Cinderella lead role shared by four ballerinas – SA Mzansi Ballet casting

| September 2, 2013 | 0 Comments
Fairy-tale dreams with Shannon Glover and Jonathan Rodrigues.

Fairy-tale dreams with Shannon Glover and Jonathan Rodrigues in SAMB’s all-new Cinderella. Photo by Bill Zurich.

Johannesburg audiences will have a choice of four ballerinas alternating in the title role of South African Mzansi Ballet’s all-new production of Cinderella, which opens on Friday 13 September 2013 at the Joburg Theatre.

SAMB's principal dancers, Burnise Silvius and Michael Revie in Iain MacDonald's all-new Cinderella.

SAMB’s principal dancers, Burnise Silvius and Michael Revie. Photo by Bill Zurich.

Won, two, three, four…

Across this 11-performance season, the local SAMB stars – Burnise Silvius, Shannon Glover and Lindé Wessels – will share Cinderella’s magical coach with international guest dancer, Jin Ho Won from South Korea. (Read more about Won here: Gold medalist guest ballerina arrives in SA.)

The source of the magic in the story, Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother, will be danced by Nicole Ferreira, Lindé Wessels, Sanmarie Kreuzhuber, Claudia Monja and Kitty Phetla; while the dashing Prince Charming will be danced by Jonathan Rodrigues, Michael Revie and Ramiro Samón.

Providing the comic flamboyance to the story, Cinderella’s two Ugly Sisters will be pranced, ahem, I mean danced by men, with Luis de Castro, Chase Bosch, Javier Monier, Carlos Santos, Keke Chele and Randol Figueredo getting their drag on in alternating performances.

And adding the high jinks (and high jumps) will be the Jesters danced by Javier Monier, Randol Figueredo, Luis de Castro and Chase Bosch.

Casting Summary

Here’s the quick casting guide for Cinderella and her Prince:

  • See visiting star, South Korean Jin Ho Won as Cinderella.

    See visiting star, South Korean Jin Ho Won as Cinderella. Photo courtesy of SAMB.

    Friday 13 September at 19:30: Burnise Silvius & Jonathan Rodrigues

  • Saturday 14 September at 15:00: Jin Ho Won & Michael Revie
  • Saturday 14 September at 19:30: Lindé Wessels & Jonathan Rodrigues
  • Sunday 15 September at 11:00: Shannon Glover & Ramiro Samón
  • Sunday 15 September at 15:00: Jin Ho Won & Michael Revie
  • Tuesday 17 September at 11:00: Lindé Wessels & Jonathan Rodrigues (School Performance)
  • Saturday 21 September at 15:00: Shannon Glover & Ramiro Samón
  • Sunday 22 September at 15:00: Burnise Silvius & Jonathan Rodrigues
  • Friday 27 September at 19:30: Jin Ho Won & Michael Revie
  • Saturday 28 September at 15:00: Shannon Glover & Ramiro Samón
  • Sunday 29 September at 15:00: Burnise Silvius & Michael Revie

Cinderella booking details:

Dates: 13 to 29 September 2013
Venue: Joburg Theatre, Johannesburg
Tickets: From R189 to R336 from www.joburgtheatre.com

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