COVID-19: Can The Show Go On?
The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly hit the cultural and creative industries sector (CCI) very hard. UNESCO called the situation a “cultural emergency” on a global scale.
Read MoreMarié-Heleen Coetzee is an associate professor in the School of Arts: Drama Department at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She has written on theatre/performance practice in South Africa as well as on drama/theatre as embodied pedagogies. She presented lectures, workshops and creative work on various national and international platforms. She was a recipient of the IOSP's Paddy Crean Award for her work on Zulu stick fighting and stage combat. Her creative work includes amount others Shiftings, Mapungubwe Stories for the UP centenary celebrations, Get Max Back for Ads24, FrontLines in collaboration with DUT and UKZN and Barok. She is currently working on Beet for the forthcoming Suidooster Arts Festival.
Posted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 16th Aug 2020 | Covid-19, Essay, South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly hit the cultural and creative industries sector (CCI) very hard. UNESCO called the situation a “cultural emergency” on a global scale.
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 18th Jul 2020 | Covid-19, Festivals, Management, South Africa
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world turned to the arts and creative sector for...
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 4th Oct 2019 | Review, South Africa, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics
“Venus vs Modernity” centers on South African icon Saartjie Baartman whose horrific experiences of exploitation have become a reference point for black women’s body image and representation worldwide.
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 31st Mar 2019 | News, South Africa, Theatre and Politics
World Theatre Day reminds us that theatre offers a means through which to make meaning of our experiences in our historical, social and political contexts by storying and re-storying modes of human (dis)connection.
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 28th Mar 2018 | Essay, Latest, South Africa
World Theatre Day: For a short while we can live vicariously through others – shifting, experimenting, transforming. Pondering possibilities. Imagining how we can ‘become’ differently.
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 15th Sep 2017 | Essay, South Africa, Theatre and Decolonization, Transcultural Collaborations
The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016 provided ample room for celebrations and...
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 7th Sep 2017 | South Africa, Theatre and Dance
Stark white light from bulbs hanging in a straight line against a white backdrop greets audiences...
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 25th Jan 2017 | Directing, Essay, South Africa
South African Indian actor and director Gopala Davies’s production of Les Cenci: A Story About...
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 23rd Nov 2016 | Immersive Theatre, Review, South Africa
I enter a suburban house in Capitol Park, Pretoria. A suburban house with a dog. Sculptures in the...
Read MorePosted by Marié-Heleen Coetzee | 17th Jul 2016 | Festivals, News, South Africa
The 22nd Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK), presented by Kunste Onbeperk (Arts Unlimited),...
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