Motshidisi Manyeneng

Motshidisi currently lectures costume theory and practice at the Tshwane University of Technology. His research work focuses mainly on African traditional performance costume. He presented at the TUT IKS conference and published a paper on Zulu indlamu dance costume with DEFSA in 2019. Motshidisi holds a master’s degree in performing arts technology, specialising in costume and construction from Tshwane University of Technology, and is currently enrolled for his doctoral degree in performing arts at the same institution. With a very widespread industry costuming experience and two Naledi Award best costume designer nominations to his name, Motshidisi is a creative costume designer with extensive experience in designing, developing and managing costumes for world-famous plays and musicals. His work as a costumer includes some of the world’s leading theatre shows such as Disney’s Lion King (South Africa and Taiwan), Beauty and the Beast (South Africa), A New Song, Lion and the Jewel, Kwezi and Tsogo.