Archive for August, 2013

Your sneak peek into the making of a ballet – Open Day at SA Mzansi Ballet

Your sneak peek into the making of a ballet – Open Day at SA Mzansi Ballet

| August 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

If you’re in Joburg this weekend, make your way over to South African Mzansi Ballet’s Open Day on Saturday, 31 August 2013 at their Braamfontein studios, taking place from 10am to 1pm. You’ll be able to watch the dancers warm up in their morning ballet class, followed by a tea break where fans and friends […]

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Gold medalist guest ballerina arrives in SA for Cinderella

Gold medalist guest ballerina arrives in SA for Cinderella

| August 26, 2013 | 0 Comments

South Africans first saw South Korean ballerina Jin Ho Won (21) when she won her double gold medals in the senior division of the Cape Town International Ballet Competition in 2012. Now she has returned, this time to Johannesburg, as a guest ballerina in South African Mzansi Ballet’s new production of Cinderella, alternating in the […]

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Insider cross-training tips direct from the ballet professionals

Insider cross-training tips direct from the ballet professionals

| August 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Do you ever have those days where you know there is so much more you can do in ballet class, but your body stubbornly refuses to cooperate? Of course you do, silly question, pushing the body beyond its boundaries is basically the definition of ballet, right? After all, there is no such thing as too […]

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Last minute change brings big break for Japanese ballerina

Last minute change brings big break for Japanese ballerina

| August 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

Due to injuries, Nehemiah Kish from The Royal Ballet has had to cancel his appearances in Cape Town City Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty, and as a result, The Royal Ballet ballerina, Roberta Marquez, will not be performing either. However, this has opened up the fairy tale opportunity to a young ballerina from Japan, Mami Fuji, […]

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Ballet cross-training: Best out-the-class ideas for in-the-class performance

Ballet cross-training: Best out-the-class ideas for in-the-class performance

| August 7, 2013 | 4 Comments

It may sound counter-intuitive, but if you want to improve your ballet performance, you may need to step outside the ballet class to do it. Cross-training is the new must-do for professional and aspiring dancers, helping you improve fitness, flexibility, strength, injury recovery, musicality and more. Now don’t get me wrong, the only way to […]

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