Drama and Dance
Dar Es Salaam What's on
21 March 2012. On occasion of the monthly Barazani Multicultural Night, Alliance Fran
Nairobi What's on
Dance Performance Inboda: Nairo-Bach
25-26 February 2012. This dance performance is part of a project, entitled Inboda (international body- and dancework): Nairo-Bach, is staged by the German dance company UnterwegsTheater.
On stage...
Nairobi What's on
13 January 2012. This break-dance performance is entitled Breaksession Bboy Battle by Joe Nene (a.k.a. Bboy Kay/BreakDj Kay).
This event was performed for the first time in Kenya in July 2011 and h...
Addis Ababa What's on
13-22 December 2011. Goethe Institut hosts a dance workshop held by the South African Sello Pesa, one of the leading Ethiopian choreographers, and 22 local dancers.
Pesa combines traditional and v...
Nairobi What's on
Patamango: Introduction to Tango Milonguero
1-27 September 2011. This four week course is meant to introduce participants to the fundamental techniques of social tango, such as posture and axis, stepping, pivoting, cadence, partner connection a...
Cairo What's on
Bernard Lavilliers at Fête de la Musique 2011
21 June 2011. On occasion of the 30th edition of F
Cairo What's on
Ethiopian Colours by Galal El-Hosseiny
9-19 May 2011. This exhibition displays some water colour paintings by Galal El-Hosseiny. The artist pays homage to Ethiopia with this series on the Ethiopian Colours.
Dar Es Salaam What's on
20-21 May 2011. Visa 2 Dance returns to Alliance Fran
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Haba na Haba Contemporary Dance in Public Spaces
28 February-13 March 2011. Haba na Haba, organized in collaboration between Goethe Institut and Lumumba Theatre Group, features a series of workshops and performances around town.
From 28 February...
Accra What's on
7 March 2011. This dance theatre performance is one of the most famous in Germany, directed by Monika Gintersdorfer since 2005 and the visual artist Knut Klassen. Logobi 05 consists of a dance for gan...
Nairobi What's on
Afro Galactica: Journey into Dance
11 February 2011. This experimental dance performance by Urbana Africa and choreographed by Kiki Cheptoo, proposes a mix of electric choreographic pieces, traditional and contemporary pieces of Africa...
Accra What's on
The Heritage Africa Show’s Grand Finale
12 February 2011. The Heritage Africa Cultural Reality Show, a local competition shown since 15 November 2010 on the national channel Ghana Television with ten couples participating, is coming to an e...
Addis Ababa What's on
26 February 2011. This dance performance entitled Dance Move Urban Space tells an urban story set in Addis Ababa, performed by 20 artists choreographed by the German director Helena Waldman.
These...
Addis Ababa What's on
22 January 2011. This audition will select professional dancers, performers and theatre practitioners, interested in contemporary dance, dance theatre and physical theatre and who would like to partic...
Nairobi What's on
Dance Festival of Solos and Duets
29-30 October 2010. Goethe Institute hosts two evenings of the 4th Edition of the Nairobi Festival of Solos and Duets, which will take place from 25 October to 13 Novemebr at different venues around N...
Accra What's on
Archipelago Dance at Alliance Française
27 October 2010. At the end of a three weeks
Dar Es Salaam What's on
4-16 October 2010. This four-day international dance festival, founded and directed by the Tanzanian dancer Aloyce Makonde and the Italian choreographer Vanessa Tamburi, brings together young African...
Cape Town What's on
Cape Town International Ballet Competition
16-17 July 2010. This international ballet competition, previously known as the South African international ballet competition, brings together ballet companies from all over the country. It consists...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Isack Peter Abeneko and Shabani Rachidi dance preview
23 July 2010. The Goethe-Institut presents the preview of Must be Red or White In or Out?, a contemporary dance piece choreographed by Isack Peter Abeneko and Shabani Rashidi of the Dar es Salaam-base...
Cape Town What's on
30 June 2010. The Baxter Theatre dedicates an evening to tango with the professional tango dancer and teacher Mark Hoeben from Cape Town and his partner, the ballet and contemporary dancer Ina Wichter...
