Tag: Swan Lake

Grand classical Russian ballet tour to open in South Africa this week

Grand classical Russian ballet tour to open in South Africa this week

| May 5, 2015 | 0 Comments

Having already toured to 36 cities in France since the start of the year, the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre open their South African tour on Wednesday 6 May at Montecasino in Johannesburg performing Giselle, followed by Don Quixote and Swan Lake before they head to Cape Town to perform Swan Lake at Artscape from 19 […]

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Video: Viengsay Valdés and Brooklyn Mack reveal their ballet challenges and inspirations

Video: Viengsay Valdés and Brooklyn Mack reveal their ballet challenges and inspirations

| April 24, 2015 | 0 Comments

As the prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Cuba, Viengsay Valdés is widely acclaimed as one of the leading ballerinas of our time. Watch her and US ballet star, Brooklyn Mack from the Washington Ballet, in this mini-documentary video clip as they perform and talk about their inspirations and challenges, particularly with Swan Lake. […]

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Unique opportunity with Liaoning Ballet and Joburg Ballet’s Open Day

Unique opportunity with Liaoning Ballet and Joburg Ballet’s Open Day

| April 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

“China is now producing superb classical dancers, among the best in the world,” said Joburg Ballet’s artistic director, Iain MacDonald. And he should know, considering his tour to China with the company last year, and Joburg Ballet’s collaboration with China’s Liaoning Ballet for their current season of Swan Lake. And now you’ll have a unique […]

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Video: Peek inside Joburg Ballet’s Swan Lake production

Video: Peek inside Joburg Ballet’s Swan Lake production

| April 20, 2015 | 0 Comments

Joburg Ballet have created a video series that takes you into their studios and into dancers’ homes to follow their journey as they rehearse and prepare for every detail of their new production of Swan Lake 2015. With new choreography, new stage sets and an international cast from China, Cuba, the United States, Brazil and […]

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Three prima ballerinas share the stage for Joburg Ballet’s Swan Lake

Three prima ballerinas share the stage for Joburg Ballet’s Swan Lake

| April 17, 2015 | 0 Comments

With an impressively large cast of over 80 dancers hailing from Cuba, China, Brazil, the United States and South Africa, Joburg Ballet is readying itself for what it claims is the “largest and grandest” production of Swan Lake South Africa has yet seen, taking place at Joburg Theatre from 17 April to 3 May 2015. […]

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Open doors at Cape Town City Ballet’s Open Day

Open doors at Cape Town City Ballet’s Open Day

| March 28, 2014 | 0 Comments

Cape Town City Ballet’s annual Open Day takes place this Saturday 29 March 2014 with a full day of activities offering a peek behind the curtains and into the real workings of a professional ballet company. The event, hosted at the UCT School of Dance in Rosebank, is presented by the Cape Town City Ballet […]

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Cape Town City Ballet prepares for 80th anniversary production of Swan Lake

Cape Town City Ballet prepares for 80th anniversary production of Swan Lake

| March 6, 2014 | 0 Comments

Following an already busy start to their 80th anniversary year, starting with the popular modern ballet Night & Day at Artscape, then the outdoor performances of The Firebird and Les Sylphides at Maynardville, now Cape Town City Ballet prepares for one of the greatest classical ballets of all time, Swan Lake, to be performed at […]

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Review and photos: Big performance spills over Swan Lake stage

Review and photos: Big performance spills over Swan Lake stage

| July 15, 2013 | 3 Comments

Despite being the second largest theatre (in terms of seats) on the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s international tour – which includes 50 cities so far in 2013 – the Teatro at Johannesburg’s Montecasino doesn’t have a particularly large stage, made even smaller by the ballet company’s beautifully elaborate sets. Add the corps de ballet of […]

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Infographic: Swan Lake and what you don’t know about this travelling ballet company

Infographic: Swan Lake and what you don’t know about this travelling ballet company

| July 12, 2013 | 0 Comments

The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre had their opening night of Swan Lake in Johannesburg this week, but they’ve already opened the ballet to sold-out theatres across Europe over the past few months and they’ll be flying off to Australia next. As far as we can tell, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre (SPBT) is the only classical […]

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Swan Lake season extended again due to strong demand

Swan Lake season extended again due to strong demand

| June 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

If you don’t have your tickets yet (seriously, what were you thinking?), you can now breathe a sigh of relief. But make it a short sigh and then go and book those seats quick-sticks, because this is the last and final extension before the swans fly off to Australia the very next day. With less […]

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