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Ballet Review: The Bacchae – Anniversary Awe, Or Marvelling At Myths

Ballet Review: The Bacchae – Anniversary Awe, Or Marvelling At Myths

Jul 4, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   The Bacchae: An African Choral Ballet / Directed by Jay Pather / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   The first thing that becomes evident for audience members who have arrived at The Bacchae: An African Choral...
Dance Interview: Jesse Obremski – Highlights And Heart, Or Mirroring Through Movement

Dance Interview: Jesse Obremski – Highlights And Heart, Or Mirroring Through Movement

Jun 30, 2026 | ARTicle

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Following a successful opening run of their 2026 season and new production Juxtapose at Johannesburg’s Roodepoort Theatre and the Mandela Bay Theatre Complex in Gqeberha, independent dance company WGRUV (pronounced “W-Groove”) introduces...
Dance Review: Rites And Rituals – Stone Cold Superb, Or Set To Rites

Dance Review: Rites And Rituals – Stone Cold Superb, Or Set To Rites

Jun 21, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Moving Into Dance: Rites And Rituals / Choreography by Sylvia ‘Magogo’ Glasser and Esther Nasser / Lesedi, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Moving Into Dance’s Rites And Rituals is a triumph of programming, bringing...
Dance Review: Mzansi Ballet – Heal The World, Or Parallel Possibilities

Dance Review: Mzansi Ballet – Heal The World, Or Parallel Possibilities

May 16, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Mzansi Ballet: Heal The World / Choreography: Angela Revie / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   Michael Jackson, thanks to the high-profile biopic of the singer currently on circuit, has rarely been more...
Ballet Review: The Nutcracker – Growing Glamour, Or Sweets Dreams

Ballet Review: The Nutcracker – Growing Glamour, Or Sweets Dreams

Dec 8, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Cape Ballet Africa: The Nutcracker / Artistic Director: Debbie Turner / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways   One of the top three or four best-known ballets in the classical canon, The Nutcracker is, if not quite, to steal the sports...
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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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