Moving Into Dance Mophatong MIDM

Our mission is to use the creative medium of dance and allied training to train, educate, develop and empower youth and adults from historically disadvantaged communities.

Vision

MIDM's vision is of open access to all people with talent to training in the field of dance to produce informed dancers, choreographers, teachers and arts workers with empathy for the roots from which their dance forms evolved, and an environment which supports the performance of these dance forms.

Objectives

For members of the MIDM Performance Company

• To perform in theatres, community centres and schoolstour in South Africa and abroad
• To choreograph new work for the Performance Company
• To train learners in dance and in learning areas through the medium of Edudance
• The transfer of skills to school leavers to enable them to pursue a career in the arts
• The development of the love of dance in learners and classroom teachers through interactive programmes
• To engage the public through dance training.
• To use dance as an agent for socio cultural change
• To provide role models for future generations in both the professional dance sphere and amongst the youth, particularly in disadvantaged communities

Courses offered

Performing Arts Learnership

Afro-Fusion and African Dance
The learners are empowered to perform competently in Afro-Fusion and African dance. Afro-Fusion focuses on the integration of African movement, ritual and music with Western contemporary dance forms. The African dance deals with specific South African dance forms from the Zulu, Tswana, Sotho and Venda dance/songs.

Choreography
Enables the students to create, perform and appreciate various dance forms.

Afro-Fusion, Jazz, Contemporary and Body Conditioning.
Practical dance classes in these areas will emphasize on developing learners dance techniques, which the learners should apply during various performances.

History and Anthropology Of Dance
Examines African and Western dance in a socio-cultural and political context, providing an anthropological and historical perspective of dance in selected societies.

Edudance Outreach Performance
Help learners to perform in front of live audiences and to use the feedback they receive to improve their performances.

ACCREDITED – Provisionally Accredited by MAPPP SETA

Course content

Performing Arts Learnership

Fees

A registration fee of R1000.00 is compulsory and payable at the start of their studies. Further fees will be discussed at the auditions.

What we offer the industry

Professional dance performances teach dance to the public and to corporates, team-building workshops, teach dance to children in schools, teach Edudance (teaching scholarly concepts using movement etc.).

History

MIDM was founded in 1978 by Sylvia “Magogo” Glasser. Established as a non-racial company MIDM has developed into a trailblazing, nationally-acclaimed professional contemporary African dance company, as well as a training organisation which has nurtured numerous internationally recognised dancers and choreographers, produced arts administrators and teachers and been involved in training South African educators and learners throughout South Africa.

Its specific brand of training in ground-breaking Edudance methodology (teaching general school subjects and social issues through dance); unique Afrofusion technique (a blending of African dance, music and ritual with Western contemporary dance forms) for youth and adults; as well as its extensive educational and outreach programmes, developed over the past 3 decades, have become models for other arts organisations throughout South Africa.

Additional info

Our Student Profile
This year we have 17 learners. We maintain extensive alumni records and keep contact with the majority of our graduates. The majority of them are dancing, teaching or choreographing professionally – but some of them have left the performing arts industry.

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