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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
