Tag: Sean Bovim

Best of wine, art and Bovim Ballet at Hermanus FynArts festival

Best of wine, art and Bovim Ballet at Hermanus FynArts festival

| May 30, 2014 | 1 Comment

The Hermanus FynArts festival is no staid or upper-crust affair, in fact, with its focus on arts, music and wine in one of the Cape’s most gorgeous landscapes, it looks set to be a rocking little festival. No surprise then that it attracted South Africa’s rock ballet company, Bovim Ballet, to present a programme of […]

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Queen at the Ballet releases new Barcelona music video to launch Joburg season

Queen at the Ballet releases new Barcelona music video to launch Joburg season

| March 28, 2014 | 0 Comments

“This isn’t your regular, conventional ballet,” says Collett Dawson, associate producer of Queen at the Ballet, as it was announced recently that the show’s top vocalists, Cito and Angela Kilian, have recorded Freddie Mercury’s big showstopper, Barcelona, as a music video and audio recording. Originally made famous by Queen’s lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, and operatic soprano, […]

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Queen at the Ballet brings rock ballet en pointe to Joburg

Queen at the Ballet brings rock ballet en pointe to Joburg

| March 9, 2014 | 2 Comments

Critics have called it “a remarkable production” and “a rocking good show”, and now Bovim Ballet brings their long awaited Queen at the Ballet to the Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg from 26 March to 13 April 2014. Exploring the story of music legend, Freddie Mercury, the audience is led through the life of the great […]

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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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Private Presley’s back for a second season with new venue and casting

Private Presley’s back for a second season with new venue and casting

| May 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Due to the success of Private Presley – Bovim Ballet’s latest Rock-‘n-Roll ballet – this toe-tapping tribute to the king is back in Cape Town for a second season, this time at the Baxter Theatre from 4 to 15 June 2013 with a few new faces in the lead roles. “I am so excited to […]

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Photos: See the Private Presley action by Bovim Ballet

Photos: See the Private Presley action by Bovim Ballet

| April 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

Bovim Ballet’s toe-tapping, hip-swaying rock ‘n roll ballet Private Presley takes you on a tour of the defining moments and the private liaisons in the life of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock. Set to over 20 of Elvis’ greatest hits, Sean Bovim has Cape Town audiences all shook up with his latest ballet creation. […]

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Private Presley – Rock-‘n-Roll ballet pays tribute to the king

Private Presley – Rock-‘n-Roll ballet pays tribute to the king

| March 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

According to Sean Bovim of Bovim Ballet, “Private Presley is a Rock-‘n-Roll Ballet that juggles full-speed, fun and energetic group dance numbers with intimate and heart-wrenching love duets.” Featuring over 20 of Elvis Presley’s hit songs (think Love Me Tender, Suspicious Minds, Jailhouse Rock and Blue Suede Shoes), you can expect some thrilling, hip-swaying choreography, […]

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