On their toes

Thanks to the FNB Fund the Johannesburg Dance Foundation can enrol 20 students in the demanding diploma course every year. The majority of the students come from economically disadvantaged communities and need the financial support.

Many of the students have excelled locally and abroad and include well-known names like Boyzie Cekwana, Gladys Agulhas and Dimakatso Jane Sekonya. The Foundation is in Doornfontein in Johannesburg and is the only tertiary institution offering a three-year diploma in ballet and contemporary dance.

The Foundation also has an outreach programme where third-year students provide a programme for learners from all over the country, stressing the qualities necessary for success as a dancer: discipline, commitment, and a love of the dance.

The Johannesburg Dance Foundation was constituted initially in 1986 to raise funds for and administer the Johannesburg Dance Theatre and the Johannesburg Dance Foundation Training Centre (founded in 1981).




Roots - First National Bank publication, May 2002, no.4