by carni_admin | Apr 3, 2020 | News
Strandfontein Secondary School will be showing they have what it takes at this year’s Cape Town Carnival with a dazzling performance of a uniquely South African style of dance, song and fashion. “Umswenko: Move to Your Own Beat” involves a diverse group of young...
by carni_admin | Apr 3, 2020 | News
The Kingdom Connected Campers (KCC) from Richmond in the central Karoo, which uses dance to develop youth talent, will be performing one of South Africa’s oldest indigenous dance styles, riel, at the Cape Town Carnival taking place on Human Rights Day, 21 March, on...
by carni_admin | Apr 1, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
South Africa being home to the earliest evidence of early humans creating marks with meaning – found in the Blombos Cave on the Southern Cape coast – will be brought into the spotlight again, this time at the Cape Town Carnival, when Glen Arendse of Khoi Khonnexion...
by carni_admin | Apr 1, 2020 | News
If the haka is synonymous with New Zealand, then the toyi-toyi is South Africa’s official protest dance. First used in South Africa during anti-apartheid demonstrations, the rhythmical stomping, powerful singing, and synchronous chants that form part of this dance,...
