Since 2008, Vanessa Tamburi has been the Artistic Advisor for the Visa2dance Contemporary Dance Festival of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The project has been built with the collaboration of Aloyce Makonde (Artistic Director) and Mawazo arts Centre /Rachel Kessi (coordinator).
The Festival had year activities and happened every October since 2007. The vision is to revolutionize the role of performing arts for empowerment and social change via a Tanzanian platform for contemporary dance.
The festival has stopped on 2012, giving life to the Time2dance Festival.