iKapa Dance Theatre
Events Organisers in Cape Town

To ensure the sustainability of the outreach programme, trainee teachers and community centre assistants are appointed from t. iKapa Dance Theatre is a repertoire company focusing primarily on the production of South African dance works, which are equally as appealing to theatres and community audiences internationally as they are in our own South African townships.The company has always looked for ways to inculcate positive change in its audiences, dancers and learners and continues to do so every day. This ambition has steered the company into creating productions that are socially relevant and communicate issues affecting the broader South African community, particularly the youth.The performing company is made up of local professional dancers and the team produces and performs two to three main seasons throughout the year.The iKapa Dance Theatre management make a point of targeting training and skills development amongst young South Africans.

iKapa’s vision & mission is to focus on the immediate challenges facing our people and society and we are proposing to focus and specializing on the individual human development to create a direct and meaningful interaction with the people & communities. This will be addressed through professional, educational, entrepreneurial & infrastructural initiatives and activities. Imagine our excitement when they chose Cape Town and the festival platform to host the first ever South African auditions for entry into their prestigious academy programme. Artists and dance companies interested in participating in this prestigious event are invited to apply now. This production offers multiple interpretations of the theme of peace and reconciliation and displays the company’s diversity of dance styles as well as its intense technical and artistic abilities. Forgiveness is an African Contemporary creation choreographed by Maxwell Xolani Rani and inspired by the works of Katherine Piderman who believes that forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. Forgiveness brings peace that enables you to go on with life. Finding Peace of Mind explores the process of finding inner peace and reconciling mind, body and soul. The Steps Repertory Ensemble is a company of professional and pre-professional dancers chosen for their diversity, skill and commitment. is a dance theatre production that explores the sharing of space, be it in intimate relationships, the controlling of spaces by government, or the ownership of public space by a society. Lulu Sala, who has staged his internationally acclaimed Power with the iKapa Dance Theatre artists, worked with the company intensively for one month and is excited that his creation will now be seen in South Africa. Celeste Botha, who dances in the production, has created Changing Spaces; the contemporary work is inspired by the changes that occur in one’s relationships by interacting with and relating to others. She utilises the set to provide boundaries within, and between the artists, thus affecting their relationships and the emotions this evokes. The three choreographers’ individual creations are technically demanding, aesthetically beautiful as well as physically and emotionally engaging. All three pieces combine seamlessly and complement each other, with their unique styles clearly displayed, making for a dynamic production.