Mabalane Jorge Ndlozy is an acclaimed Mozambican dancer, choreographer, and musician, celebrated for bridging ancestral African performance art with modern global stages. Ndlozy received extensive training in folk traditions and honed his contemporary technique through international programs at Culturarte Mozambique, the Mark Theatre (South Africa), and the prestigious P.A.R.T.S. school (Belgium). He has performed with prominent Mozambican groups, including a 14-year tenure with the Matola Municipal Song and Dance Company. His international career spans countries such as South Africa, Germany, Belgium, France, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Portugal, Eswatini, and Tunisia.
Since 2017, Ndlozy has resided in Brazil and been a member of Taanteatro Companhia. Under the direction of Wolfgang Pannek and Maura Baiocchi, he has participated in major company productions, such as 1001 Plateaus (2017), Messages from Mozambique (2018), Antonin Artaud’s The Theatre and the Plague (2020), Apokálypsis (2021), Chissano – Rite for Mabungulane (2021), Ecoperformance Expedition (2022), and On Violence: Fanon (2025). In 2026, Ndlozy won the 13th Denilto Gomes Award, presented by the São Paulo Dance Cooperative, in the Dance Artist and Performer category.