Lee van der Merwe
Cape Town, South Africa
Dance Artist · Singer / Vocalist · Actor (Theatre) · Choreographer
connectionsAbout • Biography
Lee van der Merwe is a multidisciplinary performer, creator, and teacher. A 2016 graduate of the Cape Academy of Performing Arts, she received the “Top Student” award. From 2013–2017, she danced with the Cape Dance Company, creating notable works like Sun – The Rite of Passage and A Portrait of Us. Some notable productions including LACED (2018) West Side Story (2018), Kinky Boots (2019), Minerva (2023), Flughafen (2023), and the short film The Date (2023). In 2023, she wrote, choreographed, and produced three dance films and launched ‘ChoreoLab,’ a collaborative workshop space. In 2024, she created AFTER DARK for ACDC’s Dance Intersect and reimagined it as the production, FREE FALL (2025).
Lee van der Merwe
Cape Town, South Africa
Dance Artist · Singer / Vocalist · Actor (Theatre) · Choreographer
connectionsAbout • Biography
Lee van der Merwe is a multidisciplinary performer, creator, and teacher. A 2016 graduate of the Cape Academy of Performing Arts, she received the “Top Student” award. From 2013–2017, she danced with the Cape Dance Company, creating notable works like Sun – The Rite of Passage and A Portrait of Us. Some notable productions including LACED (2018) West Side Story (2018), Kinky Boots (2019), Minerva (2023), Flughafen (2023), and the short film The Date (2023). In 2023, she wrote, choreographed, and produced three dance films and launched ‘ChoreoLab,’ a collaborative workshop space. In 2024, she created AFTER DARK for ACDC’s Dance Intersect and reimagined it as the production, FREE FALL (2025).