Amawumbo Dance Company

Genre : Dance company
Principal country concerned : Column : Dance
Contact details Amawumbo Dance Company
Empande Youth Centre F Square Njube
Bulawayo
Tel. : +263772374196 | +263716671547
Zimbabwe
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Amawumbo dance company is a proffesional outfit with highly talented dancers majoring in contemporary and traditional productions. The company created to encourage youths to express their creativity through dance and the arts. It began as a community organisation but has since grown into a fully professional dance company  known for its its rich cultural diversity,  and high-level of artistic excellence in contemporary and traditional dances,the company has performed locally and internationally
Founded by Alexander Mhlanga the Artistic Director in 1999 as Izintombi dance ensemble as part of a school project  in Njube Bulawayo Zimbabwe.
In  year 2000 changed name to Amawumbo dance company  ,with different aims and objectives the dance company grew to greater heights ,collaboration with different artforms has set the dance company into a world class
Touring Zambia,South Africa ,Botswana,Sweden,Greenland ,Belguim ,Spain ,France and more
Delivering high quality dance performances and artistic education projects
 
Our  mission is to provide our artistes with comprehensive artistic education that fosters excellence in all of dance form  in manner that embraces passion for the arts.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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