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Dance Interview: Gabriel Ravenscroft – The Nutcracker, Or Taking The High-Line

Dance Interview: Gabriel Ravenscroft – The Nutcracker, Or Taking The High-Line

Nov 24, 2025 | ARTicle

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Gabriel Ravenscroft, artist with Cape Ballet Africa, plays the Nutcracker Prince and additional solo roles in the company’s latest production of The Nutcracker at the Teatro at Montecasino.   Giving movement a message: what...
Dance Review: Private Presley – Memphis Flash, Or Rock And Roles

Dance Review: Private Presley – Memphis Flash, Or Rock And Roles

Oct 26, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Mzansi Ballet: Sean Bovim’s Private Presley Ballet / Choreographed by Sean Bovim / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   Sean Bovim’s original production of Private Presley (then called Private Presley: A...
Ballet Review: Swan Lake – In Good Company, Or A Feather In Their Caps

Ballet Review: Swan Lake – In Good Company, Or A Feather In Their Caps

Jul 5, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Swan Lake / Joburg Ballet, Cape Town City Ballet and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Swan Lake is arguably the major classical ballet easiest to pitch to audiences who aren’t too...
Ballet Review: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Rich Sweetness Or Candy Can-Do

Ballet Review: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Rich Sweetness Or Candy Can-Do

Oct 7, 2024 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Charlie And The Chocolate Factory / Choreography by Mario Gaglione / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   The arrival of a new, original full-length ballet is a huge deal in any context. The sheer amount of work...
Ballet Review: Mzansi Ballet – The Neil Diamond Show, Or Multi-Faceted Movement

Ballet Review: Mzansi Ballet – The Neil Diamond Show, Or Multi-Faceted Movement

Aug 9, 2024 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Mzansi Ballet: The Neil Diamond Show / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   Neil Diamond remains a somewhat polarising musical figure – undeniably influential and important, and with sales to support his...
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Bruce Dennill is a BASA/National Arts Festival Arts Writing Awards Silvear Award winner (Opinion and Features), a South African Music Awards judge and a recording artist. His first play, the pocket musical Actress,for which he wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the script, was the recipient of a Broadway World South Africa Award for Best New Play Or Musical and a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Lead Actress In A Musical (Talia Kodesh).
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