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THE HISTORY
The first summer arts season was presented at Spier in 1996. Its founder, former MP and businessman, Dick Enthoven wrote:
"South Africa in general and the Western Cape in particular is
almost obscenely blessed with a huge reservoir of enviable talent, but
there has been so little opportunity for it to develop and mature. Let
us hope the Winelands of the Cape will provide fruitful soil not only
for our glorious wines, but also for a Summer Performing Arts Festival
that, in the not too distant future, will be internationally recognised
as important. This will enable the discovery and nurturing of new and
exciting talent, provide festival goers with a sense of occasion and
enrich the local community both culturally and economically.
MAKING THE DREAM A REALITY
- Ten years later this dream has become a reality. Each year the
Spier Arts Summer Season is received with widespread critical acclaim
by South African and international press, as well as our audiences. The
Festival has established a strong reputation for the quality and
diversity of performance achieved over its annual season
- Over the years the development of relationships with the
business sector has proven to be a viable and mutually valuable way of
sustaining and nurturing broad spectrum cultural activity
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AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
- The
Development Ticket Scheme has run for the past two year to provide
access for local communities to enjoy and participate in the creation
of and appreciate artistic excellence. A certain number of R2 tickets
are set aside for each performance and transport is organised from
townships
- By presenting performing arts across the estate
beyond the traditional platform of the stage, passive audiences, who
might not consider themselves theatre goers enjoy and participate in
the performing arts
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 SPIER ARTS SUMMER SEASON - EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES -Spier Young Voices
- The
Arts Summer Season sponsors training for school children in classical
and traditional music to ensure that voices are developed correctly to
enable them to apply for tertiary study of music
- Currently, 12 pupils from Khayelitsha are participating in the programme
- Two of these have won regional competitions and places on national competitions
- One learner has been selected to go to Germany for further training
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SPIER ARTS SUMMER SEASON EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES - Usher Development Programme
- Each
season, the Spier Arts Summer Season employs graduates from the local
Lynedoch secondary school to become ushers. The ushers are given
training in people management skills, role playing etc and employed for
the duration of the season
- Entrepreneurial opportunities are provided for crafters, technicians and support services to cultural production
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 SPIER ARTS SUMMER SEASON PROGRAMME HOSTS RESIDENCY GROUP - THIRD WORLD BUNFIGHT
THIRD
WORLD BUNFIGHT has been making provocative, celebratory African
performance works since their formation in the Eastern Cape in 1996.
Plays such as IPI ZOMBI?, iMUMBO JUMBO, BIG DADA and THE PROPHET have
won several awards and have toured locally and abroad. Over 500 black
performers have worked with TWB over the past 9 years. The company is
resident at Spier for 3 years, where they train young adult and child
performers, provide a program of entertainment at Moyo, and continue in
our artistic endeavours. They produce works annually for the Spier
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Southbank Architectural Competition
This
is one of the most challenging and exciting global design competitions
ever launched on the African continent. The sponsors Spier Holdings,
have called on architects and designers to define and apply new spatial
approaches to create a community that will serve as a model for
sustainable living. Please visit our website for more information
http://www.southbank-competition.org/
www.spierarts.org.za
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