MIA VAN DER MERWE

Dancers from Innuendo do their warm-up stretches before a showing at the Rhodes Drama Department in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, October 22, 2013. Innuendo, choreographed by a drama student, was part of the Theatre in Motion productions at Rhodes University.

Dumisa Lengwati dances with flashlights during a photo-shoot for Theatre in Motion, at the Rhodes Drama Department, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, October 14, 2013. Lengwati performed in Innuendo, a production choreographed by a fellow drama student.

Hannah Lax and Tristan Jacobs pose during a photo-shoot outside the Rhodes University Drama Department in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, October 3, 2013. Lax and Jacobs perform in the production Fall was in our eyes, which will be showing in Europe in November.

A group of Rhodes students joke around in the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, May 19, 2013. This group of friends gathered in the studio for a friendship photo-shoot.

Sparky Xulu, a cast member from the production Betti and the Yeti, shouts in outrage at the Yeti during a dress rehearsal in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, March 9, 2013. Betti and the Yeti is a production by the UBOM! Eastern Cape Drama company.

Kayla Schultze, a member of the Johannesburg Youth Ballet (JYB), fastens her ballet shoes before a dress rehearsal of Hansel and Gretel at the Guy Butler Theatre in Grahamstown, South Africa, at the National Arts Festival, Thursday 27 June 2013. Hansel and Gretel, which is performed in two acts, is the tale of hunger, love and triumph.

Daniel Whitehorn, from the production Wat die hart, strikes a scary pose at the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, June 9, 2013. Wat die hart, directed by Muade Sandham, is an Afrikaans production derived from the saying “Wat die hart van vol is, loop die mond van oor”.

Griffin Krinsky performs an acrobatic sequence during a dress rehearsal of Hansel and Gretel at the Guy Butler Theatre in Grahamstown, South Africa, at the National Arts Festival, Thursday 27 June 2013.

Hannah Lax and Masixole Patrick act out a scene from Moor in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, February 17, 2013. The photo-shoot was held in order to create a poster for the 2013 National Arts Festival.

Hannah Lax, Masixole Patrick Majeke Heshu and Pumelela Nqelenga pose during a photo-shoot for Moor at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, 22 June 2013. Moor, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice”, was performed at the 2013 National Arts Festival. © Mia van der Merwe

Hannah Lax and Masixole Patrick Majeke Heshu strike an intimate pose during a photo-shoot for Moor, at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 22 June 2013. Moor, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, was performed at the 2013 National Arts Festival.

Charlston van Rooyenand and Thulani Chauke perform in Indumba at the Rhodes Theatre in Grahamstown, South Africa, at the National Arts Festival, 5 July 2013. Choreographer, teacher and dancer Fana Tshabalala, The Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance, created Indumba after extensive research on cleansing ceremonies in Mozambique.