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🎉 Meet our Artistic Director & Founder🎉

ELZANNE FIELDS

Elzanne Fields studied at the Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, where she completed her National Diploma in Dance as a Ballet major.

She performed as a principal dancer with Bovim Ballet, Cape Dance Company, and South African National Dance Trust and as a soloist dancer with Joburg Ballet and Free Flight Dance Co.
Elzanne also produced, choreographed, directed, and performed in ‘HOPE,’ a fundraising event for South African orphans in collaboration with Young Blood Art Gallery.

Elzanne has worked with national and international choreographers from the USA, Sweden, Canada, Netherlands, and Spain.
She was employed in South Africa by various dance companies, including Tshwane Dance Theatre, Ballet Theatre African, South African Ballet Theatre (later Joburg Ballet), Darkroom Contemporary, and The Fugard Theatre.
During her employment at Tshwane Dance Theatre, her choreographic works for the company began her reputation as “one of the new and upcoming South African choreographers,” as reviewed by critics. Her accomplishments as a choreographer continued when another work, ‘Five,’ was invited to YAGP Finals NY 2020 and won outstanding ensemble at Icon Dance Awards, Ballet Competiotion 2020.

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#ballet #yeshuaballettheatre #principaldancer #dance #dancingforjesus #contemporary #dancer #ballerina #balletcompany #comingsoon

📷 : @aven.haus taken in Austin, Texas by @elzannefields

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Something has been building for a while now.

I haven’t said much about it publicly, because I wanted to be sure.

But it’s real. It’s happening.

And it’s the most meaningful thing I’ve done with dance in a very long time.

More soon. 💛 by @elzannefields

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They trained in South Africa.

They built careers on separate continents.

They wound up in Austin.

And on June 13, Elzanne Fields, Andile Ndlovu, and Rachelle D'Artnall share a stage for the first time.

Three artists who have each, in their own way, given their whole lives to understanding what dance can do to a person, and given that understanding back to the people they teach and the communities they serve.

This is a once-in-a-long-time evening.

We are so proud that Austin gets to be the room where it happens.'

The last seats are going → luma.com/7qmyqxen

#FaithHopeLove #TheReunion #SouthAfrican #AustinBallet Fait, Hope, & Love dance and ballet performance guest star performers from South Africa, Andile Ndlovu of Washington Ballet, Elzanne Fields, Redeeming Dance founder and Rachelle D'artnall, Ubrella project founder and dance mental health and empowerment coach come together at Redeeming Dance in Austin, TX to rehearse for this special performance happening on Saturday June 13th at LifeFamily Meuller. Ticket link in description. Proceeds benefit human trafficking rescue efforts and survivors. taken in Redeeming Dance by @elzannefields

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Faith, Hope, Love premiers this weekend! Are you coming?? by @elzannefields

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Day #2 of Rehearsals with my Andile friend.

I haven’t done Pas work in almost 10years. First attempt at running this section with music… work in process! Can’t wait to see where this will be by the end of the week!

I’ve been in the studio now for two weeks, this is week three. Ballet is such an incredible teacher. I’ve learned so much from ballet through this process, so many deep soul and spiritual lessons that I’ve needed to help me to grow. Dance truly is healing!

I am so grateful to King Jesus for giving me this opportunity to dance again! Thank you Bev for coaching us & my Andile friend for saying yes. I love dancing with you!

What a gift it is do do this again 🤍

@beeabee57
@zuzu_nx

#danceishealing #ballet #hardwork #allworthit #kingjesus #balletatx #balletaustin by @elzannefields

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The name Redeeming Dance was never just a name.
It was born from a story.

Some studios describe what they do. Redeeming Dance describes why it exists.
Long before there was a studio in Austin, before there were recitals, performances, and generations of students discovering their love of dance, there was a young dancer in South Africa learning a lesson that would shape the rest of her life:

Excellence and perfection are not the same thing.

Perfection promises arrival.

Excellence invites growth.

Perfection says, be flawless.

Excellence says, be faithful to the process.

For years, Elzanne Fields pursued excellence at the highest levels of her craft.
She trained as a ballet major at Tshwane University of Technology and performed as Soloist and Principle dancers with some of South Africa's leading dance companies, including Bovim Ballet, Cape Dance Company, the South African National Dance Trust, and Joburg Ballet. She went on to choreograph award-winning works, teach elite young dancers, and build a reputation as one of South Africa's rising choreographic voices.

But the accomplishments aren't what built Redeeming Dance. The philosophy did.

Because somewhere along the way, dance became more than a profession.

It became a place of restoration.
A reminder that growth matters more than perfection.

That beauty can emerge from pressure.

That grace and discipline can coexist.

When Elzanne founded Redeeming Dance, she built it around that belief.
A studio where students are challenged to pursue excellence without losing their joy.

A place where artistry and character grow together.
A community where every dancer is reminded that their worth is not measured by a score, a title, or a flawless performance.

And now, on June 13, the woman who has spent years pouring into others steps back onto the stage herself.

Not simply as a teacher.
Not simply as a director.
But as an artist.
A performer.

A living reminder of the message at the heart of everything we do:

The goal was never perfection.
The goal was always excellence.
The goal was always transformation.
And as her Redeeming Dance family, we couldn't be more proud to celebrate this moment with her.
🔽 taken in Redeeming Dance by @elzannefields

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What a gift it was to dance for King Jesus at Open Door Church in Burleson TX. Thank you Papa Troy for blessing me with this gift! It was such an honor to share the stage with you and your team! Thank you for reminding me of how good and glorious our King Jesus is!

Troy Brewer Dr. Leanna Brewer OpenDoor Church Redeeming Dance

#faith #hope #love #danceworship #danceishealing by @elzannefields

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Experience the extraordinary journey of Andile Ndlovu, a dancer who defies expectations and reshapes possibilities. From the townships of Soweto to international stages, Andile's blend of classical ballet and expressive physical language is a sight to behold. Join us in Austin on June 13th for an intimate performance where every detail of his artistry comes alive. Don't miss this rare chance to witness world-class ballet up close!

Reserve tickets here: https://luma.com/7qmyqxen

Proceeds benefit Answer International in the fight against human trafficking.

#AndileNdlovu #Ballet #AustinArts #RedeemingDance by @elzannefields

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"She Spent 25 Years Dancing. Then She Started Asking Different Questions."

Rachelle D'Artnall has trained, competed and performed professionally for more than 25 years.

South Africa. Dubai. Australia. Los Angeles. The United States.

She has danced on major stages, worked with internationally recognized artists, and built a career many young dancers dream about.

But beneath the performances, another story was unfolding.

Like many dancers, Rachelle wrestled with pressure, perfectionism, anxiety, and the feeling that her worth was somehow tied to how well she performed.

The more she experienced it in herself, and saw it in dancers around her, the more curious she became.

Why do dancers carry so much internally?

Why does movement affect us so deeply?

And why does dance seem capable of reaching places that words alone sometimes cannot?

That curiosity led her into Sport Science and Sport Psychology, where she began studying the relationship between performance, the nervous system, mindset, and human behavior.

What she discovered changed the course of her life.

Today, Rachelle is the founder of Umbrella Project, a mental empowerment platform for dancers built around a simple belief: dancers should be supported not only as performers, but as human beings.

Her work explores how movement shapes identity, how nervous system regulation affects learning and performance, and how resilience, self-awareness, and emotional wellbeing can be developed with the same intentionality as technique.

She still dances.

But now she understands something she spent years living before she could explain it:

Dance doesn't only train the body.

It shapes the person.

On June 13, Rachelle joins Elzanne Fields and Andile Ndlovu at Faith, Hope & Love in Austin.

Three South Africans.

Three extraordinary artists.

Three stories that remind us that dance is about far more than what happens on stage.

On June 13, Rachelle joins Elzanne Fields and Andile Ndlovu at Faith, Hope & Love in Austin.

Three South Africans.

Three extraordinary artists.

Three stories that remind us that dance is about far more than what happens on stage.

Tickets: luma.com/7qmyqxen · June 13 · 5:00 PM by @elzannefields

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'He Was Told Ballet Wasn't For Him. He Became the First South African Nominated for the Ballet Oscar.'

In the 1990s, in the Soweto townships of Johannesburg, a boy became obsessed with ballet.

This was not, by any cultural measure, a reasonable thing to be.

Ballet was not for Black South Africans.

It was not for men from his neighborhood.

It was not accessible, it was not encouraged, and it was not — according to virtually everyone around him — realistic.

He trained anyway.

Andile Ndlovu began serious ballet training at fifteen under Martin Schöenberg, director of Ballet Theatre Afrikan.

At seventeen, he was discovered at a South African competition.

The Washington Ballet — one of America's most prestigious dance companies — offered him a scholarship.

He went.

He spent over a decade as an artist, dancer, choreographer, and artistic contributor to The Washington Ballet.

He has performed lead roles in Don Quixote and Swan Lake.

He has choreographed original works — Something Human, Mvulu, B1 — for the company.

He blends classical technique with traditional African movement and contemporary storytelling in ways that have stopped international audiences cold.

In 2018, at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, he was nominated for the Benois de la danse — widely known as the Ballet Oscar.

He was the first South African dancer in history to receive that honor.

This June, Andile Ndlovu is coming to Austin.

He will perform Grand Pas Classique alongside our founder, Elzanne Fields — a South African colleague and fellow artist — at LifeFamily Mueller on June 13.

This is an intimate venue.

This is one night only.

And this is genuinely one of the most remarkable dancers performing in the world today.

Come witness it.

Tickets: luma.com/7qmyqxen · $35 GA · $60 VIP Front Row

#AndileNdlovu #WashingtonBallet #BalletOscar #FaithHopeLove #AustinBallet #FromSowetoToTheStage #Ballet #RedeemingArts taken in Redeeming Dance by @elzannefields

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‘She Named the Studio After What Dance Did For Her’

People ask me why I called it Redeeming Dance.

The answer is not complicated. It’s just hard to say out loud. The short version is God chose the name.

I went through something that took a great deal from me. I won’t detail all of it here. But I will say this: there was a version of my life where the damage was permanent. Where the things that had been taken stayed gone. Where the person I might have become stayed buried under what had happened.

Dance did not let that happen.

It gave me a standard to strive toward that was about beauty and grace, not about survival. Through dance something in me that had been broken began to knit back together.

I built Redeeming Dance because I am not the only one who needed that.

I have watched it happen in my students. I have seen a child walk in unable to make eye contact and walk out months later shining with confidence. I’ve seen adult students in tears of pride and joy at having accomplished something they’d only dreamed was possible for them–because they saw themselves in the mirror and saw a dancer-not an imposter. I have seen adults who had stopped believing they were worth investing in discover that they were. I have seen what consistent, intentional, loving instruction does to a person over time.

It redeems them. Like it redeemed me.

On June 13, for the first time in many years, I am stepping onto a stage.

I am dancing Grand Pas Classique — one of the most technically demanding pas de deux in classical ballet — with my friend and colleague Andile Ndlovu of The Washington Ballet. We trained together in South Africa. And alongside Rachelle Dartnall, who has spent her career building the science of what dance does for the human mind and soul & the dancers of Redeeming Dance.

Three South Africans. One stage. One cause.

Proceeds go to Answer International—in direct support of the fight against human and child trafficking and toward a scholarship fund for dancers in Austin.

Would love for you to be in room!

June 13 · 5:00 PM · LifeFamily Mueller, Austin TX
Tickets: luma.com/7qmyqxen

#Austinballet #faithhopelove #danceheals #redemption by @elzannefields

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