Today, AMA grantees Yvette Hardie and Constance Didi Nonceba are travelling from Cape Town, South Africa to Yaoundé, Cameroon, to participate in this year’s edition of the International Festival of Theatre for Children and Adults (FATEJ), which is hosted by the Théâtre du Chocolat in partnership with ASSITEJ Cameroon. At FATEJ, they will be presenting…
AMA wishes to congratulate the grantees of Session 23 (September 2012). Of the 36 eligible applicants considered by the AMA Selection Committee, eleven were awarded grants: 1. Constance Nonceba Didi (South Africa) A Cape Town-based actress, to participate in the International Festival of Theatre for Children and Adults (FATEJ) hosted conjointly by Theatre du…
AMA is sad to announce that Lagos-based grantee Jelili Atiku has had to cancel his participation in this month’s Protest Arts Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe and in the “Our Bodies Do” workshop in Bulawayo, due to regrettable and unforeseen circumstances. First refused the right to board a Johannesburg-bound flight on the grounds that he did…
Today, AMA grantee Jelili Olorunfunmi Atiku is traveling from Lagos (Nigeria) to Harare (Zimbabwe) to attend the fourth edition of the Protest Arts International Festival (October 23-28). Following the festival, he will travel to Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) to facilitate a performance workshop titled “Our Bodies Do” (October 29-31). Born in 1968 in Lagos and trained at…
Visa issues are one of the problems artists face when they are mobile across borders, in particular if they are non EU nationals willing to enter the EU. On the Move is exploring how cultural organisations supporting mobility (funders, organisers, venues…) can help non-EU artists overcome the difficulties they encounter when willing to enter the…
Mr Jeffery Hessney, producer and public relations manager of the contemporary dance company Raiz di Polon, traveled from Cape Verde to Kigali (Rwanda) and Nairobi (Kenya) from 29 June to 9 July 2012, to meet respectively Mr Wesley Ruzibiza, Amizero Dance Company’s Artistic Director and main choreographer, and Mutheu Mbondo, coordinator of the United Cultures…
Dakar-based AMA grantee Elise Fitte-Duval is currently in Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo). Elise is a visual artist and photographer. In 2011 she was awarded the Casa Africa prize at the Rencontres Photographiques de Bamako. Her interest in dance brought her to follow the creation of several contemporary dance companies. In her words, dance is…
Thiaba Mactar Lo has finished her internship at AMA. Thiaba was born in Dakar in 1976. She has a broad range of experiences working in the communication and administration departments of cultural organizations in different African countries such as Senegal, Burkina Faso and Tunisia. From 2002 to 2009, she worked as management assistant at Fest’art…
In 2011 Art Moves Africa (AMA) commissioned a research study on the topic of Mobility & Touring in East Africa, with the objective of identifying the main actors in the performing arts field in East Africa and analysing the relevance and frequency of artistic mobility from that geographical area towards the whole African continent. After…
Today, AMA grantee Kiki Cheptoo, dancer and choreographer based in Kenya, is traveling from Nairobi (Kenya) to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to attend the 4th edition of Engagement Féminin, a dance workshop organized by L’Art’ Dév/Compagnie Auguste-Bienvenue. Launched in 2008 by choreographers Auguste Ouedraogo and Bienvenue Bazie, this project aims to contribute to the development of African…
