Andile Vellem

Choreographer and performer Andile Vellem attended the Open Air School Hall in Durban, later joining the Tshwaragano In-Touch Integrated Dance Project in 2000. His training includes acting, contemporary dance and improvisation. In 2005, he joined Remix Dance Company, touring nationally and internationally with works by Hellen Kaz (USA), Ina Mogane, Adam Benjamin, Mpho Mselela, Jay Pather, Jacqueline Dommisse and Tossie van Tonder, Jaco Bouwer, Gerda Konig (Germany), Malcolm Black, Neo Muyanga and Ina Mogane, David Toole and Lucy Hinds (UK), Faniswa Yisa, Sharon Watson and Mark Store (UK).

Andile has taught and led workshops in different schools and colleges in the Western Cape and KZN, and has collaborated with a wide range of artists. He has also facilitated workshops at schools and universities in the USA. He is one of the founding members of the Mixibility Network, and is a co-founder and Artistic Director of the Un-mute Dance Company.

Infecting The City 2015 work:

Un-mute