangements for a memorial service will be announced when arrangements have been made.

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Kicking off the weekend of Makhelwane Fest. today and you can catch up with some of the interviews. On morninglivesabc a...
21/12/2024

Kicking off the weekend of Makhelwane Fest. today and you can catch up with some of the interviews.

On morninglivesabc at 8:30 you catch Sifiso Dlangamandla and Khanyisa Ngewu of Johannesburg Tourism Company.

At 8:30 am on 702 Barba Gaoganediwe of Gauteng Tourism, I love Gauteng chats to .

Then itā€™s time to Role with Renos Nicos Spanoudes at 9am on Hellenic Radio
he talks to Locrate founder Sifiso about
this weekends Malheleane Festival.

Book at webtickets or buy at the door. Poka street in Orlando West will be buzzing!!

20/12/2024

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16/12/2024
Thank you to all our clients, colleagues and friends !  Keep buzing to 2025 šŸ
16/12/2024

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