Theatre Arts • Methodist Church Hall • Cnr Milton Road and Wesley Street • Observatory • 7925 • Cape Town

MusicDance 2023

interdisciplinary music and dance
Curated by Manuela Lucia TESSI and Thalia LARIC

MusicDance is a performance residency for dancers and musicians supported by Theatre Arts since 2018. Now in its sixth year the project draws together artists from diverse genres and backgrounds. The emphasis of the work is interdisciplinary and real-time composition. Audience are invited to witness the forging of exciting new collaborations and unique expressions in live music and dance performance.



Performances by: Coila-Leah ENDERSTEIN, Garth ERASMUS, Vintani NAFASSI, Sumalgy NURO, Ben BROWN, Ché ADAMS, Tamara RINGAS, Selah JOY, Leilah KIRSTEN, Nicolle VIEIRA, Tossie VAN TONDER, Kyle Linde VERMEULEN, Mark HURRELL, Alice Cowley OWEN, Gemma PATON, Jonathan CUMMINGS, Tara LOVE, Siphenathi MAYEKISO, Quanita ALLIE, Laetitia GALVAIRE, Cheryl TRAUB ADLER, Werner MARX, Agnes VARKONYI, ElanVAN BIJLON, Meritxell CILLIERS, Kaulana WILLIAMS, Delia MEYER, Botshelo Eric HUNT, Aaron BURSTEIN, Gita GALINA, Marina ARAKI, Sinawo NGCENI, Sarah SPIES, Yanna ROMANO, Eve WILDFLOWER, Mindy PHUNG, Bianca SCHULTZ, Liam MCKIVERGAN, Billy WONG, Antonio VAN LENDT, Jotam SCHOEMAN, Thalia LARIC, Manuela Lucia TESSI
Lighting design by Frans Mandilakhe ZUNGUZE
Photography by Lindsey APPOLIS
PERFORMANCES 23rd - 25th NOVEMBER


1)QUINTET:  Laetitia Galvaire, Kaulana Williams, Manuela Lucia Tessi -movement, Tara Love- shamanic instruments and voice, Vintani Nafassi -djembe, mbira, seperewa,  movement

2)TRIO: Werner Marx - movement, Sumalgy Nuro- indigenous instruments,  electronics and movement, Mark Hurrell- saxophone

3)NONNET: Selah Joy, Quanita Allie,  Nicolle Vieira, Siphenathi Mayekiso -  movement, Sumalgy Nuro- indigenous instruments,  electronics and movement, Tara Love- shamanic instruments and voice, Garth Erasmus- self-made, indigenous instruments and reeds, Mark Hurrell- saxophone, Tamara Ringas- keyboards, electronics

4)DUO: Cheryl Traub Adler- movement and Coila-Leah Enderstein- piano


1)QUARTET: Jonathan Cumming - electronics, movement, Thalia Laric - movement, Sumalgy Nuro- indigenous instruments, electronics, Tamara Ringas - keyboard, electronics

2)SEPTET: Manuela Lucia Tessi, Yanna Romano, Gita Galina, Thalia Laric, movement, Garth Erasmus- self-made, indigenous instruments and reeds, Coila-Leah Enderstein- piano, Mark Hurrell- saxophone

3)QUARTET: Liam Mckivergan, movement, Vintani Nafassi -djembe, mbira, seperewa, movement, Sumalgy Nuro- indigenous instruments, electronics, movement, Tamara Ringas - keyboard, electronics

4) SEXTET: Marina Araki, movement, Vintani Nafassi -djembe, mbira, seperewa, movement, Nicolle Vieira, movement, Tamara Ringas - keyboard, electronics, Coila-Leah Enderstein- piano, Mark Hurrell- saxophone


1)NONNET: Manuela Lucia Tessi, Gemma Paton, Agnes Várkonyi, Elan van Bijlon - movement,Mark Hurrell- saxophone, Tamara Ringas- keyboard, electronics, Coila-Leah Enderstein- piano, Garth Erasmus- self-made, indigenous instruments and reeds, Vintani Nafassi -djembe, mbira, seperewa, movement

2) QUINTET: Sumalgy Nuro- indigenous instruments, electronics, movement, Eric Hunt -djembe, vocals, recorder, Nicolle Vieira - movement, Tamara Ringas- keyboard, electronics, Mark Hurrell- saxophone

3)QUINTET: Gita Galina, Selah Joy, Mindy Phung-movement, Garth Erasmus- self-made, indigenous instruments and reeds, Eric Hunt -djembe, vocals, recorder.

4)QUINTET: Kyle Linde Vermeulen -movement, Sumalgy Nuro- indigenous instruments, electronics, movement, Meritxell Cilliers - movement, Vintani Nafassi -djembe, mbira, seperewa, movement, Tamara Ringas- keyboard, electronics

5) TRIO: Coila-Leah Enderstein- piano, Manuela Lucia Tessi, Thalia Laric -movement