24 - Dance & The Performing Arts as a Tenant of Health with Benjamin Nivison, Assistant Director of Baba Yaya.

Hello Humans! Welcome to the 24th show housed in “The Human Theatre”. Today, I was honoured to have Benjamin Nivison, the assistant director on Baba Yaya (formerly called Indoni), come on the show. Benjamin and I dive deep into the power of the performing arts to empower people, raise awareness and critical thinking, and evoke change on an individualistic and societal level, how the arts can be used as a therapeutic intervention, the origin story of Baba Yaya, an overview of the training that Baba Yaya offers, their upcoming show called “Phoenix” and so much more! BABA YAYA (formerly Indoni Dance Arts and Leadership Academy) aims to provide an academy of excellence for dance and integrated arts, based primarily in the culturally rich townships. It has a contemporary African-centred approach, honouring the heritage of South Africa. There are a number of itinerant staff who teach Indigenous dance, Marimba, Drumming, Indigenous instrument and Marimba-making, Visual Art, Drama, Maths, Literacy and Computers. A wellbeing programme is also co-ordinated. The distinctiveness of the BABA YAYA programme lies in its provision of high quality, value-laden post-school professional training to youngsters who wish to pursue a career in dance /multi-disciplinary arts and that lack parental financial support and guidance. SHOW LINKS: 10% DISCOUNT CODE for OXFORDHEALTHSPAN: https://oxfordhealthspan.com/discount/KELSEY Baba Yaya (formerly Indoni): www.indoni-academy.org , @babayaya.academy (Instagram). Baba Yaya’s upcoming show, “PHOENIX”: Get your tickets here: https://qkt.io/I7gDim “Phoenix Rising Up! Through personal narrative, dance, word and song this production embodies and expresses the triumph of the human spirit Performed by: Students and alumni of the BABA YAYA African performing arts academy Featuring live music by: Gary Thomas “Moodship”, Andile Kraai and Sumalgy Nuro Produced by: Benjamin Nivison Creative Team: Maxwell Rani, Zimbini Makwethu, Balu Nivison, Janine Booysen, Leroy Samuels, Lwanda Sindaphi, Victoria Spencer Dates: 24th Nov and 04th Dec Times: 14:00 & 18:00 price: R150 Venue: Wave Theatre, 44 long street Follow me on Instagram @kelseybuchalter for all things relating to me and this podcast. Also, never hesitate to drop me a message either on Instagram or on my email: [email protected] …I appreciate any and all feedback! If you’d like, you can leave a rating and review on whatever app you are listening to this Podcast on…it will help out a lot! And if you think there is anyone who would like this episode, please share this episode with them! All help is greatly appreciated! Music composed by Kelsey Buchalter. © Kelsey Buchalter 2022