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Joburg Ballet revives a great Pretoria tradition with The Nutcracker

Joburg Ballet revives a great Pretoria tradition with The Nutcracker

| October 11, 2013 | 0 Comments

We’re told that year after year, from the 1980s until the turn of the century, the hugely popular Christmas classic The Nutcracker was always a firm feature on Pretoria’s festive season calendar. That all changed after the closure of The State Theatre Ballet in 2000, and even the subsequent South African Ballet Theatre moved from […]

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Ballet with a Boeing? SA Mzansi Ballet partners Mango airline at Swartkops Air Show

Ballet with a Boeing? SA Mzansi Ballet partners Mango airline at Swartkops Air Show

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

Okay, think about it for a moment, the ballet company can’t do much choreography with a Boeing while it’s sitting heavy-as-a-heffalump on the tarmac (even this sleek new generation 737-800); nor can the dancers attempt a flying corps de ballet alongside the plane in the air – that would be a little undignified, what with […]

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