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Dance Review: Snow White The Ballet – Fairytale Refreshed, Or Grimmly Satisfying

Dance Review: Snow White The Ballet – Fairytale Refreshed, Or Grimmly Satisfying

Oct 14, 2017 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   Snow White: The Ballet / Joburg Ballet / Artistic Director: Iain Macdonald / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Joburg Ballet’s latest production is an original one. Though the story of Snow White (originally a...
Interview: Shana Dewey – Dewey-Eyed Splendour, Or S’No Reason To Doubt

Interview: Shana Dewey – Dewey-Eyed Splendour, Or S’No Reason To Doubt

Oct 8, 2017 | ARTicle

By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet soloist Shana Dewey started with the company, then the South African Ballet Theatre, when she joined company’s Junior Academy as a 13-year-old. That allowed for the odd appearance in a peripheral role in one of their productions....
Dance Review: Big City, Big Dreams – Familiarity Breeds Success, Or Reflected Glory

Dance Review: Big City, Big Dreams – Familiarity Breeds Success, Or Reflected Glory

Jul 30, 2017 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   Big City, Big Dreams / Directed by Fiona Ramsay / Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   There’s a school of thought that says too much classical ballet can be a touch too conservative and clichéd. And there’s another that considers...
Dance Review: Joburg Ballet’s La Traviata – Consumed By Passion, Or Bad Girl Makes Good

Dance Review: Joburg Ballet’s La Traviata – Consumed By Passion, Or Bad Girl Makes Good

Apr 10, 2017 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   La Traviata / Joburg Ballet / Artistic Director: Iain Macdonald / Joburg Theatre   La Traviata is another heart-breaking story translated into movement – the choreography may be elegant, but the emotional interactions are anything but –...
Dance Review: Cinderella – From Ashes To Duty, Or Ugly Sisters Of Mercy

Dance Review: Cinderella – From Ashes To Duty, Or Ugly Sisters Of Mercy

Oct 2, 2016 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet’s Cinderella / Artistic direction by Iain MacDonald / Joburg Theatre   Joburg Ballet has had a very busy – and successful – year, bouncing back from a difficult political situation, adding an extra season to their schedule...
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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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