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Dance Break, The East Africa Edit: Skillz Dance Fest 12-15 Nov 2025 The Skillz Dance Fest (SDF) is an annual contemporary dance festival in Kampala, Uganda, that gathers dancers from across East Africa. Celebrating styles like Breaking, Krump, Afro-House, and Hip Hop, SDF hosts events for both individual dancers and crews. For nine years, the festival's mission has been to place East African dancers on the world map. Through showcases, performances, workshops, and tours, SDF

Dance in East Africa is predominantly characterised by self-training. When the infrastructure to grow in dance relies on you, the movements of your individual human body; the pressure and demands can be high. The same is true for the Festival makers who in turn, by trial and error, create spaces that respect and listen to the artist/ dance maker. As Roz Marie powerfully says we need to become our own ‘service providers’ which applies to the festival maker, dancer, choreograph

Artist Credit: The Most High 1.1, Natasha Karungi, 2021 @kashushu My participation in the recent Kampala edition of the Kampala...