Tag: South African Mzansi Ballet

Colombian and SA choreographers collaborate in free Choreographic Workshop for dancers and students

Colombian and SA choreographers collaborate in free Choreographic Workshop for dancers and students

| September 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Coming up on Monday 16 September at 09:30 at the South African Mzansi Ballet Studios, dancers, students and ballet lovers are invited to attend a free choreographic discussion and workshop with Colombian choreographers Marie France Delieuvin, Álvaro Restrepo and SAMB’s artistic director Iain MacDonald. Following a half hour discussion on choreography, there will be a […]

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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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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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Photos: Highlights of the International Ballet Gala Part 2

Photos: Highlights of the International Ballet Gala Part 2

| July 11, 2013 | 0 Comments

As a reminder of the sparkling ballet stars who entertained Johannesburg audiences at the recent International Ballet Gala, we’ve put together this photo gallery for you to enjoy (and maybe drool over). If you missed it, read the full story here: Highlights from the International Ballet Gala Part 1, and what they didn’t tell you […]

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Audition for a gap year with Joburg Ballet’s 2014 graduate programme

Audition for a gap year with Joburg Ballet’s 2014 graduate programme

| July 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

(Update: South African Mzansi Ballet has changed its name to Joburg Ballet as of September 2013.) For any post-matric aspiring dancer, Joburg Ballet’s 2014 Graduate Programme could be your opportunity to train with a ballet company and experience the career of a professional ballet dancer first-hand. The auditions for the 2014 Graduate Programme will be […]

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Funding and future name change announced by South African Mzansi Ballet

Funding and future name change announced by South African Mzansi Ballet

| June 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

The jury is still out as to whether they will become Joburg Ballet or Joburg City Ballet, but either way the name change comes as a condition of the ballet company’s latest and largest funder – the City of Johannesburg, which has just given them an R8-million injection. The announcement was made at a press […]

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Your chance to design a ballerina ball gown for Cinderella

Your chance to design a ballerina ball gown for Cinderella

| June 18, 2013 | 0 Comments

Calling all aspiring fashion designers and fashion students: Cinderella needs a dress for the ball and you get to wave your magic pencil and design the dress of your dreams. Should your design be chosen as the winner, Marie Claire and South African Mzansi Ballet (SAMB) will help bring your fairy tale dream to life […]

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SA Mzansi Ballet launches new dance competition open to all ballet and dance groups

SA Mzansi Ballet launches new dance competition open to all ballet and dance groups

| June 13, 2013 | 0 Comments

What started as a clever marketing initiative to attract new audiences to the ballet, has now evolved into an exciting competition for ballet studios and dance groups. South African Mzansi Ballet (SAMB) has taken their good idea – of allowing select studios to perform during their Don Quixote intervals – and created an even better […]

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