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My name is Miles Ncube. I am a professional dancer born and bred in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, currently living in London. Hloseni Arts is a premier Zimbabwean and Southern African cultural dance company based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. As an ensemble, we hold 4 NAMA Awards, which is the National Arts Merits Awards for best dancers, outstanding dance company, and 1 international award from Algeria for outstanding combination between music and dance, in which out of 35 countries we came 2nd. One among many of our highlights is the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where we engaged in cultural exchanges with participants from neighboring and international countries. This company was formed in the late 90s as an initiative to impart relational skills, support, and education to less privileged children in high-density suburbs of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. In those days, most of the children living in these areas could not afford to go to school as a result of poverty and other socio-economic issues. Therefore, there was a need to support these children through teaching them dance plays in contemporary and cultural music and dance. This helped them raise money for either tuition fees, uniforms, stationery, or groceries by performing in local primary schools around Bulawayo for a minimum charge, concurrently raising the awareness of every child's right to education.
Hloseni means "aim," derived from the ambitious aim to give the less privileged children a platform where they could learn and explore not in academia but at least through movement and embodying the qualities; the experience of cultural dance. Now the children I am talking about are in their early and mid-30s, still in the same dance company as most of them could not attend school but have at least 20 years of experience in cultural dance, and it's their source of income. The dancers have hope in their dance life that someday they will get a reward for such intense training and teaching for all these years, considering the difficulties in gaining income from it. I joined this company when I was about 16 and still at secondary school. I lived with them and was inspired by their technique and style of dancing, and there is no other I have seen in Zimbabwe that dances like them, although at the end of it all, it's cultural dance and everyone knows it. It's pure untamed talent, artistry, and the spirit of Ubuntu. My training made me a part of them and still is, which is why I still try very hard to expose our dance company in the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally for exposure and job opportunities. Here in London, my specialty is in African-Contemporary dance, and I am currently studying Dance Teaching and Learning for all ages at Trinity Laban, London, and doing marketing on behalf of Hloseni Arts Ensemble.
Hloseni means "aim," derived from the ambitious aim to give the less privileged children a platform where they could learn and explore not in academia but at least through movement and embodying the qualities; the experience of cultural dance. Now the children I am talking about are in their early and mid-30s, still in the same dance company as most of them could not attend school but have at least 20 years of experience in cultural dance, and it's their source of income. The dancers have hope in their dance life that someday they will get a reward for such intense training and teaching for all these years, considering the difficulties in gaining income from it. I joined this company when I was about 16 and still at secondary school. I lived with them and was inspired by their technique and style of dancing, and there is no other I have seen in Zimbabwe that dances like them, although at the end of it all, it's cultural dance and everyone knows it. It's pure untamed talent, artistry, and the spirit of Ubuntu. My training made me a part of them and still is, which is why I still try very hard to expose our dance company in the United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally for exposure and job opportunities. Here in London, my specialty is in African-Contemporary dance, and I am currently studying Dance Teaching and Learning for all ages at Trinity Laban, London, and doing marketing on behalf of Hloseni Arts Ensemble.
