Sumalgy Nuro

I am a dancer and musician born in Maputo, Mozambique. Currently I live in Cape Town, South Africa, where I am studying in the Postgraduate Programme in African Music Instruments in performance at the University of Cape Town.

Since 2005 I have been developing my understanding of music and dance by taking part in various apprenticeships, both traditional and contemporary, as well as working as dancer, musician, teacher and choreographer in numerous projects, performances and spectacles in different countries.

These opportunities have given me a space both for learning and for sharing with various artists and audiences. Close to my heart is a personal investment in the upliftment of young people and artists in vulnerable spaces. I believe that music and dance are forms of expression that nurture cultural identity and effect change in the world.

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EXPERIENCE

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As a dancer and musician I have been part of the cast of companies such as Associacao Socio Cultural Horizonte Azul (ASCHA), Matola Music and Dance Company, as well as Kozmoz, in association with ballerina Fernanda Scheidegger. Nucleo de Juvens Criadores (NJC) and UCT Ibuyambo Orchestra. I have also worked with the choreographers Idio Chichava, Thalia Laric, Manuela Tessi, Antanasio Nyusi, Zacarias Mahumane Lulu Sala, Linda Wardal, Abel Fumo. Musicians such as Dizzu Platjies, Dylan Tabisher, Lucy Strauss, Matchume Zango, Vintani Nafassi, Ben Brown, Coila Enderstein and others. In 2013 I composed the student body of MoNo Pedagogical University in Mozambique and later participated in the exchange program held by the Culture School of Fredrikstad Norway, where I studied and worked in dance, theatre performance and music. I have taught traditional Mozambican dance, contemporary dance, percussion and music at institutions such as the French International School (Maputo) Dance for All. IKAPA Foundation, CAFDA, Project Play Ground, Ithemba Labantu Outreach (Cape Town) and Kulturskolen I Fredrikstad, Barn Hungdmus Tjome and kids from a refugee centre in Mosjoen (Norway). In Maputo I created the Chamanculo C Music & Dance Academy project, which promoted classes and training in dance and music for young people in a state of vulnerability. My more recent experience, notably in South Africa and Mozambique, has included working with professionals and students and youth, as performer, director and process coordinator in theatre productions, online multi-disciplinary presentations and explorative workshops that mix contemporary and traditional expressions.

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