Celebrating 50 years in motion

JAZZART’S ‘ENCORE’: TRIBUTE TO LEGACY BUILDERS

Features company dancers, alumni and other artists. Citizen reporter

As part of its 50-year anniversary celebrations, Jazzart Dance Theatre presents Encore. This show is homage to artists who have contributed to the history and longevity of the company, including alumni who continue to leave their mark on the industry as directors, performers, choreographers and teachers.

The mixed-bill programme features an array of dance works created by award-winning artists and guest companies performing alongside Jazzart’s company of professional dancers and trainees.

Encore will feature a special headline appearance by Alfred Hinkel and John Linden’s Garage Dance Ensemble to commemorate their invaluable contribution during their tenure. The works presented are choreographed by Byron Klassen and Marlin Zoutman.

Jazzart’s past graduates and company dancers dating from the early 1990s are returning for an alumni specific dance piece. They include Gregg Adams, Sbonakaliso Ndaba, Llewellyn Africa

More than two-thirds of musicians fear that artificial intelligence will make it impossible to make a living, according to a study by French and German music societies published on Tuesday.

Based on a survey of more than 15 000 people in the industry, France’s Society of

and Keenum Wales.

Works by ex-Jazzart artistic directors Sifiso Kweyama, Jackie Manyaapelo and alumni artists Sbonakaliso Ndaba (Sbo Ndaba Dance), Zoutman and Celeste Botha (New World Dance Theatre), Grant van Ster and Shaun Oelf (Figure Of 8 Dance Collective) and Tanzley Jooste (Baba Yaya African Performing Arts Academy) will be showcased.

Dane Hurst, Jazzart artistic director, said: “Leading this group of extremely talented dancers has been such a privilege. The footprints left by all those who have come before me

Authors, Composers and Music Publishers (Sacem) and its German equivalent GEMA, said 71% of respondents feared they would no longer make ends meet in the future.

It found that 35% were already using AI in a “large number of areas related to music creation”. But the report also have laid the foundations for what is now an impressive contemporary dance company comparable to some of the best in the world.

“Thank you to every person who has made this year of celebration so special.

“Most importantly, sincere gratitude to our audiences and funders – new and seasoned – who have come out to support us and who ensure that we are set for the next 50 years.

“Bravo and congratulations to all who’ve built up and contributed to the illustrious legacy of Jazzart.”

Since its founding in 1973, the dance company has been a creative home to, and a foundational platform for, many artists who have gone on to transform and the contemporary dance landscape within elevate carried out market analysis and expert interviews that estimated incomes would fall 27% by 2028, equivalent to some 2.7 billion euros (about R54 billion).

Some 95% demanded more transparency from companies developing AI tools, with a similar number saying they wanted politicians to pay greater attention South Africa and beyond.

Over the past 50 years, the company has led the way in contemporary dance in South Africa, with numerous graduates going on to forge successful international careers. Over the past 12 months, the company has played to a growing audience of dance enthusiasts who appreciate the skill, dexterity and sheer beauty of their fluid movements that express the breadth and depth of to challenges linked to AI and copyright.

Cecile Rap-Veber, of Sacem, pictured, said it was not about “slowing down” AI activity, “but of making it virtuous”. “We are working with players in the sector to implement technical solutions to identify content generated by AI.” –