Archive for May, 2014

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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Masterpieces of French music meets Russian ballet in Pretoria

Masterpieces of French music meets Russian ballet in Pretoria

| May 22, 2014 | 0 Comments

The Crown of the Russian Ballet company has toured the world, including the UK, USA, Japan and China, and is now preparing to perform in Pretoria at the State Theatre from 23 to 25 May 2014 with a programme entitled Masterpieces of French Music in Ballet. Considering that the ballet company was founded (back in […]

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Boys and girls, you’re invited to audition at Joburg Ballet

Boys and girls, you’re invited to audition at Joburg Ballet

| May 16, 2014 | 0 Comments

Joburg Ballet will be holding auditions on Saturday 24 May 2014 and boys and girls aged 6 to 12 are invited to audition for The Nutcracker and boys for La Bayadere. Both productions take place in September 2014. Dance schools are encouraged to audition as a group. Here are the details: Date: Saturday 24 May […]

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New York City Ballet principals and other American ballet stars head for South Africa

New York City Ballet principals and other American ballet stars head for South Africa

| May 16, 2014 | 0 Comments

For the first time in over thirty years – which essentially translates to “for the first time ever” for our younger ballet enthusiasts – a group of American ballet dancers are travelling to South Africa to perform in a limited season of The Stars of American Ballet, a production featuring acclaimed dancers from New York […]

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