VISA 2 DANCE festival 2008

VISA 2 DANCE organizers and staff:

Artistic Director: Aloyce Makonde / MIONZI Dance Theatre

Artistic Adviser & coordinator: Vanessa Tamburi / FLUSSO dance project

Coordinator & fundraising: Rachel Kessi / MAWAZO Gallery

Technical Director: Evans Bukuku

Sound & light system: Eventlites

Stage set up: Vayle Spring, Aclay Mwalusamba

Press Office: Southern Sun Hotel

Artwork: Blau design ltd.

Organisation assistants: Helen Elinewinga, Fujo Makaranga, Maria Matilya, Fatma Mussa, Ian Mwaisunga, Angelique Ngarambe, Misha Roels, Diamond Jubilee staff.

VISA 2 DANCE Festival “CREATIVITY BEYOND THE FORM”

The VISA 2 DANCE Festival focuses on Contemporary Dance and Choreographic Research. Contemporary dance provides an expressive and reflective platform for people to examine their inner identities. Art in general, and performing arts in particular, can be excellent drivers of development. However, dance as a vibrant artistic form, which interrogates culture but also challenges artists and its audiences to experiment and develop, does not yet exist in Tanzania. Popular Tanzanian culture is currently showcased for the most part through sport, crafts, the visual arts, music, film and traditional dance form. Contemporary Dance encourages imagination and creativity, and contributes to open-mindedness and acceptance of different ideas. They can also generate, in the audience, new perspectives and understanding of existing different dance forms and challenging realities.

Sponsors & collaborations

Russian Cultural Institute, the Alliance Française, the Goethe-Institut, the British Council, US Embassy, Embassy of Netherlands, Vipaji Foundation, UNESCO, University of Dar es Salaam Southern sun Hotel, Mawazo Gallery, MIONZI dance theatre, FLUSSO dance project, Golden Tulip Hotel, Dar guide, What’s happening in Dar, Dar life, Real2reel, Ultimate Security, DSM Fitness Centre.

Workshops

Dance workshops (closed number) / forum – seminars / projections of dance session - Mon 20 Oct – Fri 24 Oct 10 am – 4 pm - Alliance Française – Russian Cultural Centre – British Council