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is a South African artist (dancer, choreographer, writer and activist). She holds her Bachelor of Arts in English and anthropology from the University of Pretoria. She moved to Budapest, Hungary in 2019, where she joined DART Dance Company's student program, completing it in 2020. She continued to work as a freelance dance artist and writer in Budapest until 2022 having worked with local and international artists. Moving to Germany to pursue her MA, she has continued to expand her artistic practice. Traversing through film, music mixing/DJane-ing, and poetry, she has most recently performed at the Makhanda National Arts Festival in Makhanda, South Africa (alongside collaborator and friend Andres Martinez), Femme Festival in Giessen, Germany, and her work has been shown at the International Theater Frauen Festival in Frankfurt, Germany and Winterfeft festival in Frankfurt, Germany. Her writing has been featured in several art and literature zines. She is currently a member of the HATCHED Ensemble cast (choreographer - Mamela Nyamza). She has performed for choreographers such as Joana Ferraz (BR) and Tamra Chase (USA), and is a frequent collaborator with Andres Martinez (CR) and Roberta Ceginskaite (IR/LT).