An unexpected request from a group of teenagers in 2016 changed the course of Bridgetown resident Michelle Davids’ life and in the process created opportunities and possibility for youth in the neighborhood. Inspired by the youngsters enthusiasm to take part in the...

The tiny Karoo town of Richmond in the arid Northern Cape is not only home to thorn trees and tortoises. It’s also home to a flourishing dance troupe, one of a kind in the region, that is inspiring young people to accomplish greater things through the arts. Kingdom...

Growing the Portuguese Dance Society into the dynamic dance group it is today has provided co-founder Octavio Henriques with a great sense of purpose during what has been a harrowing period in his life. His focus on helping people find and celebrate their roots, in...

2021 marks Eoan Crew’s 88th year of keeping kids inspired and off the street through teaching dance, movement, drama, music, gym and providing aftercare services. The Eoan Group was founded in District Six in 1933 by Helen Southern-Holt as South Africa’s first...

Rieldans is an indigenous Khoisan dance of celebration and storytelling, considered one of the oldest dancing styles in indigenous South Africa. It features frantic footwork at a fiery pace and was originally danced in the sand around a fire, where dust would come up...

Drum majorettes or “drummies”, first appeared in the 1970s with marching girls performing in street parades. Today, in many South African schools it is a competitive sport. When Karin Verster first offered her help with the drummies programme at Hottentots Holland...

The Masizakhe Youth Art Project situated in the small disadvantaged community of Phola Park in Gugulethu was established to keep kids busy after school and fight against teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, high school dropouts and gangsterism. How? Through gumboot...