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African Footprint French Tour 2010
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Mars |
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Niort - CAC (2 show) |
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Toulouse - casino Barrière (2 shows)
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Mardi 16 |
Aix Les Bains (centre des congrès) |
Mer 17 |
Geneve (CH) (casino) |
Jeu 18 |
St Claude (centre culturel) |
Ven 19 |
Limoges (Zénith) |
Dim 21 |
Lille - Casino Barrière (2 shows) |
Ven 26 |
Pau - zenith |
Sam 27 |
Montpellier - zénith |
Dim 28 |
Bordeaux - Casino Barrière (2 shows) |
Lun 29 |
Biarritz - gare du midi |
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Nantes - cités des congrès
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Avril |
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Lyon - La Bourse du travail
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message that African Footprint celebrates whenever the curtain goes up, wherever we perform.”
“Theatre producers are a collective, working together to build a future for our talent and our audiences,” says Loring. “Alfred Phakathi is a good example of this. He joined African Footprint at 18, living in a shack in Mamelodi, outside Pretoria, with his grandmother. After some 3 400 performances with us and becoming our touring stage director he joined a show in Europe where he was appointed dance director after 6 months and led 189 dancers in that production to rave reviews across Europe.
“Today, Alfred is back with us in African Footprint. He’s married and owns his own home; he travels the world and speaks many languages including German, and he is a fine example of the future of dance-musical theatre in South Africa
African Footprint trains its company to compete with the best, which demands the same discipline and professionalism that drive winning teams in soccer and cricket and rugby. “I began my career in major West End hits like A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, The Sound Of Music, and Student Prince,” he says. “I look for the same passion and hunger to be the best when I cast talent today.”
Richard Loring says a successful theatre company is a close family. “We celebrate the good times together and draw close for support with every new challenge.
Both choreographers behind African Footprint’s genesis in 2000, Debbie Rakusin and David Matamela, were recently judges for SABC1’s version of the hit American reality series “So You Think You Can Dance”.
“David and I have believed since 2000 that African Footprint had the potential to become a massive international success,” says Debbie. “I travel often to Europe and the States, and today I rate it as good as benchmark hits like The Lion King and Chorus Line. It proves that our own talent is world class, and that unknowns competing in So You Think You Can Dance can aspire to reach the top in our stage musicals.”
Please direct press enquiries to:
Jeanette Loring
+27(0) 83 625 1905
loring@mweb.co.za
Richard Loring
+27(0) 83 325 7346
richardl@mweb.co.za |
