Identity, Diversity, and Modernity in an Urban Cultural Cocktail

Gregory Vuyani Maqoma is one of South Africa's leading choreographers. Inspired by his childhood experiences in Soweto, he began his formal training at Moving Into Dance in Johannesburg and received scholarships to work with Dance Web in Vienna and with Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker in Brussels. In 1999, Maqoma formed the Vuyani Dance Theatre Project and has been the recipient of prestigious national and international awards. Among his acclaimed works are Layers of Time; Autumn Harvest; Revolution; Southern Comfort; miss thandi; and Beautiful Trilogy, of which Beautiful Me is the final part. vuyanimaq@hotmail.com