Tag: Sanmarie Kreuzhuber

Last chance to see The Nutcracker with a South African koeksister twist

Last chance to see The Nutcracker with a South African koeksister twist

| September 26, 2014 | 0 Comments

It’s the Nutcracker, but re-told in an African way and re-styled with a local-is-lekker flair. While still set to the beautiful effervescent music of Tchaikovsky, Joburg Ballet’s all new The Nutcracker Re-Imagined switches the usual snowy northern Christmas scenes for such sunny African settings as the Kalahari, complete with gumboots and Namaqua daisies. Running as […]

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

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

| September 2, 2013 | 0 Comments

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. Won, two, three, four… Across this 11-performance season, the local SAMB stars – Burnise Silvius, Shannon Glover and Lindé Wessels – […]

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Photos: Don Quixote by South African Mzansi Ballet

Photos: Don Quixote by South African Mzansi Ballet

| March 31, 2013 | 0 Comments

Here is a collection of photos from South African Mzansi Ballet‘s recent production of Don Quixote at the Joburg Theatre in March 2013 (you can read the full review here). Enjoy and Olé! Click on a picture to open the gallery.

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Review: Don Quixote – A Spanish feast for ballet lovers

Review: Don Quixote – A Spanish feast for ballet lovers

| March 24, 2013 | 2 Comments

Call me greedy, but I just wasn’t satisfied with one performance of Don Quixote, so I had to go back for seconds. It’s a good thing too, because even though both performances (by the South African Mzansi Ballet at the Joburg Theatre) had that sizzling Spanish spice throughout, it was revealing to see how different […]

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