Mmakgosi Kgabi a.k.a Ouma is a founding member of Motherbox Organisation for Co-Operation in the Arts. The grandmother soul of multiple-qualification. They completed her MA in Solo Dance and Authorship at HZT, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch (HfS) in cooperation with TanzRaumBerlin, a network of the professional dance scene, in 2019. Kgabi’s research proposal was to approach language as a choreography/dance, the mouth as the dancer opening up a possibility to move closer to the ‘dance’ which in turn moving closer to ‘language.’
‘‘If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk, you can sing’’ Sophie Mgcina.
Mmakgosi has a broad portfolio engaging in work as a Writer, Dramarturg and Voice Artist with a keen interest in Acting for the Camera. Kgabi is a trained actress, performance facilitator, and also a physical theatre and improvisation performer and also trained with Causing a Scene(JHB), Performance of a Lifetime(POAL-NYC), and Clowns Without Borders South Africa(CWBSA). Mmakgosi’s BA was Theatre at Rhodes University with Choreography, Dance Repetoire and Acting as their majors and also Economics for 6 Semesters. Mmakgosi has developed her skills in the Industry, both in South Africa and Internationally as an on Screen Actor and a Stage Actor. Mmakgosi Kgabi also excels in organisation, logistics and fixing of projects and events and is currently working in the Hebbel-am-Ufer (HAU) Production Office in Berlin.