Esigcawini esihlaba umkhosi somculo waseNingizimu Afrika, kuye kwavela amandla amasha okuchaza kabusha ikusasa lomculo wokudansa: Dance Afrika, ilebula lomculo eliziqhenyayo laseNingizimu Afrika elasungulwa ngabavumeli bomculo uJulian Green noLesedi Moselane. Inhloso yayo iwukuthola, ukuthuthukisa, nokwethula ithalente lomculo wokudansa wasendaweni esigcawini somhlaba, iDance Afrika ingaphezu kwelebula nje—iwumnyakazo osebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bamuva ukuze ukhuphule izigqi zase-Afrika futhi unikeze amandla amaciko. Kusukela ngoJulayi 2025, lesi sikole esisungulayo senza amagagasi, sinikeza indlela entsha yokuphatha amaciko, ukukhiqiza umculo, nokufinyelela emhlabeni wonke, okubeka iNingizimu Afrika njengendawo enamandla esigcawini somculo wokudansa womhlaba.
Umbono Wokwenza Umthelela Emhlabeni Wonke
Inhloso eyisisekelo yeDance Afrika ukukhombisa okuhle kakhulu komculo wokudansa waseNingizimu Afrika emhlabeni, njengoba kuchazwe ngumsunguli uJulian Green: “Sikhombisa okuhle kakhulu komculo wokudansa waseNingizimu Afrika emhlabeni.” Lo mbono ugxile ekukholweni ukuthi isigqi esiyingqayizivele saseNingizimu Afrika, ikakhulukazi izinhlobo ezifana ne-Amapiano, i-Afro-house, ne-electronic 3-step, zinamandla angakasebenziswanga okubamba izethameli zamazwe omhlaba. Ngokuhlanganisa izigqi zase-Afrika nezindlela zokukhiqiza zanamuhla, iDance Afrika yakha ubunikazi besigqi esivuma umhlaba wonke ngenkathi ihlala ithembekile ezimpandeni zayo zamasiko.
Indlela yelebula iyingqayizivele ekugcizeleleni kwayo ekuthuthukisweni kweciko kwesikhathi eside. Ngokungafani namalebula avamile avame ukubeka phambili impumelelo yezentengiselwano yesikhashana, iDance Afrika itshala imali ekukhuliseni ithalente ngokululekwa, ukufinyelela kumathuluzi okukhiqiza aphezulu, kanye nezinhlelo zokumaketha emhlabeni wonke. Le ndlela ephelele yakhelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amaciko athola impumelelo eqhubekayo, kokubili endaweni kanye namazwe omhlaba.
Ubuchwepheshe Njengesixhobo Sokugqugquzela
Umnyombo wamasu eDance Afrika ukusetshenziswa kwayo kobuchwepheshe obusungulayo. Ilebula lisebenzisa izinkundla zedijithali ezifana ne-Spotify, i-Apple Music, kanye nezokuxhumana ukuze likhuthaze amaciko alo, liqinisekise ukuthi umculo wawo ufinyelela izethameli zomhlaba. Isibonelo, ukusebenzisana kwelebula nesikhondlakhondla sokusakaza i-Spotify kuhambisana nokukhethwa komkhiqizi waseNingizimu Afrika kanye no-DJ uThakzin njengeciko le-RADAR laseNingizimu Afrika ngo-2025, okuwubufakazi bokukwazi kwalo ukukhomba nokuphakamisa ithalente ngokusebenzisa ulwazi oluqhutshwa yidatha evela ekuhlaziyweni kokusakaza. Lokhu kuhlaziywa kusiza iDance Afrika ukuthi iqonde izinto ezithandwayo ngabathandi bomculo, ilungise izinhlelo zokukhulula, futhi ibheke izimakethe zamazwe omhlaba ngempumelelo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, iDance Afrika yamukela amathuluzi okukhiqiza aphezulu, okuhlanganisa isofthiwe yokudalwa komculo eqhutshwa yi-AI kanye neziteshi zokusebenza zomsindo zedijithali (DAWs), ukuze ithuthukise inqubo yokudala. Ngenkathi abanye embungulweni bezwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngeqhaza le-AI emculweni, njengoba kuphawulwe nguchwepheshe waseZimbabwe uBabusi Nyoni ngesikhathi somcimbi we-Soundboard we-Spotify, iDance Afrika ibona leli thuluzi njengesixhobo sokwandisa ubuciko kunokuba silithathele indawo. Ngokunikeza amaciko ukufinyelela kulezi zinto zobuchwepheshe, ilebula liwanika amandla okuthi bazame izigqi ezintsha futhi baphushe imingcele yesigqi, njengoba kuboniswe ngamaciko afana no-Thakzin, owasungula uhlobo lwe-electronic 3-step.
Izinkundla zokuxhumana ezifana ne-TikTok nazo zidlala indima ebalulekile kumasu eDance Afrika. Kulandela isivumelwano se-TikTok ne-Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) sokukhokha izimali zamaciko aseNingizimu Afrika, njengoba kugqanyiswe ekuposweni kuka-2021 ngu-@niqita11 ku-X, iDance Afrika ikhuthaza amaciko ayo ukuthi azibandakanye nesikhungo ukuze akhuphule ukubonakala. Ngokudala okuqukethwe okusakazeka kakhulu nokusebenzisana nabathonywe, amaciko angakhulisa ukufinyelela kwawo, aguqule izingoma zendawo zibe yizinto ezivusa umdlandla emhlabeni wonke.
Ukunika Amandla Isizukulwane Esilandelayo
Ukuzibophezela kweDance Afrika ekuthuthukisweni kweciko kudlulela ngale kobuchwepheshe. Ilebula linikeza izifundo, izifundo eziphezulu, kanye namathuba okuxhumana ukuze lihlomise amaciko ngamakhono adingekayo ukuze aqhube embungulweni yomculo yanamuhla. Lezi zinhlelo zihlanganisa yonke into kusukela ekukhiqizweni komculo kanye nokuqanjiwa kwezimpawu zokuthengisa kuya ekuphathweni kwezimali kanye nokuvakasha kwamazwe omhlaba. Ngokukhuthaza indawo exhasayo, iDance Afrika iqinisekisa ukuthi amaciko ayo awagcini nje ngokuba nekhono lomculo kodwa futhi anolwazi lwezohwebo.
Uhlu lwelebula luhlanganisa izinkanyezi ezisakhulayo ezifana no-Thakzin, ogama lakhe lesigqi se-3-step esisungulayo selithole ukunakwa kwamazwe omhlaba, kanye namanye amathalente asakhulayo alungele ukungena ezimaketheni zomhlaba. Ukugxila kweDance Afrika ezinhlotsheni ezifana ne-Amapiano, ebona ukukhula okumangalisayo ngo-2025, kuhambisana nenkambiso ebanzi yomculo waseNingizimu Afrika othola ukuthandwa emhlabeni wonke. Imicimbi efana ne-Cape Town International Jazz Festival kanye ne-Ultra South Africa, ehlanganisa amaciko afana no-Black Coffee no-Kelvin Momo, igcizelela isifiso somhlaba sezigqi zaseNingizimu Afrika, futhi iDance Afrika isebenzisa lesi sikhuthazo.
Izinselelo Namathuba
Naphezu kokuhamba kwayo okuqhubekela phambili, iDance Afrika isebenza endaweni eyinselele. Ukuposa kwakamuva ngu-@MzansiMagazin ku-X kuveze ukuthi abaculi abaningi baseNingizimu Afrika, kokubili abazimele kanye nabasayinwe, bahola ngaphansi kwe-R10,000 ngenyanga, okugqamisa izinkinga zezimali ngaphakathi kwembungulu. IDance Afrika ihlose ukulungisa lokhu ngokuthola izivumelwano ezingcono zezimali kanye nokuhlola imithombo emisha yemali, njengelayisensi yokuvumelanisa yezinhlelo zefilimu nezemidlalo yevidiyo, eziya ngokuya zisebenza kahle esikhathini sedijithali.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ilebula lihamba ezinkingeni zohlelo lwezindaba lwedijithali olushintshayo, njengoba kuphawulwe embikweni we-Reuters Institute Digital News Report ka-2025. Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika baya ngokuya baphendukela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zokuqala ngezindaba nezokuzijabulisa, benokuthanda okuqukethwe okufushane, okubukwayo. Ukusetshenziswa kweDance Afrika kwezinkundla ezifana ne-Instagram ne-YouTube kuhambisana nale nkambiso, okwenza ilebula ikwazi ukubandakanya izethameli ezisencane ngempumelelo.
Ikusasa Eliqhakazile Lomculo Wokudansa waseNingizimu Afrika
Njengoba iDance Afrika iqhubeka nokukhula, umthelela wayo embungulweni yomculo waseNingizimu Afrika awunakuphikwa. Ngokuhlanganisa ubuqiniso bamasiko nobuchwepheshe obusungulayo, ilebula ayigcini nje ngokuphakamisa amaciko ngabanye kodwa futhi ichaza kabusha indlela umculo wase-Afrika obonwa ngayo emhlabeni wonke. Ukuzibophezela kwayo ekufakweni kwezinto zonke, njengoba kugqanyiswe ngesikhathi somcimbi we-Soundboard we-Spotify, kuqinisekisa ukuthi amazwi ahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa lawo abaculi besifazane kanye nemiphakathi engameleli kahle, ayakhuliswa.
Uma sibheka phambili, iDance Afrika ihlela ukwandisa ukufinyelela kwayo ngokusebenzisana kwamazwe omhlaba kanye nemikhosi, yakhela phezu kwempumelelo yemicimbi efana ne-Milk + Cookies Music Week South Africa, ebonise amaciko afana no-Uncle Waffles no-DBN Gogo. Ngokukhuthaza inethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke yabadali kanye nokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ukuvala izikhala zendawo, iDance Afrika ibeka indlela yenkathi entsha yomculo wokudansa waseNingizimu Afrika.
Ezweni lapho umculo uyisibonakaliso esinamandla sobunikazi nokuqina, iDance Afrika imele njengesibani sobuchwepheshe kanye nethemba. Njengoba iqhubeka nokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe ukuze inikeze amandla amaciko, ilebula ayigcini nje ngokubumba ikusasa lomculo wokudansa—iyachaza kabusha ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba ngumculi waseNingizimu Afrika ngo-2025.
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