Apr 11, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL WGRUV Dance Company: Letters Of Reflection / Artistic director: Holly Gruver / Lesedi, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg New-ish dance company WGRUV (this is their third year in operation) continues to develop its...
Nov 23, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL WGRUV Dance Company: Trilogy Of Notes / Artistic Director: Holly Gruver / Roodepoort Theatre, Roodepoort Johannesburg-based outfit WGRUV Dance Company continues its tour of South Africa with its latest season of dance works. This...
Nov 2, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Cion: Requiem Of Ravel’s Bolero / Choreographed by Gregory Vuyani Maqoma / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg Even for the committed theatregoer, there are very few productions in which everything clicks,...
Oct 15, 2024 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL American dancer and choreographer Holly Gruver is the founder of the Bryanston, Johannesburg-based WGRUV Dance Company (that first part pronounced “double-u groove”, for the first initial of Gruver’s husband Will’s name – he is a staunch...
Jun 26, 2023 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Exit/Exist / Directed by James Ngcobo / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown Eleven years after its debut, Gregory Maqoma’s Exit/Exist returns to the stage where it was first revealed as part of the final act of a storied...
