THULANI CHAUKE

South African performing artist, choreographer and dancer based in Johannesburg. In 2009 he joined Moving into Dance Mophatong as trainer and company member. In 2014 he created his first solo work Black Dog, performed at several festivals, followed by Swan Late and The Letter. In 2017 he co-founded Broken Borders Arts Project, a performing arts company. He has collaborated with William Kentridge and ‘The Centre for the Less Good Idea’ on History of the Main Complaint (2017), The Head & the Load (2017, 2018, 2019), Waiting for the Sibyl (2019), and has performed works by internationally acclaimed choreographers. In 2025 he created the immersive film installation The Shadow of Space, transforming shadow and silhouette theatre into a living performanceenvironment. He is now developing UM[LAND]O, a one-hander contemporary dance-theatre work. Blending traditional and contemporary movement, live music and spoken word, it explores severance from soil and identity. He recently completed research residencies at ‘The Centre for the Less Good Idea’ and the University of Johannesburg.