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Dance Interview: Holly Gruver – Artists First, Or Of Wholeness And Humility

Dance Interview: Holly Gruver – Artists First, Or Of Wholeness And Humility

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...
Music Interview: Phil Gregory – On English Country’s Side, Or A Man Of Nephew’s Words

Music Interview: Phil Gregory – On English Country’s Side, Or A Man Of Nephew’s Words

Aug 15, 2020 | ARTicle

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Phil Gregory is a singer songwriter who hails from the South of England, although he currently spends his time between the UK and South Africa. Born in the 1950s, Gregory grew up with a...
Music Interview: The Shabs – Acoustic Acceleration, Or Symbiotic Storytellers

Music Interview: The Shabs – Acoustic Acceleration, Or Symbiotic Storytellers

Jun 11, 2019 | ARTicle

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   The Shabs, a four-piece folk-punk band from Cape Town (Jon Shaban – guitar and vocals; Ryan McArthur – upright bass and backing vocals; Jon Case – drums; and Sophie...
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...
Opinion: Art mArtyr – Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Why Don’t We Collaborate?

Opinion: Art mArtyr – Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Why Don’t We Collaborate?

Nov 11, 2014 | ARTiculate

By SIBUSISO MKWANAZI   I have a sneaking suspicion that artists are missing a beat when it comes to what they can do to rescue our ailing arts, besides highlighting the lack of funding and the government’s inadequate support. This thought was sparked by Mi Casa’s...

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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).
Find his music on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube and wherever else you stream and download music.