Mthuthuzeli November is a South African choreographer, a rising star based in London who’s starting to get a lot of attention. And we are excited to be premiering his latest work New York - commissioned by Gibney Company - at Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur outside Montreal, Canada.

November’s natural, elemental, or even primal movement integrates two distinctive creative styles. 

The first is street dancing, which gave November his start and led to a scholarship at Cape Academy of Performing Arts. 

The second is ballet, where November learned his classical vocabulary, having danced and choreographed for Ballet Black. 

His choreography can be described as natural, grounded or organic. His dance is marked by a very humanistic style that is unfettered, free of the traditional constraints of ballet. He is also creating the music, an original score, for this Gibney piece. 

You can see Gibney Company perform this work in 2024 at Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur on July 24, 2024.

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Mthuthuzeli November / Official Site