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The article discusses female dancer Dada Masilo who was born in Soweto, South Africa, and it mentions how Masilo is scheduled to star in the theatrical production "Swan Lake" which opens at the Joyce Theater in New York, New York in February 2016. According to the article, Masilo was featured in the performance work "Refuse the Hour" by artist William Kentridge. Masilo's dance career is examined, along with her graduation from the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A review is offered for the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa located in Cape Town, South Africa.

The South African choreographer Robyn Orlin has a long history of annoying people, but from talking to her, you would never know it. She is candid to a fault, thoughtful and rather adorably scattered. Her e-mails are filled with exclamation marks and signed with x's, denoting kisses. And yet Ms. Orlin, 55, has long been one of her country's most provocative artists, a white woman from the comfortable Johannesburg suburbs fearlessly confronting the truths and myths of a complex political and social history. She has a serious reputation in Europe, particularly in France, where she has created a work for the Paris Opera Ballet and been awarded the National Order of Merit. But her work has rarely been seen in the United States, so the appearance of her recent piece, ''Walking next to our shoes ... Intoxicated by strawberries and cream ... We enter continents without knocking. ...,'' at Montclair State University through Feb. 20, is an occasion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

South Africa was already independent from Britain when I was growing up in Cape Town, but in matters of children's literature, it was still entirely in thrall to colonialism. I was raised on a diet of boarding and ballet schools, sports days and summer hols, of aspiring dancers trudging through rainy London and riding horses over the purple heather of the Scottish Highlands. There were stern Russian dancing masters and flighty French teachers, and -- a particularly British strain that ran through all of this -- a solemn message. If you wanted to be a ballerina or anything else, talent and looks weren't enough. There had to be grit and perseverance too. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information on the dance festival, Dance Umbrella, which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in March 2006.