Mophato Dance Theatre in New York

The ensemble is representing the country at the event, which is New York City’s longest running public festival. The ensemble left for the United States of America (USA) yesterday for the weeklong festival. They have also collaborated with the ILove Botswana Ensemble for the tour.

“Mophato Dance Theatre has been invited to represent Botswana at the Battery Dance International Festival in New York. The festival attracts an audience of 10,000 and hosts more than 10 countries across the world this year. Botswana is the only African country invited as well as the first African country to be honoured with a day, that will be covered by the New York Times,” said the Mophato Dance Theater publicity team.