Manthe Ribane is an artist, performer, and musician based in South Africa and the Creative Director at 113 Studios. ''OkayAfrica'' described her as a "master of
Afrofuturism
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" in her style and aesthetic.
''Dazed'' wrote that, of the many performance mediums for which Ribane is known, her dance was her "most imaginative and magnetic".
Well-known in South Africa's dance scene, she has mastered styles including
pantsula,
crumping, and
voguing
Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. It is inspired by the poses of models in fashion magazines.
It gained mainstream exposure whe ...
. She danced for
Die Antwoord
Die Antwoord (; ) is a South African hip hop duo formed in Cape Town in 2008. The duo consists of rappers Ninja and Yolandi Visser (also spelled Yo-Landi Visser and stylized as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er). Their music, a fusion of hip hop with rave mu ...
on tour. In 2019, she choreographed ''La Maison Noir: The Gift And The Curse'', a visual novel by
Petite Noir.
As a musician, Ribane has collaborated with rapper
Spoek Mathambo
Nthato Monde James Mokgata (born 14 May 1985), known by his stage name Spoek Mathambo, is a South African artist, producer, singer-songwriter and rapper. Mathambo rose to fame in the late 2000s with his fusion of a wide array of musical influence ...
. With
Hyperdub
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producer
Okzharp
Gervase Gordon better known as, OKZharp is a South African music producer and DJ.
Early life and career
Alongside his previous partners in the UK-based trio, LV, he also helped produce the single "Boomslang" which featured rapper Okmalumkoolkat ...
, she released a
gqom
Gqom () (igqomu (), gqom tech, sgubhu, 3-step or G.Q.O.M) is an African electronic dance music genre and subgenre of house music, that emerged in the early 2010s from Durban, South Africa, pioneered and innovated by Record producer, music produce ...
EP in 2016 and a debut
R&B-influenced album, ''Closer Apart'', in 2018.
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1980s births
South African artists
South African musicians
South African female dancers
South African dancers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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