Jacqueline Kehilwe Manyaapelo

Full Name

Jacqueline Kehilwe Manyaapelo

First Name

Jacqueline

Surname

Manyaapelo

Alternate Name

Jackie Manyaapelo

Biography

Jackie Manyaapelo was Artistic Director of Jazzart Dance from 2010 to 2013. She has performed, choreographed and collaborated extensively, notably with Neo Muyanga, Sibongile Khumalo, Alfred Hinkel, Mark Fleishman and Magnet Theatre and Ina Wichterich. Jackie's first experimental work was a collaboration with visual artist Khaya Witbooi for the Pan African Market. In 2015 she directed and performed her first solo work, Satisfaction Index and a year later took on the lead role in Janni Younge’s The Firebird choreographed by Jay Pather. A former ICA Fellow, Jackie is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Theatre and Performance and Teaching at the University of Cape Town while working as an independent dancer and choreographer.

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Jazzart Dance Theatre

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Choreographer
  Title Class
In His Quest TheaterEvent
Mahareng: Passage of the Bird TheaterEvent
Nguvu yaMbegu… Entabelanga 2019 TheaterEvent
Love of the Nightingale 2022 TheaterEvent
Assistant Director
  Title Class
Mahareng: Passage of the Bird TheaterEvent
Theatre is Dead! Long live Theatre! TheaterEvent