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Itumeleng Hlapane
Itumeleng Hlapane founder and Executive Director at Business Education and Arts Mentorship, Converse Seeding Subject (Brand Ambassador), a qualified dance performer, choreographer and teacher with more than 10 years of experience in the performing arts sphere with numerous awards under his name as a dancer and choreographer
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Show profile Hide profileItumeleng Hlapane founder and Executive Director at Business Education and Arts Mentorship, Converse Seeding Subject (Brand Ambassador), a qualified dance performer, choreographer and teacher with more than 10 years of experience in the performing arts sphere with numerous awards under his name as a dancer and choreographer including best male dancer at the Freedom Tree Arts Festival, FNB Dance Umbrella and Gauteng MEC for most promising male dancer in contemporary style for 2007-2008.
Having to choreograph for an international reality TV dance show like So You Think You Can Dance and co-choreographed award ceremonies such as South African Film Television Awards, KORA All Music Awards amongst others with Harold Van Buuren makes him one of the most decorated and talented choreographer in this country. His choreographic success saw him appointed by Converse as Converse Seeding Subject (Brand Ambassador). These accolades make him one of South Africa's most decorated top choreographer/dancer and social entrepreneurship who has been making waves is the dance scene and creative industry in general
Turning to social entrepreneurship:
With his dream to develop and improve the quality of creative industry/performing arts in community groups, Itumeleng founded a Non Profit Organisation with a Tax Exemption, Business Education and Arts Mentorship "BEAM" an organisation with a primary objective of providing youth with an interesting programme that will educate, develop, enlighten, grow, inspire and promote their individuality as future responsible social entrepreneurs in creative industry and positive role models.
"I have a serious concern about the development of creative arts in South Africa, in my career I have had the opportunity to work with community groups with such an amazing talent but unfortunately the lack of understanding of business is what really kills their talent, they are not registered therefore they are not recognized by funding bodies and corporate companies which makes it difficult to acquire funds to sustain their organisations and some have never written proposals before, with BEAM we are hoping to help as many organisations as possible across the country " Itumeleng Hlapane
Itumeleng is no stranger to business, in 2008 he started an entertainment close corporation Rhythm Arts Dimension which provided entertainment services to event companies and theatre productions and booked high profile performers and programme directors for top events In 2010 he opened a coffee shop "SHAPE" an exclusive coffee shop & event studio on a beautiful ROOF TOP of Motsepe Architects that opens up to a graceful skyline of Jozi inner-city. This jazzy & poetic coffee shop is becoming the most popular hot spot in Joburg for local celebrities from musicians, actors, dancers and young business people.
To further his social entrepreneurship qualifications he is currently on a one year intensive leadership programme (Common Purpose Leadership) under Meridian selected as one of the most influential leaders and ground breakers around Gauteng paid for by Rand Merchant Bank who have been supporting the organisation since its inception with the development and education of BEAM office bearers.
Itumeleng Hlapane founder and Executive Director at Business Education and Arts Mentorship, Converse Seeding Subject (Brand Ambassador), a qualified dance performer, choreographer and teacher with more than 10 years of experience in the performing arts sphere with numerous awards under his name as a dancer and choreographer including best male dancer at the Freedom Tree Arts Festival, FNB Dance Umbrella and Gauteng MEC for most promising male dancer in contemporary style for 2007-2008.
Having to choreograph for an international reality TV dance show like So You Think You Can Dance and co-choreographed award ceremonies such as South African Film Television Awards, KORA All Music Awards amongst others with Harold Van Buuren makes him one of the most decorated and talented choreographer in this country. His choreographic success saw him appointed by Converse as Converse Seeding Subject (Brand Ambassador). These accolades make him one of South Africa's most decorated top choreographer/dancer and social entrepreneurship who has been making waves is the dance scene and creative industry in general
Turning to social entrepreneurship:
With his dream to develop and improve the quality of creative industry/performing arts in community groups, Itumeleng founded a Non Profit Organisation with a Tax Exemption, Business Education and Arts Mentorship "BEAM" an organisation with a primary objective of providing youth with an interesting programme that will educate, develop, enlighten, grow, inspire and promote their individuality as future responsible social entrepreneurs in creative industry and positive role models.
"I have a serious concern about the development of creative arts in South Africa, in my career I have had the opportunity to work with community groups with such an amazing talent but unfortunately the lack of understanding of business is what really kills their talent, they are not registered therefore they are not recognized by funding bodies and corporate companies which makes it difficult to acquire funds to sustain their organisations and some have never written proposals before, with BEAM we are hoping to help as many organisations as possible across the country " Itumeleng Hlapane
Itumeleng is no stranger to business, in 2008 he started an entertainment close corporation Rhythm Arts Dimension which provided entertainment services to event companies and theatre productions and booked high profile performers and programme directors for top events In 2010 he opened a coffee shop "SHAPE" an exclusive coffee shop & event studio on a beautiful ROOF TOP of Motsepe Architects that opens up to a graceful skyline of Jozi inner-city. This jazzy & poetic coffee shop is becoming the most popular hot spot in Joburg for local celebrities from musicians, actors, dancers and young business people.
To further his social entrepreneurship qualifications he is currently on a one year intensive leadership programme (Common Purpose Leadership) under Meridian selected as one of the most influential leaders and ground breakers around Gauteng paid for by Rand Merchant Bank who have been supporting the organisation since its inception with the development and education of BEAM office bearers.
