The MYD Show – Discussing Tolerance with Tulimelila Shityuwete

Tulimelila Shityuwete, was selected to be one of the Young African Leaders who attended the Mandela Washington Fellowship in America. She is well known as a remarkable Namibian dancer. Tuli works in Human Rights and Development. This dynamic woman joins us for this episode of the MYD Show to talk empathy as the key in tolerance and acceptance.   Take a listen …

The Movement in the Song

Always reinventing as a way to ensure that the up and coming vocal talent of Namibia gets exposure to the stage, Song Night is back with their first event for 2018, titled the Love Movement. An ever-supportive space for undiscovered artists, Song Night this year boasts new artists, a new venue and a new Master of Ceremonies along with the …

The Benefit of the Melody

Music has been attributed with healing powers since ancient times, with even Hippocrates, considered the founder of medicine, having been known to use music as part of his treatment plan for patients. Today, science has backed up the belief in the healing properties of song and confirmed melodies psychological and physiological effects, with reputable institutions such as Harvard Medical School …

Bliss in African Beat

Namibia’s Premier African contemporary dance company, First Rain Dance Theatre, will this Friday be once again capturing our imagination through dance. This time as they partner up with the FNCC’s Dancing Cocktail event. Making this a night never to be forgotten, award-winning choreographer Haymich Olivier and international dance sensation Tulimelila Shityuwete will not only be entertaining the audience through their uniquely choreographed pieces, but …

Talking About a Resolution Revolution

“Being a master of your own destiny is the coolest – it is not easy to really dedicate ourselves to sustained change, but achieving discipline and control is an immeasurably wonderful feeling.” Proving that life is a dance worth dancing is Namibia’s own dancer extraordinaire, Tulimelila Shityuwete, the Co-Founder and Director at First Rain Dance Theatre. 99FM’s MYD Art spoke …

Dance, the Powerful Language of the Soul

  Tulimelila Shityuwete and Hamish Olivier had a dream of a place where dancers can practise, learn and be themselves through dance. This seemed like a dream that would stay a dream for many years to come but one morning Tulimelila decided that this place was needed now and within the space of three months the first Namibian dance studio …