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 Mzansi Ballet: The Neil Diamond Show / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Neil Diamond remains a somewhat polarising musical figure – undeniably influential and important, and with sales to support his...
By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty / Staged by Sophie Sarrote / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The Sleeping Beauty story is nearly 700 years old and has been the source material and basis for scores of...
