Archive for July, 2013

Special Women’s Day performance with Belles of the Ballet in Cape Town

Special Women’s Day performance with Belles of the Ballet in Cape Town

| July 25, 2013 | 1 Comment

To celebrate Women’s Day, Cape Town City Ballet is busy preparing a special ballet performance called Belles of the Ballet, which will be presented at Artscape on 9 August 2013 for one performance only. Paying tribute to famous female ballet characters with a special focus on women in love, the leading belles of Cape Town […]

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Video: Funniest take on interpretative dance

Video: Funniest take on interpretative dance

| July 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

Being able to act is a central skill for all aspiring and professional dancers (although not all dancers get it quite right – see this Swan Lake review for a recent example). But with no speaking allowed, dancers have to rely on mime to convey their messages. The hilarious master of mime So let me […]

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Former Miss SA holds dance auditions for Women’s Day event

Former Miss SA holds dance auditions for Women’s Day event

| July 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

Starting this weekend, former Miss South Africa, Joan Ramagoshi, will be holding auditions with the aim of giving undiscovered talent the chance to perform at one of the country’s biggest Women’s Day events in August 2013. Ramagoshi’s third ‘Women…The Real Architects of Society’ event will feature well known speakers covering topics from business to nutrition, […]

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Cape Town City Ballet’s artistic executive to teach master classes in Prague

Cape Town City Ballet’s artistic executive to teach master classes in Prague

| July 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Joining international ballet stars such as Darcey Bussell, the artistic executive of Cape Town City Ballet, Keith MacKintosh, has been invited to participate in the prestigious International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague, where he will conduct a daily 90 minute ballet class from 22 to 27 July 2013. MacKintosh was invited by prima ballerina Daria Klimentova, […]

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Review and photos: Big performance spills over Swan Lake stage

Review and photos: Big performance spills over Swan Lake stage

| July 15, 2013 | 3 Comments

Despite being the second largest theatre (in terms of seats) on the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s international tour – which includes 50 cities so far in 2013 – the Teatro at Johannesburg’s Montecasino doesn’t have a particularly large stage, made even smaller by the ballet company’s beautifully elaborate sets. Add the corps de ballet of […]

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Infographic: Swan Lake and what you don’t know about this travelling ballet company

Infographic: Swan Lake and what you don’t know about this travelling ballet company

| July 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre had their opening night of Swan Lake in Johannesburg this week, but they’ve already opened the ballet to sold-out theatres across Europe over the past few months and they’ll be flying off to Australia next. As far as we can tell, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre (SPBT) is the only classical […]

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Photos: Highlights of the International Ballet Gala Part 2

Photos: Highlights of the International Ballet Gala Part 2

| July 11, 2013 | 0 Comments

As a reminder of the sparkling ballet stars who entertained Johannesburg audiences at the recent International Ballet Gala, we’ve put together this photo gallery for you to enjoy (and maybe drool over). If you missed it, read the full story here: Highlights from the International Ballet Gala Part 1, and what they didn’t tell you […]

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Queen at the Ballet’s new season set to rock Joburg

Queen at the Ballet’s new season set to rock Joburg

| July 10, 2013 | 0 Comments

Following two sold out seasons in Cape Town in 2012, Sean Bovim’s Queen at the Ballet will be coming to Johannesburg for a long-awaited limited season at the Joburg Theatre from 26 March to 13 April 2014. No men in tights or tutus here Bovim Ballet seem to have a knack of combining the athleticism […]

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Audition for a gap year with Joburg Ballet’s 2014 graduate programme

Audition for a gap year with Joburg Ballet’s 2014 graduate programme

| July 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

(Update: South African Mzansi Ballet has changed its name to Joburg Ballet as of September 2013.) For any post-matric aspiring dancer, Joburg Ballet’s 2014 Graduate Programme could be your opportunity to train with a ballet company and experience the career of a professional ballet dancer first-hand. The auditions for the 2014 Graduate Programme will be […]

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Highlights from the International Ballet Gala Part 1, and what they didn’t tell you about Alicia Alonso

Highlights from the International Ballet Gala Part 1, and what they didn’t tell you about Alicia Alonso

| July 2, 2013 | 1 Comment

Just like professional athletes, where each new generation will always break the records held by the previous generations; so too, no dancer can ever claim to have absolute mastery of ballet while there is a possibility of a longer balance, a higher jump, or a few more turns. And while the pursuit of perfection can […]

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