Apr 8, 2021 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: Ballet & Beyond / Artistic Director: Iain Macdonald / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Keeping a ballet company alive is a challenge at the...
Dec 13, 2020 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Mzansi Ballet: The Queen Show / Directed by Dirk Badenhorst / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Given the range of contexts in which Queen’s music is used,...
Oct 8, 2019 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: Giselle / Artistic Director: Iain Macdonald / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg There are plenty of dark moments in famous narratives of the ballet canon, but Giselle’s second act, in which the...
Apr 13, 2019 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Men In Tutus / Ballet Eloelle Artistic Director: Victor Trevino / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg Entrenched perspectives can be hugely problematic. There is an...
Apr 4, 2019 | ARTicle
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Ballets Eloelle’s Men In Tutus runs in Johannesburg from 12 to 14 April and in Cape Town from 18 to 21 April. Ballet Eloelle’s founder and artistic director is Victor Trevino. Trevino started...
