Preface / Sharon Friedman -- Acknowledgements / Sharon Friedman -- Cape Town City Ballet: conserving the voice of classical ballet / Elizabeth Triegaardt -- Ballet Blanc to Ballet Black: performing whiteness in post-apartheid South African dance / Steven van Wyk -- Voicing the unspoken: culturally connecting race, gender and nation in women's choreographic and dance practices in post-apartheid South Africa / Lliane Loots -- Lost meaning-new traditions: shaping identity in the "new" South Africa: an overview of social traditional African dance in South African townships / Maxwell Xolani Rani -- The impact of the tourist gaze on the voice of South African contemporary dance / Sharon Friedman -- Gate-crashing prejudices and perceptions: the enduring legacy of arts and dance festivals in post-apartheid South Africa / Adrienne Sichel -- Left feet first: dancing disability / Gerard M Samuel -- Community in concert: transformation, development and community dance / Kristina Johnstone -- Contributors.