BY PHUMZILE NDLOVU
MBABANE – Are you passionate about dancing, interested in travelling, connecting with fellow dance enthusiasts, and experiencing international exposure?
MAISHA is currently looking for four dancers from Africa, four dancers from Europe, a lead choreographer, an assistant choreographer and an artistic director. The participants will gather for a three week residency in Addis Ababa and prepare together a dance performance scheduled to be showcased in Addis Ababa on 25 May (Africa Day). The calls for candidates are open until 12 April 2024.
The MAISHA project is an Afro-European cultural collaboration and co-creation experiment jointly initiated by the EU and the African Union.
The European Union in Eswatini posted about the call for applicants on their Facebook official page today.
MAISHA is an European Union-African Union joint initiative, it started in 2019 as MAISHA Music, a two-week residency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when 12 talented musicians from Africa and Europe, with different backgrounds and instruments, were brought together to collaborate and co-create original musical pieces. The initiative was a great success and prompted calls for follow-up, be it through different forms of art.
With MAISHA Dance in the pipeline, and more different art forms to follow (Fashion, Street Art, Painting, Photography, Cuisine, Cinema and Theatre), MAISHA is more than just an event. MAISHA is now truly turning itself into a culture.
MAISHA started as a musical journey. Responding to an open call for applicants, 12 talented artists from Africa and Europe, with different backgrounds & instruments, were selected from 300 applicants to become musical partners through a 2-week residency programme in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
For more information visit www.maishaculture.com
