GYC Culture Factory

Our Story

Nomatlou Mahlangu founded the Golden Youth Club project in 2001 as a non-profit organization in the garage of her parents in the township area of Winterveld. GYC is a young dynamic project with a passionate vision to make performing arts more accessible to audiences in South Africa and across the world. Golden Youth Club is constantly exploring new creative ways of bringing out the true essence of education in schools and also in communities. We always focused on issues that affect our leaners on their daily lives. We reflect on them and turn thoughts into artistic performance –whether it’s a song, a dance or a play. Our aim is to convey that, regardless of where you come from, there is one language we can all understand. We do not need to speak to the same tongue. Art send the message to everyone, from one end of the globe to other. GYC is composed in Performing Art and Peer-Leader International projects, which creates a nurturing environment that encourages cross-cultural exchange and celebrates the versatility of the human spirit.

Performing art project

These project constantly exploring new creative ways of bringing out the true essence of traditional dances. It has evolved its own distinct style of presentation by fusing ethnic and modern genres of dancing. Its musical compositions are confluence of South African traditions and culture. Each dance composition is carefully crafted with intricate detailing in synchronization, choreography pattern, thematic costumes and suitable light & stage effects. It is multi-awarded and globally esteemed project it has maintained the wonderful work that the performers continue to carry out at grassroots level. Since 2002 this project has diverse repertoire of work under its extensive portfolio combining the best in Gauteng and North West (Winterveld, Soshanguve, Garankuwe, Itsoseng-Hebron and Vosloorus)

Tourism

To promote a conducive environment for economic opportunities for youth in the tourism sector by promoting cultural activities, clothing, arts and craft as well as art vision.

Aim

Train the youth voluntarily to minimize the high crime rate in our community avoid teenage pregnancy by exploring their talent through theatre. Create jobs through performing art.

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Vision

To become one of the integral leading South African group. Whilst appreciating and maintaining a diversity of culture.
To provide a mechanism through the strategic development of the arts whereby disadvantaged youth are helped to become part of the reconstruction process in South Africa.

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Mission statement

To provide people a centered education and training in performing art to unemployed youth in order to develop their income generating skills and open up opportunities for further learning.

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Objectives to

Ensure that the youth have a sound understanding of their national cultural heritage; Promote the cultural activities through traditional dance, clothes, food and custom behavior Promote South African history from an African perspective in fulfilled way; and Expose local artist to both local and international markets and provide facilities for local performance Empowers youth with new personal and interpersonal skills (personal growth and social skills) Unearth their latent leadership skills to help develop a new generation of positive young leaders for our country Take South African languages and culture to global stages and audiences. Facilitate cultural exchange programmes between GYC with other provinces, countries and the world. Ensure local artists are casted into international block-busters(big-budget) projects, theatre and films. Promote South Africa as a film location and theatre destination of choice for international producers.

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Help us provide a mechanism through the strategic development of the arts whereby disadvantaged youth are helped to become part of the reconstruction process in South Africa.