Media Release For Immediate Release 08 April 2022 Dada Masilo’s The Sacrifice cancellation at Kucheza Afrika Festival The South African State Theatre (SAST) is shocked to learn about the cancelation of Dada Masilo’s participation in the 2022 Kucheza Afrika Festival through the dancer’s Facebook page. To this hour, besides the circulating social media post, the theatre has not received any formal communication about this cancelation, even after failed attempts to reach out to her team to understand their reason(s) for pulling out. This is pure unprofessionalism and disregard for audiences and institutions. Masilo was scheduled to showcase The Sacrifice this

Media Release For Immediate Release 25 February 2022 State Theatre Presents a LIVE! Kucheza Afrika Festival 2022 The 2022 edition of the dance festival Kucheza Afrika Festival, set to take place at the South African State Theatre (SAST) from 01 to 10 April 2022, marks a return to a100% LIVE on-stage performances with audiences in a relaxed Level 1 setting. Following last year’s hybrid (live and online) installment, which occurred under limiting COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s programme is themed to “celebrate artists for their resilience in the face of adversity” brought by the pandemic – which saw the arts sector

Kucheza Afrika Festival is excited to announce the addition of Dada Masilo, one South Africa’s most sought-after dancers and choreographers, whose work THE SACRIFICE will wrap up the third installment of the festival with live performances on 09 and 10 April 2022.  For a long time, she has always been fascinated by the study of unfamiliar dance forms and fusing these vocabularies with contemporary dance or classical ballet to create a new language. With THE SACRIFICE, Masilo and the dancers are engaged in the study of Tswana dance. Not just the dance, but the rituals.  The dance form is native