Archive for December, 2013

Special Christmas Eve treat for kids at Cape Town City Ballet’s annual Fairy Parade

Special Christmas Eve treat for kids at Cape Town City Ballet’s annual Fairy Parade

| December 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Kiddies in Cape Town are in for a special experience this Christmas Eve, when the stage of the Artscape Opera House will be transformed into a wonderland of fairies, princes, princesses and other young storybook heroes with Cape Town City Ballet’s annual Fairy Parade. On Tuesday 24 December 2013, following the 2pm performance of The […]

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Photo highlights of Cape Town City Ballet’s Belles & Beaux

Photo highlights of Cape Town City Ballet’s Belles & Beaux

| December 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Cape Town City Ballet are mixing up the festive mood with their lively and fun-filled performances of Belles & Beaux from Friday 20 December to Sunday 22 December 2013 at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town. In a selection of favourite scenes from across various well-loved ballets, the ballet company will show off their ballerinas […]

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The Cape Town International Ballet Competition gets a name change, again

The Cape Town International Ballet Competition gets a name change, again

| December 9, 2013 | 0 Comments

The Cape Town International Ballet Competition is taking back the original name it started with in 2008 and will now be known (again) as the South African International Ballet Competition. Dirk Badenhorst, the founder and CEO of the competition, has said that in view of the City of Cape Town’s decision to terminate its funding […]

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Celebrating the Madiba Dance and the man who loved to move

Celebrating the Madiba Dance and the man who loved to move

| December 6, 2013 | 0 Comments

At a recent concert in Johannesburg, South African musician Johnny Clegg shared a little story with the audience about a special moment back in 1999 at a concert in Frankfurt, where Nelson Mandela surprised everyone on stage and delighted everyone in the audience by unexpectedly walking on stage in the middle of one of Clegg’s […]

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Mixing business with ballet – A case study on the unusual ideas that worked

Mixing business with ballet – A case study on the unusual ideas that worked

| December 6, 2013 | 0 Comments

They may be a non-profit organisation on paper, but in action Joburg Ballet look more like a young, caffeine-spiked business startup with big dreams rather than any tired arts institution with old ideas. While they’re not the most web- or social-savvy kids on the ballet block (that title goes to Diablo Ballet with their world […]

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