Founder: Sylvia Glasser

Sylvia “Magogo” Glasser is the founder of Moving into Dance which she started as a non-racial Dance Company and training organisation in 1978 during the height of apartheid in her garage, and was Director until 2013. She pioneered and taught Afrofusion, Edudance, and Dance Anthropology.

In 1992 she started the full-time MIDM Community Dance Teachers Training Course and Outreach into townships. She choreographed extensively and mentored and empowered hundreds of young performers, choreographers, teachers and administrators from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Her awards include a Lifetime Achievement from ACT (2004); FNB Vita as “one of South Africa’s national cultural treasures, a remarkable social activist whose exceptional work, in specifically African dance, has changed lives, perceptions and the face of South African dance” (2000); a Knighthood in the Order of Oranje-Nassau by the King of the Netherlands for “her contribution to democracy during and after apartheid, especially her commitment to the training of young dancers of all races” (2015).

 Buy Sylvia Glasser’s book on her iconic dance work:

Contemporary Dance and Southern African Rock Art: Tranceformations and Transformations

CEO/ Director of Education: Nadia Virasamy

Having matriculated from Ladysmith Secondary School in 1994, Bernadia Virasamy has a Masters Degree in Arts, Culture and Heritage Management from Wits University and Bachelor’s degree in Social Science with Honours from UKZN majoring in Sociology and Industrial Psychology. She began her career in academia at various universities including UKZN and Wits.

In 2005 she began at Moving into Dance Mophatong as Director of Education for eight years and currently serves the position of CEO/Director of Education. She recently co-authored three Arts and Culture Textbooks commissioned by Cambridge University Press. She serves on the board of the Newtown Improvement District and Poetso Music Project; an NGO working with the rehabilitation of prisoners through music.

She is currently among the top three finalists for the Business Women’s Association Awards in the category of Social Entrepreneur and among the top five finalists for the Standard Bank Rising Star Awards in the category of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure.

Artistic Director: Sunnyboy Mandla Motau

Hailing from Alexandra, Sunnyboy remains invested in developing his home township through dance and believing that dance truly brings hope, as he is proof of that fact.  As a highly commissioned choreographer for national and international dance works, his most moving work is undoubtedly “We are Still Marching” commissioned by the Durban Playhouse Company in 2015. 

He is highly sought after as an Afrofusion dance facilitator nationally and internationally.  Sunnyboy won the Impact Award for Choreography in 2016 and was also named among the Mail and Guardian’s top 100 young people to watch.  In 2023, his triple bill production won two Naledi Awards.  He currently serves as Artistic Director at MID.

Operations Officer: Teboho Gilbert Letele

Teboho Gilbert Letele is a Moving into Dance graduate, Operations Officer, Dance Facilitator, Music Composer/Compiler, and professional performer, as well as the Founder and Director of BOTS Feather NPC. His career reflects a powerful blend of artistry, leadership, and community development. Mr Letele began his dance journey in 2003 at PACOFS Artistic Development (PAD).

In 2009, he was selected for the Performing Arts Training Course (PATC) at Moving into Dance, earning a bursary from the CITY Festival as a dance category winner. Since then, he has collaborated with renowned choreographers and directors, performing on stages both nationally and internationally.

His versatility extends beyond performance: he appeared in the SABC 2 telenovela Keeping Score, and his choreography Ho shwa ka taba was screened at the Boda Boda Dance Film Festival. Through BOTS Feather NPC, Mr. Letele has nurtured young talent in Botshabelo, Free State, and contributed to transformative programs such as Dance for a Life with the Free State Dance Theatre.

Currently serving as Operations Officer, Company Performer, Edu-Dance Facilitator, and Music Composer/Compiler at Moving into Dance Trust, Mr Letele continues to champion inclusion, education, and cultural exchange through dance. His work embodies resilience, creativity, and a vision of dance as both an art form and a catalyst for social change.

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