Nelisiwe xaba biography
Nelisiwe Xaba lives and works as a dancer and choreographer in Johannesburg.
Nelisiwe Xaba, born in Soweto, South Africa, is a South African performance artist and choreographer....
Nelisiwe Xaba
South African performance artist
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Nationality | South African |
Education | Johannesburg Dance Foundation, Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance |
Occupation(s) | Performance artist and choreopgrapher |
Nelisiwe Xaba, born in Soweto, South Africa, is a South African performance artist and choreographer.
Biography
Born and raised in the Dube neighborhood of Soweto (Johannesburg, South Africa), Nelisiwe Xaba is a performance artist and choreographer who began her career as a dancer in the early 1990s when she received a scholarship to study dance at the Johannesburg Dance Foundation.
In 1996, Xaba won another scholarship to the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London,[1] where she studied ballet and contemporary dance techniques, under the artistic direction of Ross McKim.
On her return to South Africa in 1997, Xaba joined the Pact Dance Company before embarking on a freelance career, which allowe