Archive for June, 2013

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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Principal dancers from London’s Royal Ballet to perform in Cape Town City Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty

Principal dancers from London’s Royal Ballet to perform in Cape Town City Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty

| June 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Cape Town City Ballet has announced that two international stars from The Royal Ballet – Roberta Marquez and Nehemiah Kish – will perform in their upcoming production of The Sleeping Beauty at Artscape from 10 to 18 August 2013. Roberta Marquez and Nehemiah Kish, both principal dancers for The Royal Ballet in Covent Garden, will […]

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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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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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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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Burlesque goes big in Johannesburg with a naughty-but-nice dance and music experience

Burlesque goes big in Johannesburg with a naughty-but-nice dance and music experience

| June 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

“Burlesque is fast becoming one of the world’s most celebrated variety entertainment acts. There is nothing quite like it and with the talent we have in South Africa, I believe that burlesque’s moment has arrived.” – Dirk Badenhorst, SA ballet entrepreneur and co-director of Big Top Burlesque In fact, “the moment” arrives on Friday 21 […]

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Cape Town City Ballet’s Night & Day dances into Durban for the first time

Cape Town City Ballet’s Night & Day dances into Durban for the first time

| June 12, 2013 | 1 Comment

Following successful runs in Cape Town and Johannesburg, Cape Town City Ballet’s popular production Night & Day – a tribute to the vibrant life and memorable music of Cole Porter – will be performed at The Playhouse for the first time from 4 to 7 July 2013. Cole Porter achieved huge success in the 1920s […]

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Lessons from a Ballerina Legend: Alicia Alonso had vision, even though she couldn’t see

Lessons from a Ballerina Legend: Alicia Alonso had vision, even though she couldn’t see

| June 5, 2013 | 0 Comments

We can joke about being able to do something with our eyes closed, but that’s exactly what Alicia Alonso learnt to do, what she had to do to succeed. Diagnosed with a detached retina at the age of 19 – which was just the beginning of her vision problems that were to worsen throughout her […]

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Ballet auditions in Johannesburg for Youth America Grand Prix 2014

Ballet auditions in Johannesburg for Youth America Grand Prix 2014

| June 3, 2013 | 0 Comments

For aspiring young ballet dancers wanting to follow in Michaela DePrince or Joan Sebastian Zamora’s grand jeté steps – two dancers who excelled at the Youth America Grand Prix competition, as seen in the movie First Position – you’ll want to be at Montecasino in Johannesburg for South African auditions on Sunday 30 June. The […]

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