MIDM's Performance Company presents Afrofusion, a unique amalgamation of both indigenous and contemporary cross-cultural South African dance, music and ritual with Western contemporary dance forms. Their extensive repertoire includes works by award-winning South African choreographers, Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma and Sylvia Magogo Glasser. The repertoire is rooted in African rituals and art forms, narratives past and present, and is characterised by its sheer physical beauty and spiritual expressiveness.

Dane was invited by Artistic Director, Mark Hawkins, and spent four days working with MIDM in Johannesburg after an initial introduction set up by ex-Royal Ballet director, Monica Mason and David Neville from Dancing for the Children charity. The company provided the opportunity to work with all the professional company dancers as well as 2nd and 3rd year trainees. We created a short 14 min choreography spread over three movements of music having researched different movement ideas and structures of solos, duets, trios and ensemble work. The four sessions lasted 2hrs30mins each and ended with a sharing of work at the end of the week.

We look forward to continuing our work with MIDM in future and are in talks for new possibilities in 2016/2017.