Street Dance is the new big thing! Dance makers globally are infusing energy into public spaces and Durban is getting in on the trend with the free KZN Street Dance festival being presented alongside Durban’s Maritime Museum, not far from The BAT Centre on Saturday 14 November from 10am until 4pm.
Twelve different dance groups all exploring street dance styles will be participating in the day long festival. The event will also host a mini carnival to display, promote and celebrate KZN street dance. This is an opportunity to showcase costumes, dance moves, music and culture of the street dance. The groups come from across all townships of KZN.
As a counterpoint to traditional performance spaces and formal productions, creatives regularly look for opportunities to make the arts accessible to the public – often in unlikely places: an orchestra flashmob in a supermarket, a busker in a subway, sand art sculptures on the beachfront or parkour on public buildings.
A follow-up to Theatre by the Sea
The KZN Street Dance festival follows the success of the inaugural Theatre by the Sea: A special one-off free festival featuring 10 community groups honouring the Sea in a day long free festival at the open space alongside the Maritime Museum off Durban’s Esplanade.
The Street Dance festival continues the global trend of honouring the skill, energy, inclusivity and popularity of Street Dance.
A quick scroll through the Netflix menu – with so many new dance and street dance films – affirms the huge popularity of street dance as an increasingly popular performance genre.
Lucky Cele and Ulozolo Youth Organisation
Presented by Lucky Cele in partnership with Ulozolo Youth Organisation, the festival is funded by National Arts Council.
“The festival is not only about movement, but using dance to tell stories and empower our people through dance movements,” says organiser Lucky Cele. “Dance continues to find its place in our arts eco-system, and meaningfully contribute to the creative economy,” he said.
Entry is free and all are welcome!
Bring refreshments, water to drink, something to sit on, sunhats, sunscreen and shades.
For more info, call Lucky Cele on 0768435499 or email
Top photo: Champions From Ntuzuma Pantsula dancers; Middle: Pulse Crew – Jercia Titosse, Luhle Ngobese, Nosihle Hadebe; Bottom: Dancing Dynamites – Kwanele Shabalala, Leonard Nyamakazi, Ayanda Maneli.
